Sunday, June 26, 2011

Warming up again

Hot and muggy this morning, puppy barking his fool head off, fix food, go let them out, morning run, Jake underfoot, circuit of the property but really pretty hot already, feed and kennel, go to church. Put Jake in Corey's kennel with him as husband feeling poorly and may not let them out.  Return from church. husband has not let them out, change quickly, let dogs out... decide to dop a brief run, mow on the 'shady side' even that too much. Back to trailer, its about 98 now, too hot to leave Jake out. Bring all dogs in; fix lunch. Have to keep constant watch on Jake (not housetrained, and house not 'puppy proofed') too difficult with all dogs inside, too small an area. Get the crate and put in kitchen area, crate Jake, take brief nap, he settles down pretty quickly.Mid afternoon, let him out, he promptly pees on the kitchen floor (well at least its linoleum) husband then takes him and goes to dog shed where he has computers set up and A/C. Now husband has graduated from 'why cant we keep him' to 'why cant YOU train him to not whatever (jump up, nip, pee)'.Ah, how quickly we forget puppyhood when we have adult dogs .. Jake is so small and so fast (and completely untrained to not enter unless invited) that he gets in everytime I go in or out ... the Damncat is not amused, he is outraged that this newcomer can get UNDER the baby gate and into HIS safe area ... Jake tries to 'make friends' and gets a swipe of the Damcat's paw ... fortunately didnt connect, as I sure dont want to deal with an infected cat scratch! Bring Corey in, brush him, do wash, husband reappears with Jake ... Jake has managed to destroy 2 tennis balls ... take all for run (cooler now) and mowing. Corey eats a bunch of apples, and promptly gets the runs again. AARGH. Jake doing very well now, has caught on to the 'mowing routine' (sit under a tree or otherwise mind your own business til the mower stops, make sure you change positions as the mowing proceeds around the property, when mower stops drop whatever you're doing and RUN to get treats! Clouding up, husband runs over string on his mower and quits, I decide to do one final circuit and manage to clip my ear on a low branch ... back to trailer, doctor ear, get food,feed and kennel. Jake is eating like a dog twice his size ... no picky eater here!Put Jake in Corey's kennel as more rain expected tonight.

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