Hard decisions........

Being a parent has many joys. Unfortunately along with all the fun there are decisions that we must make that can be hard not only on the parents, but on the children too. We have had to make one of those hard decisions here recently. As much as our family has enjoyed having a new pet, along with the good times come the bad. Pugston has become quite the problem dog. We had been told that he was "mostly" housebroken. Well, he has "mostly" decided that our basement is his bathroom. No matter how many times or how far the girls or I walk him, he evidently wants the privacy of the basement to do his "duty". He does poop outside some of the time, but we clean up fragrant piles downstairs several times each day too. I have also discovered that he has been peeing on things down there too. Eeewwww! ZoraLin was not very happy that he watered her pillow and blanket the other day. I never knew that Clorox could smell so good!


Seems he also has this chewing issue. We have spent a small fortune on toys and chew bones for him, but even so he has this infatuation with Berber carpet. He can get his teeth caught in the Berber and then shred the carpet. Bad Dog!!

He also pretends to not know us at times. Those times are when we think he needs to stretch his legs and we let him off his leash to run with Wyatt. He thinks he needs to visit the cows that live WAY across the busy street. No matter how loud we call him, off he goes without a care in the world! No matter how much traffic there is, he crosses the road without a sidewards glance! Even the girls are already tired of cleaning up after and walking him. So we have found someone who wants Pugston and we will be taking him there this weekend. I thought there would be more tears to deal with....everyone agrees with me on this one.