Monday, July 17, 2006

The Brains of the Bunch

Benjamin is the carb-cruncher and Luna is the feisty one, but do you know that Henry is really too smart for his own good?  Henry knows when we are in a rush and need him to go poopy quickly.  He’ll use this opportunity to hold out for a bribe of an apple softy treat.  As soon as we present the treat, he’ll present what we’ve been waiting for.  What a smarty pants.

We like it better, though, when he out smarts his siblings.  For example, when Benjamin and/or Luna are chewing a bone that Henry wants, Henry will create a false diversion to cause Benjamin and/or Luna to go see what the problem is, thus leaving their bones and giving Henry the choice of either chewy.  Usually Henry will bark at a fictitious person walking down the street to get the other two to come look out the front door and then Henry will scamper to the bones and snag one.

Or Henry will pretend to have found something very special in the toy box to get the other ones interested and when they fall for that trick, Henry has taken the real item that he wanted and the other one is left with what equates to an infomercial bust.  They had been sold, but then it wasn’t that cool after all.  That Henry, he is a slick one.

Benjamin is on to his games, though.  Stay tuned about how Benjamin has learned a little retaliation tactic.