Fireflyspeak leads to cool discovery! by SameErtia

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Fireflyspeak leads to cool discovery!

POSTED BY: SAMEERTIA
UPDATED: Thursday, December 15, 2005 16:48
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Thursday, December 15, 2005 11:23 AM

We have a store dog. She was a rescue dog and was homeless for about a year before the humane society finally managed to catch her. She's been with my boss for about five years now.

She responds okay to "Mitzi", which my boss named her, and to 'puppy-puppy' but it's been clear that she doesn't really respond to them like it's her name.

This morning, she was hanging out in a sunny spot by the window and I said, "Hey, bao bei."

She jumped to her feet and ran to me, her whole body shaking with her tail-wags.

She's NEVER run to me when I'm not offering food before! Stunned, I asked, "Are you the little bao bei?"

Her whole body was trembling, she was so excited! She's sitting at my feet right now while I eat lunch and if I say 'bao bei' her tail wags so hard it looks like it might come off!

Palo Alto has a good sized Chinese population. So, I'm guess she was once someone's bao bei. Now she's ours. :)

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Thursday, December 15, 2005 11:29 AM

PSOLARIS

/me pets Bao Bei!!

Psolaris

"Ten percent of nuthin' is...let me do the math here...nuthin' into nuthin'...carry the nuthin'"

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Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:50 PM

PINGJING

That's so sweet!

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Thursday, December 15, 2005 1:18 PM

FOLLOWMAL

AWWWWWWW, I have goose bumps, that is so cool.

"Is it Christmas?" Mal

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Thursday, December 15, 2005 1:57 PM

SERENYTY

That's very cool!

I wonder if it'll work on my sister...

who's name is convieniently Miranda (I've started to say it like in the bar when River sees the Fruity Oaty Bar commercial). I've started to call her Mei Mei.

~A message from Serenyty~

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Thursday, December 15, 2005 2:23 PM

PSYCHICRIVER

Wow, thats amazing. Great story!

And LOL Serenyty. "Miranda." Thats the type of thing I'd do.

PsychicRiver

"Two by two, hands of blue."

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Thursday, December 15, 2005 2:43 PM

SERENITYVALLEY

Well my dog freaks out like that whenever someone says "Uncle Buck" and no one has the slightest clue why because we've had her from birth. We assume it sounds like something else, but she never acts that way to anything else. The closest we could thing of was "go for a walk," but she hates walks and doesn't get excited about it. I'm trying to think if Bao bei sounds like anything, but nothing comes to mind. Maybe her master speaks Mandarin.

http://www.simple-assault.com/Firefly.htm

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Thursday, December 15, 2005 2:50 PM

CAPTAINSHINY

that made my heart melt. give her a pat from cap'n shiny. uh-oh, im feeling slightly dizzy...

"That's why I never kiss 'em on the mouth."

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Thursday, December 15, 2005 3:42 PM

URSULA

Congratulations to the little bao bei for finding a good home, and to you and your employer on being such caring people.

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Thursday, December 15, 2005 4:39 PM

SERENYTY

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Originally posted by PsychicRiver:
Wow, thats amazing. Great story!

And LOL Serenyty. "Miranda." Thats the type of thing I'd do.

PsychicRiver

It's so fun, having a sister with a cool name like that.

~A message from Serenyty~

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Thursday, December 15, 2005 4:48 PM

SHINYHAPPYKLIN

That is so cool....I try different names with our foster dogs, trying to see what they respond to, sometimes you do find a good match!

I've been using "bi zui" (shut up) with the dogs when they bark, and they're responding pretty good to it! In fact, when I first used it, Sadie actually stopped, and ran to me and sat at my feet! That NEVER happens! She's gotten used to me saying it a bit more, so I have to work on making sure I'm consistent on the pronounciation, and I also give it a lower voice tone -- between the two, it works well!

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