# Even when Beck's bad, bad, bad she's good.(New critter in the house!)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 27, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-when-becks-bad-bad-bad-shes-good-new-critter-in-the-house/919122 "2020-08-27T03:47:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-when-becks-bad-bad-bad-shes-good-new-critter-in-the-house/919122/81 "2020-09-05T13:36:09Z")

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Bayliss is worth his weight in gold. Running & playing with the kids tires then out. It makes nap time easier for the adults.

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**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:** [September 5, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-when-becks-bad-bad-bad-shes-good-new-critter-in-the-house/919122/82 "2020-09-05T13:36:53Z")

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Yep.  
Win-win

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**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:** [September 6, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-when-becks-bad-bad-bad-shes-good-new-critter-in-the-house/919122/83 "2020-09-06T01:27:28Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> The kids all stayed at Son and DILs house last night.
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> Bayliss was looking for those kids, allover the house. It’s the first time I’ve seen him unhappy. He got lots of skritches and treats and I told  
> him to lay down many times. He finally settled.  
> Boy, he was happy to see them this morning.

See, this is one of many reasons that I love dogs so much – such attachment and loyalty!

> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> The Grandwrex and Bayliss had a game of tag this afternoon.  
> I swear that dog knows how to play. He would chase and be chased.  
> I was worried he would nip heels chasing but he didn’t. He would ever so lightly nudge a kid and take off running. Smiling the whole time.  
> He loved it!  
> They had popsicles afterwards. Bayliss had a green one.

When I was a little kid, my parents got me a puppy while we were at our country cottage. I always loved summer at the cottage, but that made it super special.

He was a bright doggie, like Bayliss. One thing I remember from my childhood is playing hide-and-seek with him (not then, but later in the city, when he grew up). Literally. I didn’t fully realize at the time how remarkable it was. I would tell him to sit and wait while I went and hid somewhere. He would dutifully wait, and then prowl around and find me – usually very quickly – and bark up a storm right where I was, to show that he’d won!

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**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:** [September 6, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-when-becks-bad-bad-bad-shes-good-new-critter-in-the-house/919122/84 "2020-09-06T02:37:16Z")

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I’m gonna work on a hide and seek type game with him.  
He’s certainly clever enough.

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