Practice with Puppies

Okay, so I wasn't sure if I should write about this on our Basset Blog (frenchesbassets.blogspot.com) or on this one, but I thought this might be best to share...

We are currently getting our backyard patio done this week and next (it's looking really good) and so our doggie do's have had to stay inside (concrete and dogs don't mix I guess...). Well I had to work from home on Monday since my work computer crashed on Friday. I got it back on Tuesday so went into the office, but Jason had to stay home on Tuesday b/c he was sick. So the dogs have been inside all week, but haven't been home alone. Well today (Wednesday) we both had to go to work. We know our athletic Basset Noodles jumps over our kiddie gate we use to block both entrances to our kitchen, so we decided to brace it with two high backed chairs behind each gate knowing that he couldn't get through them. So I prepared everything as planned this morning and then, just in case, closed all the doors and put up all things that he could get into in case he got out for some odd reason. Now let me tell you about last time...

We had one puppy left to be picked up (see our Basset blog about Cooper in March) in the kitchen with Mommy (Pickles), but we had people working in the yard that day. So we left the pup in the kiddie pin and left Mom and Dad in the kitchen pinned up while we were at work. When Jason got home, he found Noodles running around the house, remotes chewed up, one puppy running around the house, Pickles in the kitchen and 'white powder' all over the kitchen. So we realize that Noodles jumped up on our glass top kitchen table and knocked off some flour I had in a jar and that landed all in the puppy pin. Noodles must have landed in the puppy pin and knocked it over which let Cooper out and then out into the house. Surprisingly we did not have big 'messes' if you know what I mean. But needless to say, we learned our lesson and so made precautions this time.

So...

I came home today and Noodles greeted me at the door. Ugh, how on earth did he get out? He's not just part goat, but part kangaroo too I guess. So he's so excited and Pickles is freaking out b/c she's still locked in the kitchen. So I run and get their leashes and we go for a walk (visit our Basset Blog for info on our walks). We come home, I work and then I take them to the vet to get Pickles' xrays to find out how many pup's she has (see our Basset Blog... 7-8!!!) So then we come home and I work some more. Then I decide I need to take them out for a potty break. We go walk around for a long time, no major business done. So finally we head back inside. ('Mind you that they can't go in the back yard b/c the concrete is being 'laid'.) So I come back in and work some more. Then I think Pickles tooted... yuck... nothing worse than a dog toot... so I try to get away and I can't get away... then it dawns on me... surely not... YUP... Noodles left me a surprise in the hall way. Yuck. WE JUST WENT OUTSIDE TO GO... Poor guy was so upset though and seemed embarrassed. I couldn't get mad at him b/c his day has been so off... but ugh... we just went outside. Poor guy...

So I say all this b/c I realized that this is probably what potty training kids will be like, but a lot less hairy. I guess it's good practice. I tell you, there is nothing a little Lysol and air freshener can't take care of.

Haha... what a long and silly story, but I had to share! We love our babies and we're about to have 7-8 more!!! (Well, the new pups will have new homes in 8 weeks...)