Whew, it's Monday. What a weekend! All my pictures would be of me sleeping, so I thought some "throwback" pictures would be kind of fun. :)
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| Post-bath hyena run, with my tire toy in my mouth. |
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| Puppy Sadie, ready for destruction! |
Now here we are, Monday- lately, since Kaiser has left our roost, I have been a little off-kilter. I was
SO happy to have a little buddy that lived with me. Now I'm stuck with my little kitty siblings, and they aren't really fond of playing with me. Alas, I have been causing some mischief. During the 5 1/2 hours Mom is gone, I get a lot accomplished- I ate another stair's worth of carpet and padding, I left the contents of my bladder on the carpet, and shredded some newspaper and stuffies all over the carpet. Mom was
NOT amused.
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| I get rewarded for playing with appropriate toys! |
Mom is pretty disappointed when I do this, but Dad? He
really is not amused. They have been thinking of some solutions to curb my problems. Dad suggested that I get crated for the day while both of them are gone at work. This works for many, many people, but Mom feels bad that I have to spend 5 1/2 hours in a crate, so she got creative and came up with this plan:
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| Naughty naughty! |
Operation Sadie.
Purpose: To get me to stop my behaviors when home by myself.
The plan:
- As Mom leaves (she's the last one to go), I get a Kong with peanut butter slathered on the inside. This teaches me that good things come, even if I am apart from my humans!
- I now have a soft radio playing in the background. Mom thinks this will help to have some white noise, therefore keeping my brain from going crazy!
- The landing/basement have been baby-gated so I can't even touch the stairs. That way, the stairs aren't even an option. I have plenty to do upstairs. Mom and Dad are going to eventually cover the stairs/upper level with nice laminate flooring, but that involves $$, as you know.
- All bedroom doors are shut, and the bathroom mats are hung up on the shower rod. I have been known to shred a few memory foam bath mats, so now that they're out of my reach, I can't even go there. *sigh*
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| Me, surrounded by my good toys! |
So far, this has worked for 3 days. Think this might work long-haul? What are your suggestions for curbing the mischief to an appropriate level? :)
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| Mission accomplished! A tired doggie! |
