Sheesh knows best

Sheesh knows best Sheesh is a sweet and clever boy who is accustomed to making his own decisions. Sheesh is a sweet, goofy, adorable dog who has many friends and fans.

This page aims to keep Sheesh's friends updated on his escapades and general cuteness. According to DNA tests (both Wisdom Panel and Embark), he is an Akita / German Shepherd / Chow-Chow / Bulldog / Other-general-mutt mix. Since Sheesh spent many years living a semi-feral life before coming to live with me, he's used to thinking for himself and making independent decisions that are sometimes surpr

ising to me (his mom). But he's a very clever boy, so it often turns out that Sheesh does indeed know best, at least when it comes to his own interests!

03/22/2025

Sometimes I catch myself saying very strange things to the dogs.

Like "Nobody's going anywhere until Sheesh puts his pants on!"

(His "pants" being his rear walk-assist harness. The boys were being impatient and wanted to go out IMMEDIATELY when I started getting Sheesh "dressed")

When Sheesh is feeling extra playful, he likes to play hide-and-seek and scoot under something so the other dog has to f...
03/18/2025

When Sheesh is feeling extra playful, he likes to play hide-and-seek and scoot under something so the other dog has to find him and dig him out. I think it's very cute. Cow Boy seems to agree.

03/03/2025

"Aw, Glee is so good at ignoring the fact that the neighbor's dogs are out in their own backyard, much better than any of the others would be"

Glee, a good five minutes later:
"... Wait a second ..."
*literally puts her eye up to a gap between the planks in the privacy fence*
"OMG! There are DOGS in there! Did you know?! bark bark bark!"

At least she's still easier to redirect than the boys, though.

"OK mom, thanks for clearing off all three dog beds so I have a choice of where to hang out in the backyard. I think my ...
02/19/2025

"OK mom, thanks for clearing off all three dog beds so I have a choice of where to hang out in the backyard. I think my choice is to wander into this little x-pen set up you have for unrelated exercises, and sit with my butt in the snow. Yes, I do know it's 12 degrees. This is great. "

"What? he likes this game!"(Don't worry, he really does. Sheesh is very good at letting Cow Boy know when he's not into ...
02/15/2025

"What? he likes this game!"

(Don't worry, he really does. Sheesh is very good at letting Cow Boy know when he's not into a game.)

Oh, hello. We've been a bit busy. I've been working on this crazy project (among other things) - braces for Sheesh's bad...
02/14/2025

Oh, hello. We've been a bit busy. I've been working on this crazy project (among other things) - braces for Sheesh's bad knees so he can walk like a more normal dog, but also sit down and rest when he wants to (which he can't do in his wheelchair).

This is a (partial) visual timeline of the different iterations. I've made a few adjustments even since this picture, though.

He's not a big fan of putting them on or taking them off, but I think he does like being able to walk around! I'll put a video of him puttering around in the bakyard in the comments.

"This isn't fair. How was I supposed to know that finally chewing open the chalk pen you've been trying to keep away fro...
12/26/2024

"This isn't fair. How was I supposed to know that finally chewing open the chalk pen you've been trying to keep away from me would p**f red chalk powder all over me and the surrounding area?"

Sheesh is much less into chewing household objects than he used to be, but sometimes he just takes a liking to a particular thing and decides he must "investigate" it with his teeth.

"Sorry, Glee, those are p**p bags in my hand, not treats""Oh, that's OK, I'll take it anyway"She also managed to find so...
12/06/2024

"Sorry, Glee, those are p**p bags in my hand, not treats"

"Oh, that's OK, I'll take it anyway"

She also managed to find some really good mud spots to roll around in, even though it's been below freezing for at least 24 hours.

This girl knows how to make her own fun.

12/06/2024

Cow Boy is a very smart boy. As soon as he saw the new step ladder in the backyard, he knew what he was supposed to do with it. Unfortunately, he hasn't quite figured out why I keep putting his new trick prop in front of the entrance to the van, don't I realize that this makes it very inconvenient for him to jump in?

(At least Sheesh is actually OK with using the steps for their intended purpose, instead of trying to jump in and hoping for the best)

Some more van fun today, while it's warm for once. Glee is not pictured because she was in the crate (or at the end of m...
12/05/2024

Some more van fun today, while it's warm for once. Glee is not pictured because she was in the crate (or at the end of my leash when I was taking pictures of the creepers in the van)

Now look, do the dogs NEED new bed? Not really. Do I even have room to put more dog beds anywhere? Sure I do, look, they...
11/29/2024

Now look, do the dogs NEED new bed? Not really. Do I even have room to put more dog beds anywhere? Sure I do, look, they can go on top of my bed.

But also look at how much they enjoy getting new beds! And there was a sale! The gray one is under $30 right now on Chewy, by the way (see last photo).

And the brown one is actually probably going in the van, so in a way, they do need that one.

"Yes, I do think that this is a perfectly normal way for a dog to sit. Especially if that dog wants easy access to lick ...
11/27/2024

"Yes, I do think that this is a perfectly normal way for a dog to sit. Especially if that dog wants easy access to lick both of his itchy footsies."

Sheesh seems skeptical.

A couple of pictures from during/after yesterday's Hide N Seek fun:Cow Boy taking a nap in my lap after the trial.And Sh...
11/24/2024

A couple of pictures from during/after yesterday's Hide N Seek fun:

Cow Boy taking a nap in my lap after the trial.

And Sheesh waiting in the car, peacefully chewing on a *different* chew than the one I gave him when I left him there. Apparently he finished that one, and I had left the bag of chews slightly unzipped, so naturally he helped himself (and scattered all the chews all over the place in the process).

11/24/2024

Look what Sheesh did today! He found all the rats! I was pretty sure he would like this game, but I had no idea until yesterday that Hide N Seek can be accessible to wheelchair dogs!

Cow Boy also played, though he was a bit nervous (partially because I was a bit nervous that he would try to p*e on the hay... AGAIN), so he found fewer rats, but he still had fun!

Glee and Digiorno are annoyed that we went and had fun without them two days in a row. I'm going to try to get them involved too, see how they feel about rats.

The van is getting there! We took a short test trip today with all 4 dogs! Got gas and then went to Forest Park and took...
11/22/2024

The van is getting there! We took a short test trip today with all 4 dogs! Got gas and then went to Forest Park and took each dog out for a tiny walk while the others all whined in the car. Of course, the dog with the non-working legs was the only one who insisted on trying to go into the forested area with tons of underbrush. Meanwhile, Cow Boy tried to move from the floor up to the seat with his mommy, but got stuck in the process because of how he is tethered. Apparently he's now quite used to getting stuck though, because he was completely unperturbed by the experience and just waited for me to come back and detangle him.

And yesterday (in a slightly different configuration) I was actually able to take a picture of all 4 dogs at once! It only took like a half hour of dog loading/unloading.

The last 3 pictures are what's been taking so long - I really wanted to remove the rear jump seat, because it was in the way of everything. Just when I thought I was done because I finally got all 4 floor bolts out, it turned out that it's still attached to the seatbelt with a bolt that was apparently glued in with the good loctite. I took more of a brute force approach to that one.

I thought I was being so clever when I set up two potential spots to sit and work in bed, in case a dog takes one of the...
11/20/2024

I thought I was being so clever when I set up two potential spots to sit and work in bed, in case a dog takes one of them.

Well, at least the dog bed is still available.

March 2023 vs. November 2024Cow Boy actually decided he was scared of the skateboard a few months after the first pictur...
11/19/2024

March 2023 vs. November 2024

Cow Boy actually decided he was scared of the skateboard a few months after the first picture, so we hadn't tried it for a while. Then I took it out recently and he was like "Ooh! Skateboard! Where have you been hiding it?"

And if you thought that Sheesh's bad knees prevented him from also trying to get on the skateboard to show me he still remembers the tricks and needs more cheese for them - well, then you would be mistaken.

Chewy is having a big sale. I think this might last us a few days.
11/17/2024

Chewy is having a big sale. I think this might last us a few days.

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Cow Boy is a very smart boy. As soon as he saw the new step ladder in the backyard, he knew what he was supposed to do with it. Unfortunately, he hasn't quite figured out why I keep putting his new trick prop in front of the entrance to the van, don't I realize that this makes it very inconvenient for him to jump in? (At least Sheesh is actually OK with using the steps for their intended purpose, instead of trying to jump in and hoping for the best)

Sometimes you just gotta have a really fresh stick.

Just 42 seconds of Sheesh having a dream

If he fits, he sits! (this is one of their many boxes of toys) I guess this is what happens when your puppy is raised by a dog who thinks he is a cat. Meanwhile, Sheesh himself is comfortably sleeping on a pile of various cuts of fabric that I had pulled out of the closet "temporarily" to pick one for a project.

When we were all* getting in the car to drop off Digiorno this morning, I felt like some part of our routine was missing. (This was the first time since Sheesh's surgery that we went for a car ride with both boys, so it's been a couple of weeks). When we went to pick her back up, Cow Boy remembered and provided the missing piece: his despondent screams of "Oh no you are leaving without me for a few seconds to put Sheesh in the car first, how unfair and horrible". Please enjoy(?) this sample that I recorded last month and forgot to post. They do sound louder in person! * As you may or may not know, Sheesh (still) has pretty bad separation anxiety. And Cow Boy doesn't really have separation anxiety, but he did grow up in a house with Sheesh, so he does not quite understand the concept of being home alone. So the boys come along for most car rides. The jealous screams are a different thing though, he doesn't do that when he's actually being left home. He also stops as soon as he hears that Sheesh has been loaded into the car and I'm presumably coming back for him.

Cow Boy doesn't really want to *use* the fancy $15 root chew, he just wants to *have* it since he understands it's more valuable than the other bits of wood in the backyard. Sheesh and Cow Boy's dynamic is really cute - Cow Boy acknowledges that Sheesh is in charge here, but also Cow Boy knows that he's really cute and can get away with things if he sucks up to Sheesh a little bit first. Sheesh doesn't really actually care about the root but I think he does enjoy the attention a little bit.

OMG. I found this old video of baby Cow Boy playing with his littermates at probably 2-3 weeks old.

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