A co-worker sent around this picture last week. The puppies are hers, born to her two dogs after a brief rendevouz before she had a chance to get the male fixed. Numbers 1, 3 and 5 are still available to adopt so I forwarded the picture to Nathan with a note that jokingly suggested we consider one. We’re not having any more kids, I said, so maybe we can try our hand at parenting another dog.
His response? “Why not?”
“Seriously?” I asked, “You’d want another dog?”
“Maybe…” he replied.
I let that thought sit for awhile and e-mailed my friend Meg. Her daughter is the same age as Autumn and they just adopted an Australian Sheepdog puppy. I wanted to know if she had any regrets and if the toddler/puppy combination was too much of a headache. She replied that she thought once the dog stopped shitting all over the house the addition would wind up being worth it in the end.
It turns out Molly made the decision for us because that very day we came home to find she had gotten into two trash cans. Two days later we came home to find one of our drinking glasses smashed on the kitchen floor, apparently the victim of one of her scouting missions for food on the kitchen counter.
After yesterday’s lasagna incident, I feel like the traveler who missed her connecting flight only to find out it crashed in a field somewhere with no survivors.
And to think we were thisclose to kicking off the New Year with the biggest bone headed decision ever.
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You guys need a crate!
We actually crated her for several months after we adopted her, but for some reason we thought it would be better for her not to be confined all day (what did we know?). Last year we bought a nice, big crate and tried to keep her in it for the day but she freaked. She wound up damaging it in her attempts to get out. I guess we’re just going to have to dump the trash more often and keep the kitchen island spotless.
So the shitting has decreased (in the house anyway). It’s starting to feel like a good idea. Now something really bad will happen and you’ll be hearing from me again!
#1 has a really cute face. Just sayin’.
Funny you should say that about #1, Meg. He’s the one we were considering. He’s the last male pup left.
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