LOL! If there was ever any doubt in anyone's mind that ignoring a dog is the worst 'punishment,' there's your proof. When they're upset with us, what do they do? They ignore us!
The grrrrls - well, actually it's just Shiva (of course) - not only will ignore whichever one of us she's peeved with or has hurt her feelings, she does some major sucking up to the other person. You should have seen her when Charley hurt her feelings the other night by telling her he was disappointed in her . . . For two days she ignored him and moped, hanging all over me. It didn't stop until I told him he just HAD to make up with her. He hadn't even noticed anything . . .