The Sunday Schauzer – Mad Bowz: Thunderdome

Lest you think, gentle readers, that the grand puppy is some sort of cuddly angelic being that sleeps all the time (after last week’s post)…I bring you Bowser in the ON POSITION. Here is what immediately happens upon waking up from a nap. It starts off slowly but then inevitably builds up to crazy attack dog mode.

Oh boy, here we go…time to distract with a chew toy.
This works for a bit. Puppy teeth are sharp and puppies don’t always know how to be gentle.

We go outside and play “fetch” to burn off some puppy energy.

Bowz loves to chew the fetch toy when he’s tired of fetch.
He loves squeaky things. Including Oma, when he bites at her toes.
He pulls the socks right off my toes. Actually, I sacrifice my socks to save my toes.

When he gets really frisky we play Tug of War.

But even that isn’t enough to stop him from going after my legs and hands in a frenzy of play. The more I push him away or scold him, the better he likes it. Bowser thinks Oma just likes to play rough and he is always happy to up the ante.

How to survive with skin and clothes intact until Bowser’s parents come home????

Hey, wait a minute…I’ve got an idea!

Behold: THE THUNDERDOME
One can only hope…
You can’t reach my extremities now!
I WILL WEAR YOU OUT.
Surely, he’ll get tired soon…right? RIGHT????

Then I had an idea!

Safe and comfy on my lawnchair, inside THE THUNDERDOME.
“Hey, Oma! When you gonna come out and play with me some more?” Hehehehe…

Rock on,

The WB

44 thoughts on “The Sunday Schauzer – Mad Bowz: Thunderdome

  1. hilarymb

    Hi Deb – those needle teeth – long may they pass/fall out! … !! Just enjoy the little one before the kids come home … great photos … has the thunderdome survived?! Cheers Hilary

    1. The Thunderdome has indeed survived! And – dare I say it – Bowser is getting better at amusing himself with activities that don’t involve biting the hands that feed him 😉. Thanks, Hilary 💕

  2. LOL LOL LOL. I thought the thunderdome was for HIM to be inside of! ? Great ingenuity! We’re thinking about a puppy….though I can’t believe we’re thinking about a puppy. I said I would NEVER DO A PUPPY AGAIN! We’ll see how this all turns out….good luck to you, the little guy is ADORABLE.

    1. He IS adorable and that is the only thing that is keeping me from shutting him up in a room by himself until he is 6 months old 🤣. And he makes me laugh all day long. Thankfully the puppy stage is short (but intense) and he is already changing and maturing. Thanks, Dawn 💕

  3. Joyce

    Oh my! I just love your schnauzer blogs! The only problem is … I have to wait a week until the next one 😂
    You and Bowser bring me so much enjoyment and giggles each week … thank you!

    1. Yes, we are all trying to do that but it’s not always getting through his little peanut of a brain 🤣. Any tips would be appreciated! Thanks, Jean 💕

  4. Oh boy! You do have your hands full! I remember having to wear my leather yard gloves just to be able to sit on the couch with Ralphie when he was a pup.

  5. We had to take one of our puppies (8 months old at the time, well past the time when the biting should have stopped) to a behaviorist to learn some tips on how to train him not to bite. We’d tried the standard stuff—yelping when the teeth made contact or biting him back (which mama dogs do with their puppies). We tried time outs. A sharp no with a bop on the nose. None of this standard stuff worked like with training our other dogs. He had been taken away from him mom too early and didn’t learn from her the difference between mouthing and biting. We end up breaking him by stopping whatever play we were doing with him abruptly the minute his teeth were on us. Then walking away for at least a half hour. He did learn with that technique but I never trusted him to play with children like with any other dog we had.

  6. I’ve never had a puppy, and this teething stage looks deadly! Being an interactive chew toy sounds painful, but he sure is cute. I’m mentally inserting the sound effects of grrr! grrr! grrr! with each photo 🐾🐾

    1. Hehehe! The grrr sounds often accompany the play and make it doubly hilarious, coming from such a small thing (who thinks he is very fierce 🤣). Thanks, Joan 💕

  7. debscarey

    What a creative use of a puppy pen! I hope you’re living your Tina Turner in the Thunderdome fantasy to the fullest 😀 Thanks for sharing the gorgeous photos Deb.

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