The Pack

This morning, Buddy woke me up and 4:30. I can't be too hard on him because that's what time I get them up on weekdays. But this is Sunday and I wanted to sleep in longer. Eventually, I decided to get up and take them out. Buddy usually barks when he has to go potty if I'm not immediately next to him. He only goes downstairs in the basement (cement floors) if I'm not there. So, we went out and pottied, but I wanted to go back to bed. I thought, "What the hell," and I took them upstairs with me. I actually think Buddy would be calmer if he was confident in my prensence. And I wouldn't mind sleeping with them (don't know about Ken's opinion of that) if they'd settle down and sleep.

Joey, jumped right up in bed and snuggled with me. The only sound she made was occasionally her tummy growled. Buddy, however, was not so comfortable. He finally made his way up onto the bed and he did relax and lay down after awhile. I think I should work on this every weekend. I can't afford to try it during the week because I need to go to sleep if I'm going to get up at such an ungodly hour.

This summer, after I get the invisible fence up and running we'll do a lot more training. Buddy is a lot calmer than he used to be, but I know he'll greatly benefit from the training. With that invisible fence, I'm also looking forward to actually playing with my dogs outside. As it is now, they're always on a leash or a tie-down.

I had better get to work. I have papers to grade.