Karma will huff/puff and face something she wants us to attend to. When she had diarrhea while we were in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, in the middle of the night, she would stand facing the outside door and huff/puff until Boots hear her (Ruthi does not hear much when she is asleep-morning, noon, or night). Boots woke Ruthi and out the three of them would go. Sure enough it was just in time for poor Karma. Other times, she will stand in front of the bedroom door and huff/puff again getting our attention because we left it open and if we don’t come quick she will get on the bed and dig holes into the linens (we now only buy cheap cheap cheap sheets).
So be patient, this is leading to something. The other day Boots was chopping up veggies to make one of her really great soups. An onion peeling (dry pinky orange stuff) must have fallen to the floor; all of a sudden Karma is chewing something. At the “Drop It” command, she provides us with a small very wet piece of onion skin. She gets a treat and the peel gets discarded. A few minutes later Karma is again chewing on something – repeat command-treat sequence. Then after another few minutes, Karma is standing in front of her crate huffing/puffing.
Ruthi goes to investigate and there in the back of Karma’s crate is the rest of the onion peel that she must have scored off the floor under the cutting board where Boots was busy chopping. Karma figured after 2 tries it wasn’t going down to her tummy anyway so just show them where it was and get a treat without getting onion breath! Now, if she’d only learn not to go into “crazy” mode whenever she sees a cat, rabbit or squirrel.
