Occasionally I’ve thought to myself ‘what would the dogs do if they ever got out of the kennel during the day’… well I found out last week and the answer is: chew up everything they can get their grubby paws on and greedy little mouths around.
Somehow, the boyfriend didn’t properly close the kennel and they roamed free and pillaged our small apartment for about 8 hours. How would a dog remove a cap from a sharpie w/out fingers you might ask? Well I’m not sure, but I know now that it can be done. I will be wondering how permanent that marker is when I attempt to bleach it out of my white blanket.
Try digging out the remaining pieces of your Planet Earth DVD set from their teeth and then tell me again now having dogs is training for having kids? Not sure how that works, or how you can feel justified in punishing the dog hours after you find the poop on your newly shampooed carpet.
Either way, the child training is only making me more terrified at the thought of children unless they one day come already 4-years old with pottie-skills and a vocabulary. Until then, I’ll let the dogs teach me the virtues of patience (one day I’ll learn it, I swear) and the beauty of having a partner who willing to help clean the mess AND do all the disciplining. The damn things are cute though.
Abby isn't a big chewer, but without question, if I leave her out and free to roam my teeny, tiny studio, she'll pee on the rug - and always in an new spot. It's not because she's mad at me for leaving, it's her fear of being separated from me, that leads her to do it. I don't know what happened to her before I got her but she hates to be alone. So we've (i.e. the dog walker, myself, and various family members) found it best to just leave her crated. I think it makes them feel more secure.
ReplyDeleteSorry about that mess you had to clean up. I like your blog! It's nice and refreshing. Hope you post again soon!
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ReplyDeleteAfter reading this I couldn't help but laugh. Dogs are so funny when left alone. They are just so unpredicatble! Surprisingly skip stays out all day and usually does nothing, but sleep. On occasion I will see tolet paper ripped up or some other miscellaneous item chewed on. The weird thing is he won't do it in front of me.
ReplyDeleteHe might be good on his own, but once he's paired up with my moms dog its all bad. When I drop him off they will rip up toys, scratch at the carpet and much more. I think trouble comes in twos!
I get skippy these swisted up rawhide sticks with yummy filling. That will usually keep him from chewing up other things :) you should try them. I get them from target. They're about the size of a thick pencil and have a red filling. He LOVES THEM.