# Bayliss speaks! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 2, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-speaks/993991 "2023-12-02T03:47:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-speaks/993991/121 "2026-04-06T19:43:07Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Well, the kids were sequestered and finally let out to hunt. > > Ahem… > > Bayliss was outside eating his 2nd or 3rd egg. Enjoying is _Easter treat_ “Egg”. Of course! You taught Bayliss to find Easter eggs, and that’s just what the clever boy did! Are those chocolate eggs? Stern warning from a fellow dog: chocolate is bad, sometimes even toxic, to dogs, because it contains theobromine and caffeine, which doggies cannot metabolize well. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-speaks/993991/122 "2026-04-07T06:57:51Z")
No the real egg. He peeled them and ate them. He can dang sure peel a boiled egg. Chocolate doesn’t get taken out to hide, only chicken eggs or plastic eggs. Bayliss had a real dogs day for Easter. The eggs he ate too many of reared their smelly heads today. I made him leave at one point. I told him go air your tailless butt out, on the deck. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-speaks/993991/123 "2026-04-07T07:13:25Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > No the real egg. He peeled them and ate them. He can dang sure peel a boiled egg. The boy can do better than I can, apparently. I often struggle with the task. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Bayliss had a real dogs day for Easter. > The eggs he ate too many of reared their smelly heads today. > I made him leave at one point. > I told him go air your tailless butt out, on the deck. LOL! Eggs contain substances that can, under appropriate conditions, produce sulfurous fumes! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-speaks/993991/124 "2026-04-07T14:31:31Z")
My _chien_ (dog) is gonna learn French I recorded “friandise”.(treat). Positive we said it incorrectly. To say I have a difficult time recording the buttons is funny beyond belief. So many words and phrases I can’t get out without my stutter messing it up. I enlist one of the adult children..I’ve even grabbed one of the kids. They all, bar none, hate it. I understand my daughter not knowing how French words sound. That’s easily fixed by listening to it pronounced. She just don’t wanna help me. 😑 But I haz my ways. I got it recorded. The modelling may be difficult. I’m practicing the word aloud. Ooh la la. Monsieur Bayliss is going continental! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-speaks/993991/125 "2026-04-07T14:40:28Z")
You’re confusing the poor doggie! I’m sure there’s already a button that says “treat”. Another one for the same thing just impairs the learning experience. Instead, teach Bayliss something new! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-speaks/993991/126 "2026-04-07T15:52:11Z")
I think he does get it. I’ve been at it 20-30 minutes. First I push “treat” he comes for his treat. Sits down. I push “treat” then “friandice” then give the treat. (Little morsels of boiled chicken liver) Rinse and repeat. Flip it around friandise first then treat. Now he knows a new word. There are reasons we need this work around. The Chihuahuas don’t speak French. 😆 I thought I’d do Spanish but.. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-speaks/993991/127 "2026-04-15T19:08:57Z")
Well, Bayliss the fearless, tail-less, is now gonna be without another toe nail, so toe-nail-less. (He has 13 more, dewclaws removed before he came here.) He’s broken another into the sheath(I guess that’s what it is called). He was sore footed yesterday We looked and sure enough, broken off. He did not like us touching anywhere near it. I put a warm poultice on it and forbade him remove it. Kinda worked. Every time he sniffed it, I pushed “no” “toe” for a 15 minutes stretch. After we were done he limped over and pushed “toe” “yes” and grampa’d himself into the kitchen so I’d quit fussing him. He goes back for the procedure tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-speaks/993991/128 "2026-04-17T04:41:42Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > What do I want a slave or dog? IME dogs are much happier when they have a job to do. They do prefer one where they can do it on their own though, not just a point and do. My Great- Aunt’s dog used to let the chickens out every morning and walk them down to the field. This required getting them across the road. He never needed any help. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-speaks/993991/129 "2026-04-17T07:48:11Z")
Bayliss has many “jobs”: Company Entertainment Babysitter Cat herder Squirrel spy Treat thief Food gobbler Waker upper Crow barker Shoe fetcher Toy hider Ink pen swiper Hair tie chewer UPS man’s buddy Pizza crust lover And, Best Friend to one and all! (Plus he notices when my glucose is low) ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-speaks/993991/130 "2026-04-17T13:16:59Z")
It’s been a while. @Beckdawrek , you should try the egg search game again. See if he remembers. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-speaks/993991/131 "2026-04-17T20:37:54Z")
Ah. Yes. An experiment with my dog. _tents fingers_ 🧐 No doggies will be harmed in this process. You can trust me. 😊 🥚 It is. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-speaks/993991/132 "2026-04-17T21:40:32Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > No doggies will be harmed in this process You should at least let his paw heal before asking him to slam buttons around. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bayliss-speaks/993991/133 "2026-04-17T21:46:26Z")
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