Dogs can learn sign language? What does this have to do with promoting a business? NOTHING! I just thought my readers would get a kick out of my crazy dog. If you like this true story, let me know. I got a lot more.

In our last article you learned all about our dog, Cimi. Now it's Grumbles turn. We got Grumbles from Poodle Rescue when he was 6 years old. However, Grumbles is a Maltese. They said his name was “Nicky”. He was so cute and when we first held him at the rescue center, he cuddled with us and tried to lick our face, showing us his approval of us. Upon arriving at home, we would quickly learned, that ‘Nicky’s’ approval was contingent upon our behavior around him. He would not answer to ‘Nicky’, NEVER or come when we called him, no matter what we called him, or what we did to get him to come to us. If we came up on him from behind he would jump up and spin in a circle, while growling, and try to bite his tail. It seemed at first we were always displeasing him, and he would growl and try to bite his tail, to the point that he actually bit it several times. We soon learned that he wasn’t really growling. He was grumbling. After several days, we named him Grumbles because that is all he ever did. He grumbles during his bath, or if we tried to brush him, or anytime my husband would hold him. The funny thing, if my husband rocks him, while holding him, Grumbles would stop his grumbling and cuddles. He loves to be rocked.

Over time we learned that Grumbles was stone deaf and that is why he would freak out if you came up behind him. We have taught him sign language so he will know what we want from him. He is very intelligent and actually knows from my looks whether he is in trouble for something. If he thinks he is in trouble he will start growling but will not spin, unless I start to walk toward him, at which time he spins. He knows we will not let him spin because we don’t want him to bite himself. He sounds so ferocious when he growls, but he has never tried to bite us or anyone else. But he lets you know in no uncertain terms, when he is upset with you. Once when we scolded him for something, he stomped off down the hall and every few feet, he would stop, look back at us, grumble, and then continue on until he disappeared into the bedroom.

Grumbles has a basket of toys that are his to play with and he loves them. He also loves my husband’s shoes, and they disappear from time to time and then reappear. Now when my grandson comes over, who is two, he also like to play with Grumbles toys and will put them in his basket. When he leaves, Grumbles goes over to Owen’s basket and gets his toys out and puts them back in his own basket. He loves Owen, but does not want to share his toys and is not real happy when Owen wants to hug him. However, he has learned that he may not growl at Owen. So Grumbles sits right next to me on the recliner, so I will protect him from Owen giving him too many hugs. When Owen is older, maybe Grumbles will let him rock him.

Grumbles is so funny. He is so little, but thinks he is as big as a lion. Cimi, our other dog, has trained him to only eat what she likes to eat. We got him as a playmate for Cimi, but they have never really played together. They each just sort of do their own thing. One funny thing is that when someone drives into the driveway, Cimi will start barking and somehow Grumbles knows Cimi is barking, although he is 100% deaf, and will start barking too.

Well, that is Grumbles story. One day we will tell you how we got our third dog, Molly.

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