“Personalities – Can’t we all just get along?”

Some times we run into situations that abruptly remind us how different people have different perceptions due to different personalities.  We have to step back and reevaluate how best to communicate with this person and her personality. Whether you subscribe to the fact that we come by our personalities through nurture, nature, or a combination of both, personalities are formed, we all have them and we are all different. The same can be said for our pets.

Our pets – like people – have different personalities. Pet Peeps know this.  And Pet Peeps with multiple pets are reminded of this every day.

My older dogs, Chewie and Miles, have been with me for a long time.  Especially Chewie.  Chewie has mellowed out with age.  Even my great friend, Greg (Uncle Greggie) has mentioned it. And Miles, he is ancient!  So when I get the rare chance to sleep in, Chewie and Miles are curled up in their little cushions right next to my bed. But not Jack! The two year old Pomeranian sees things differently…

Chewie and Miles: “ZZZZZZZZ, ZZZZZZZ, ZZ, ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ…”

Jack:  “Mom! Get up! Get Up! GET UP! Come on!  I wanna play! Mom! Mom!  Let’s go!!”

When anyone walks in our door and the barking subsides…

Miles, indifferently: “Oh, it’s you.  Come in if you must.”

Chewie, politely: “Hello, there.  Please come in.”

Jack, hysterically:  OMG, OMG! You’re here!  I haven’t seen you in decades! OMG! Pleeeease reach down and pet me!  OMG! OMG! See me!  See me!  Pet me! OMG!”

When it thunders and lightenings…

Chewie: “Yikes, Mommie help me!  I’m scared!”

Miles:  “How dare that noise wake me up!  Where is it?! Let me at ‘em!”

Jack:  “What the heck are those two so worked up about?”

When the Fed Ex Truck stops or Mike rides in on his Dixie Chopper…

Chewie:  “Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom!”

Jack:  “Oh, No! Oh, No! Oh, No! Big Noisy Thing! Oh, no! Oh, no!”

Miles: “Let me at ‘em! Let me at ‘em! I’ll take care of this!”

But shake the vitamin bottle or treat bag and all three dogs come running. The tough old man, the angel princess and the Energizer Pomeranian all sit silently at my feet looking up at me expectantly.

Even the most diverse personalities can find common ground…

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