Honestly, I am an ANIMAL LOVER. In fact - I generally like animals MUCH better than people. But lately...I'm PEEVED at all of them.
I started my workweek with a gruesome discovery... my mouse trap worked... but I am thinking it worked on Thursday last week (we had Friday off for Veteran's Day) By today -the smell was BAD...I mean reeeeeeeeeeally bad. And I had to BRIBE someone to come and remove the little mouse carcass from my office floor...
This after the LOOONG weekend I had with my own critters!
I have a Staffordshire Terrier, Taylor. She is a little over a year old- and is FINALLY starting to learn the rules-sort of. It has been at least a few weeks since the last time that she played tug o' war with my COUCH! (literally - I will come home- and the couch will be in a completely different spot... with the skirting halfway removed!!) And I recently aqcuired a Boston Terrer Mix, who we decided to call Gypsy (because she wandered into our lives!) I came home from PR class 3 weeks ago, pulled into my garage, opened the door to get out of my car, and in jumped the CUTEST little, underbite having, little bitty dog with personality galore. That is when the FUN started... (insert sarcastic tone there) Normally- I am a SUCKER for anything cute and furry. (I am highly allergic to cats- but will gladly risk my eyes swelling shut to play with a kitten! ) But that particular evening it was Mike that went outside with a bowl of food and came inside with that adorable dog... So now my 60 lb dog has what she thinks is a 15 lb dog treat! (I should have known something was weird when the little dog showed NO FEAR!) **Side Note*** I DID look for her family! Checked my neighborhood, posted her at the vets, and craigslist-- even asked the kids at the busstop!NO ONE was looking for her!**** The 2 dogs had a few spats - but became friends within a few days. THAT'S WHEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE! My living room was know a WWF RING. I literally watched my coffee table get thrown across the room! Then the conspiracy started! (I thought that Gypsy would be the instigator...I was right!!) They were soon running sprints down the hall, through the kitchen, around my back yard, through people's legs, and back again! They jumped and "boxed" and the little one seemed to LOVE IT! Then they discovered that when the people leave for work-- they have ALL day to DESTROY everything--TOGETHER. The dog beds were shredded first... then the kitchen towels, ANY rug not nailed down, and lets not forget about SHOES! (dogs LOVE them as much as any woman!!) Then - they somehow figured out how to work together and get into the trashcan! (One dog has to step on the pedal - while one steals the stuff out of the bag!) I would have been amazed at the GENIUS of the plan-- if I wasn't looking at my living room covered in SHREDDED BITS of everything! I decided to "sleep in" on my day off on Friday... I made it to 8:30 before I realized that the dogs were NOT where they should be! I walked into the living room where they had DESTROYED my ET sleeping bag. Not just chewed on- they GUTTED IT! and had spread the "guts" ALL OVER THE HOUSE!! This is the sleeping bag that the big dog has slept on since the day she came to live with me! (I passed it to my "first born"... haha) The weekend SNOWBALLED downhill from there. I think I spent more time this weekend picking up bits, and chunks, and finely shredded pieces of things I used to own than I did anything else...
So now- 3 weeks into being a "multidog" family... I am POSITIVE that I will not have children any time soon!! These guys WEAR ME OUT... but as I look over and see them curled up together, sound asleep in one tangled ball, I realize that I love them... and at least I won't have to send them to college....
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I can't let my husband see this post, I want to get a second dog so bad! hahaha! We have a 70 pound golden/chow mix named Reba (she has red hair) that we got from the shelter. I want to get her a "sibling" so bad! I'm a SUCKER for dogs, we would have about 7 of them if my husband weren't so darn rational....:)
ReplyDeleteYou just exactly described the destruction that takes place in my house on a regular basis. The only difference is that mine are Chocolate Labs; a 6 year old and a 6 month old. They recently toilet papered the place while we were gone. Four rolls turned into confetti, all in the living room. They have totally lost house priveledges when we are not home.
ReplyDeleteWow, it does sound like you have your hands full with your dogs! My boyfriend and I rescued a cat that was actually suppose to be a barn cat. We found her in a shed 2 winters ago in Texas. We brought her in and fed her some cheese and a can of chicken. We put her back outside but she kept coming back to us. Well the weather was calling for some ice and below freezing temperture so we brought her in for the night and since then she stayed with us. We were very blessed that she turned out to be the sweetest most wonderful cat ever! My boyfriend is allergic to cats as well but he has a good heart and knew how much I wanted to take the cat in. We named her Meow-Meow because is very vocal! But she never clawed anything up, and she used the litter box right away. We also have a Boston Terrier named Lucy. I've never had a dog before and she turned to be my "baby girl" now. I think its great that you've taken in those animals and I wish you the best of luck with them!!
ReplyDeleteToday's Casualty Count-
ReplyDelete1 juice box
1 can of copenhagen
(stolen from the trash without knocking it over)
1 vanilla scented candle
(stolen from inside the fireplace)
LUCKILY, by the time everything was shredded - it looked like CONFETTI and smelled like cupcakes!
We have two cats and a large dog. There are days when there is so much activity and chaos that we wonder how we could ever wrangle kids! Hang in there...they are so worth it! =)
ReplyDeleteUpdate on the critters... they were great "nursemaids" after my wisdom teeth fun ... but the destruction continues and I have my Christmas tree barricaded behind a loveseat!!
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