Peanut the wonder dog

It is the same old scenario at our house. The doorbell rings, or someone knocks on the door. Sending our animals into a barking frenzy. Peanut as always leading the pack as if to say "I get the first bite!" Now since we are constantly getting deliveries this poses quite a problem. I am always frantically running to try to pick Peanut up before someone opens the door, because she is almost impossible to catch once the door of death opens. There really is a very simple way to stop this outburst, if everyone who visited picked up a "How to enter the Silbaugh house" manual.
Rule #1 Peanut, leader chihuahua of the pack, usually the one dressed up in a pink doggie clothes outfit, must be acknowledged.
Rule #2 You must get down on your knee and talk in a high pitched voice telling her how beautiful she is.
Rule #3 You must gently extend your hand for her to sniff.
Once those 3 rules are followed, barking stops and life goes on. All the other dogs follow Peanut's lead. But, as you can already guess, there is no manual. So we go through this routing numerous times per day. SIGH. Oh sweet Peanut. No one understands you like I do.
~Christi
Owner of Pure Country Pet Boutique
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