The Dog

I told Granny I would blog about the dog and why she's been the cause of most of the dissension at our house. ;)

First of all, she's really cute. She's a beagle. She's 3 years old. None of these things are bad. (In fact, I love beagles.)

But Adrian has not been trained very well.

She knows how to:
-sit
-get down

She does not know how to:
-come
-stay
Or
-lay down

We are working on those.

Oh, and she also does not understand that the carpet is not her toilet.
I can't leave her out while I run an errand down the street or take a shower or go to work because there will be a mess to clean up later.

We like Spot Shot at our house!
See Spot Shot work.
See Spot Shot make the pee stains disappear.
See Jess and Jason pick up Adrian's poop.
See Adrian look on in amusement.

Also, just before Jason moved into our house, Adrian developed some sort of skin allergy. And now she has fleas too.
She scratches a lot.
(Jason can't sleep when she scratches.)
We give her baths with special shampoo and try flea treatments.

So these are the troubles we are having with our animal. (I've had many people recommend The Dog Whisperer - does he travel?) It's taking patience on our part but hopefully one day, we will have an itch-and-flea-free, well-behaved, house-trained dog. Maybe.