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A Day in the Life

Posted on August 3, 2009 by BrassyDel

A day in Tank’s life: “Tank! Get out of the baby’s carseat!”“Tank! Get out of the baby’s chair!”“Tank! Leave Matti’s bone alone!”“Tank! Get out of the baby’s diaper!”“Tank! Shush!”“Tank! Get out of the baby’s face!”“Tank! You’d better not be eating poop!”“Tank! Get out of the window!”“Tank! Off!”“Tank! Do you have to drool water over every inch of carpet?”“Tank! That’s the…

How To Beg Like Tank

Posted on May 19, 2009 by BrassyDel

1. Find someone eating or preparing something you like. In Tank’s case, usually this is carrots or apples. 2. Sit pretty. 3. Use previously perfected Puppy Dog Eyes. 4. Fart.

Puppy Progress

Posted on April 14, 2009 by BrassyDel

The bed retraining seems to be pretty much complete. It went a lot easier than I feared, with only the first few nights of actively removing doggies from the bed. I think part of the success has been Tank’s “new bed” though. We’re moving some furniture around to set up the baby’s room, and the extra bed is now going…

Make a Joyful Noise

Posted on April 11, 2009 by BrassyDel

It’s late at night. The “puppies” are in their own beds. Kitten is off causing trouble somewhere, probably harassing Damien. Willis is lightly snoring by our heads. The house is quiet and I’m drifting off to sleep. Thbbbbbbbbbbppppppt! Yup. Into every peaceful night a little dog butt must pass. Gas. Having dogs is a lot like having a husband, actually….

No More Puppies Sleepin’ on the Bed!

Posted on April 7, 2009 by BrassyDel

Feel free to sing the title to yourself to the tune of “No More Monkies Jumpin’ on the Bed!” A little less than a week ago we agreed to retrain the dogs to sleep on their own beds. It all started on night, around 5 in the morning, when I absolutely could not sleep. Hubby was on his side of…

Dog Poop and Tennis Balls

Posted on March 31, 2009 by BrassyDel

My dogs poop a lot, let me tell you! They eat at the same time, twice a day, so at least they’re fairly regular about it. Never underestimate the value of getting your dog to poop on a schedule. We also have two times that we generally go on walks – around noonish, and around 5:30ish (after Hubby gets home…

Blizzard ’09

Posted on March 26, 2009 by BrassyDel

Today we’re having a blizzard. And why not? It was in the 70’s last week and it was 55 F yesterday. There was apparently a light dusting at around 7am when the hubby went in to work, and by 10am they were sending everyone home. It took him 4 hours to make what is normally a 25 minute commute. The…

Co-sleeping of the Wrong Sort

Posted on March 5, 2009 by BrassyDel

One piece of advice you find when researching training your dog is to absolutely, positively, never let the dog sleep on the bed. And for good reason: dogs associate sleeping space with pack hierarchy dogs can develop guarding behaviors with your bed sharing the bed with Fido can negatively impact your romantic relationship when Fido weighs almost 80 pounds (and…