Fits of the Maddies
Posted by Carolyn at 2/10/2008 10:27 AM and is filed under uncategorized 
We made it - 16 weeks. Our puppy kindergarten instructor tells us this is a puppy milestone. Pet Place offers this description:
Fits of the maddies? What better way to describe Fairfax running in circles around the coffee table, the Aussies trying to outflank him as he races into the middle of the living room and flings himself under a chair or the lamp or anywhere too small for Joe and Louis to fit. He grabs his leash with his teeth and pulls himself around the house like a madman. Dives into the big dog's food bowl, slurps water with abandon and then looks at us as it to say, "What is this stuff? It's delicious" before he starts again - twirling in circles to bite his tail, chewing anything that isn't a dog toy and finally collapsing with a sigh, in a heap, curled up against one of the big dogs.
Fits of the maddies? What better way to describe Fairfax running in circles around the coffee table, the Aussies trying to outflank him as he races into the middle of the living room and flings himself under a chair or the lamp or anywhere too small for Joe and Louis to fit. He grabs his leash with his teeth and pulls himself around the house like a madman. Dives into the big dog's food bowl, slurps water with abandon and then looks at us as it to say, "What is this stuff? It's delicious" before he starts again - twirling in circles to bite his tail, chewing anything that isn't a dog toy and finally collapsing with a sigh, in a heap, curled up against one of the big dogs.
Contemplating mischief
Ice pack for sore teeth
Will she ever stop working and play with me?
Aftermath
Speaking of fits of maddies, my little female beagle, gone these many years, used to run in circles around the fireplace in the open plan living / family room we had and as she hit the same spot each time, she would bark - as if she was counting laps. I would laugh until tears ran. She would also eat so fast then take a drink so that food would drift to the bottom of her water dish. Not one to waste perfectly good food, she'd push her nose down into the water and blow out bubbles as she scooped up those bits. She was a very funny, lovable dog.
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