What the heck was that?

One of Sookie’s habits (we finally decided on Sookie, being True Blood fans) that we are trying to break is her habit of biting. There’s a lot of leeway there, because most of it is puppy energy, combined with her teething stage, but as those little teeth are coming in, sometimes it’s quite painful!

An online source said the habit can be curbed by emulating a puppy’s yelp, to indicate you are hurt, and to stop playing immediately and ignore it, similar to what would happen if the puppy was with her pack.

While I have a natural high pitched scream and thus had no trouble figuring out how to yelp like a hurt pup, Greg has a bit more trouble. He has been trying a variety of noises, most of which are terrifying and don’t sound anything like an animal or human. Sometimes, it sounds like an oddly-forced, large hiccup,  sometimes it sounds like a water buffalo being jumped on. Other times, it comes out too high-pitched and sounds like someone using a kitten as a blowhorn.

The first few times, I ran out to see what the noise was exactly, only to find a slightly confused Sookie, still sitting on Greg’s lap wagging her tail happily. Now, I only look up and try to figure out what noise Greg was trying to recreate that time, then shake my head and go back to whatever I was doing.