Whistling Teakettle
We have trained Rusty to tell us when the teakettle whistles because we would sometimes go to another room and forget that we'd put it on to boil. We lost several teakettles that way. Now, Rusty is supposed to come to me, touch me with his paw and get my attention, to let me know that it's boiling. We haven't burned up a teakettle since we taught him to do that.
Today I was watching a Perry Mason show and Charlie, the reporter, went to a home to ask questions. She couldn't get anyone to come to the door. She snooped around to the back of the house and found the kitchen door unlocked. She went in. The teakettle was whistling when she entered the room.
Rusty was lying at my feet. The teakettle was whistling on TV. Rusty got up, looked very confused, and came to me. He looked out of the window, he looked back to me. He knew it was a teakettle whistle but he also knew it wasn't in our kitchen. He wasn't sure what to do, but he did tell me a teakettle was whistling.
I'm going to give him his treat now. I didn't do it right away because I wanted to keep watching the show. Good ol' Rusty!
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