Snip and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

by T.Stratton

Hey all……….  

Well as you can guess by the title my ramble is about Puppies. We have a new puppy that is a black lab. Her name is Reagan and she is the most adorable thing… which she is sooo lucky for her right now…..  

This is how the story begins.. Reagan and my boys, 9 and 5, were doing what most boys do with a 4 month old puppy, running back and forth from the couch to their room. They were all happy and yelling and laughing… THEN IT HAPPENED.. Reagan go so excited she peed on the couch… yep right there... a big puddle.. and guess what.. ON MY SPOT!!!

Well after scolding her and making her go outside I cleaned and cleaned it… still YUCK… Well last weekend.. I was all snuggled in my bed sleeping in late since I can’t do that during the week when school is in session so I take advantage of the weekends... the kids were watching TV and playing with Reagan… well in runs my 9 year old saying she peed again... on the couch.. ON MY SPOT!!!  

Well, she knew she was in trouble and tried to hide under the table.. I got her out and took her to the couch and told her BAD GIRL!! And out into the back yard she went again… now I have a HUGE towel and a sheet covering that spot.. MY SPOT!!  

You would think it would be easy to have it cleaned.. well they won’t come in and just clean that part…. I should describe my couch.. it is a gray-blue sectional…. And it will cost an arm and a leg to clean the whole thing since they won’t just do the one part.. MY SPOT!!!  

Well enough about the peeing…………… 

Here is something funny she did  not once.. but twice. 

One day after we had her for a few weeks I came home after being gone for a several hours. I walked in and called her.. nothing.. I’m like Crap.. where is she?? Well I look everywhere.. in the closet that we use to keep the cereal, but that changed after finding her in there twice .. First time she ate a whole box of fruity pebbles and was attacking the frosted flakes… Second time she got into the pancake mix.. she looked like a dog who sniffed drugs and wasn’t afraid to hide it…. Back to lost puppy… well I looked and looked.. suddenly I hear this noise on the other side of the kitchen table.. I walked over and yep there she was.. with her head stuck inside the cardboard box of a twelve pack of Diet Dr Pepper (empty). No clue how long she was like that but she didn’t leave my side all night after I stopped laughing and took off the box. 

The second time she repeated the above incident, Reagan was down the hallway just sitting there with another twelve pack box on her head… did I tell you that it was not three days after the first time…. Smart dog wouldn’t you say….(PERSONALLY I THINK SHE TAKES AFTER T.) 

Ohh man, I could go on and on… Like how she destroyed the brand new screen on my back patio door.. or how she loves soda cans and my yard is full of those sucker… or how she took my 5 year olds new shoes and buried them somewhere and we still have no clue where… so I had to go get him new ones… we now lock our shoes in a cabinet we have in the living room…  

Me being the smart human that I am decided that closing the door would work.. well it worked.. but ohh man ohh man did she make a mess… sure I took the garbage out and closed the toilet lid… but she did it again, pooped and walked all over it…. I won’t get into the gross details.. but I will say this… GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (DID SHE TELL YOU SHE LOVES HER DOG YET????.) 

Well that folks is it.. hope you enjoyed my ramble about my sweet lovable puppy.. She is truly a great dog that now sits, shakes and barks her head off if you don’t pet her when she wants you too.. which is all the time… but that’s okay I love her no matter what… she just better stay away from MY SPOT on the couch…(T. CAN HAVE HER "SPOT" CAUSE I AM SURE NO ONE ELSE WOULD TOUCH IT AFTER THIS TALE)

Thanks,
T. Stratton
tinstrtton@aol.com