Hold Your Tongue – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: What’s all that noise? Why doesn’t it stop? I can’t even think. Why is the world so loud? How can we make the noise stop?

Me: Start by holding your tongue.

Doodlebug: Lady Human, that sounds like that “bite your tongue” advice. Not as painful, but almost impossible to do.

Sweetie: Yeah, my tongue is way too slippery to hold.

MoonCat: Step 1: Tongue inside mouth. Step 2: Lips closed. Step 3: Stay that way.

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Wagging Tongues – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Me: Ugh. Wagging tongues!

Sweetie: I’m not wagging my tongue. I save all wagging for my tail.

Doodlebug: My tongue licks. Hands and faces and food and other stuff I can reach…

Me: Yeah, I get the picture. No, I’m put out because some wagging human tongues can’t seem to stay still and they cause trouble.

Sweetie: Give them sticky treats that will glue their mouths shut.

Dioodlebug: Or give them something to wag instead of their tongues.

MoonCat: My rule to avoid trouble: Keep your tongue firmly in your mouth and your long curvy tail wrapped comfortably around your own body. No wagging allowed.

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