Last week we took Max to get a bath and her hair trimmed. She has had really itchy and flaky skin so I thought I would try taking her to get an oatmeal shampoo before taking drastic steps and having her tested for allergies. I called the groomers and explained that she was itchy and I would like a good shampoo used on her. I also said that she didn’t really need a hair cut but maybe just a booty shave and eye trim. Dogs gets their booties shaved so they can potty and not do this:
Well when my husband took Max to the groomers I called to tell him I wanted bows in her ears. (Adam hates bows in her ears so I knew he wouldn’t ask for them 
) I told him about the booty shave and eye trim. A body trim was included in the price so we decided she could get a little trim . I was thinking with scissors….well…they used the clippers and gave her a nice hair cut. Look at our little girl.
She looks so skinny and little. So much for the fluffy puppy we were taking in for a little trim. Oh well! She is still cute and the cut will be nice for summer. Notice the little bow! (You can only see one because her other is is flopped back.) Cutie huh!? Yeah well Max had them out 15 minutes after we got home. Boooo!
As soon as we got home guess what Max did!? She ran right to the litter box, put all four feet in, and went pee pee. HOORAY! (If you don’t know what I am talking about, read THIS.)
Then look what she did next…
By George! I think she’s got it!
Well…she has the poo poo part 100% at least. She goes to the litter box 95% of the time. She puts all four feet in 20% of the time. I just don’t get why she doesn’t go all the way in no matter business she is doing. DIVA!
Hey! Anything is better than on the rug, couch, bed, floor, pillow…wherever else a dog could think of going. I guess I can’t complain too loudly.
Also last week, we decided to teach her to sleep in her exercise pen rather than in our bed. You see, because we are gone during the day she sleeps a lot. Then when we get home she has too much energy and doesn’t want to settle down. She was walking all over the bed, licking our faces, biting and pulling our hair, and digging at the covers all while we are trying to sleep.
One night at 2 AM I had had enough. I just wanted to sleep. We put her in her exercise pen (the original place we tried to have her sleep until she wouldn’t stop barking and we gave in and let her sleep with us). She barked and cried for hours. We wanted to go in to the kitchen and get her just so she would stop and we could try to get some sleep. We knew though if we did she would think it is okay to bark because she would eventually get her way. So, we sucked it up, forfeited our sleep, and just let her bark. She barked for five hours….and then it was time to “wake up” to go to work.
We tried it again the next night. This time we started with her in her exercise pen. FIVE AND A HALF HOURS later, she finally stopped barking and went to sleep. She woke up a half an hour later, barked some more, and then went to sleep.
Here is the good news! Now we can put her in her exercise pen at night and she won’t bark. She just lays down and goes right to bed. We have even brought her to bed a few times. She comes in and lays right down. GLORIOUS!
We ARE the master’s of the pack…not Max! {insert evil laugh}
Wednesday’s can be a rough time of week some times. It means that the week is only halfway through. You still have 2 days until Friday. You have been following your diet really well and are starting to feel sugar cravings and want to sneak to a closet to eat some chocolate. The day seems to drag on. It isn’t quite pay day but you have something you would really like to buy…that is why Wish List Wednesday is PERFECT. This provides all of us with a chance to express our latest wishes…material items, health items, spiritual, etc. 
