I love candles and usually light one while I’m at home in the early evening. Like this one, which I had burning and enjoyed the holiday sparkles on it.
When it burned down to the end, I blew out the wick and quickly prepared another candle to put in its place for the next day. There was still hot wax in the stem so the new candle would have some wax to adhere to in the holder. I pushed the candle into the stem and had a little trouble. The top had hardened to a thick enough crust that I needed to exert extra pressure to get the new candle in all the way. And not thinking of a possible effect, I did just that. My unexpected behavior led to an unexpected consequence.
I’d rather blame the outcome on Halloween magic of the dastardly kind, which I’m going to say blew in and around my candle workings and pushed my hand and the candle in it into the well of soft wax beneath the crusty top. When the new candle broke through the top shell, red wax spurted everywhere!
Red candle wax spurted on me.
Red candle wax spurted on the floor.
Red candle wax even splattered the ceiling. Lovely.
I’d chosen a red candle arbitrarily. White would have been a less striking choice. So if this colorful splattering was planned out as a joke from the Unseen Upper Halloween Echelon, well done! The scene looked like a blood-splattered horror movie! It was a mess. Luckily, wax cleans up well. Though I have to admit, as of now, I haven’t climbed a ladder to scrape off the ceiling wax. I’ve never been a balancing act and the ceiling will be the challenge. That’s all right. I like challenges.
My dog Velken, who is usually assisting me, saw the red wax fiasco and that “ruh-roh” look appeared on his face, maybe as a reaction more to his hearing my verbal response to what happened rather than the red wax geyser itself. This is a supporting kind of look, wouldn’t you say? A “what happened here?” and “are you all right?” moment. It’s how we hope our dogs react and behave all the time; as supportive little beings here to help us.
Well that not being the case 100% of the time, as dogs are born to express their instincts, and that’s when and where dog training comes in. Lucky you to have an excellent and best option for board-and-train dog training and management: Love Wags A Tail board-and-train dog and puppy training at your service! You won’t find a better dog training service to help you with unexpected behavior from your dog.
When you find your newly adopted dog or puppy acts more like a barbarian than a pet dog, contact us to help work through behavioral issues such as counter surfing, housetraining, pulling on leash, jumping up, or any other behaviors that may make you think your dog’s got an angel on one shoulder and a rascally devil on the other. (By the way, Velken is actually smiling in this photo. He’s having fun.)
If you’d like to find a dog training country environment to walk and maintain training with your dog, try this one near me at 4005 Hiatus Road, Davie, FL 33330. It’s a park in Broward county, which may have a pumpkin you can take home and carve into a jack-o-lantern and put your own candle in. I would not suggest a red one, though.
To send your dog to the Love Wags A Tail board-and-train camp for motivational learning with our cast of characters, contact us with your dog training, behavior modification wish list to get started.
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Helen Verte Schwarzmann
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