Too Many Dogs!

I have always adored my two dogs, Otis and Lucy. That is, until I started spending ALL DAY EVERY DAY with them. Now, there are some days they drive me nuts! Now, I'm sure it has something to do with the fact that the weather has not been nice, and they've been stuck inside for a few days. Believe me, it hasn't helped my mood, either. But still. . . They. Need. To. Stop.

Stop what, you might ask? Well, today it is Otis. It all starts at about 6 a.m. I take the dogs outside. Lucy is a good girl and goes to the bathroom. Otis pees on a couple of things, but really doesn't do what he needs to do. We come back inside. Otis starts whining. I let him out. He pees a few more times and stands by the door to come in. Alex and I go about our business, playing Duplos and whatnot, and Otis goes back to the door and whines again. This goes on ALL DAY. I know he would prefer a walk, but it's freezing and windy outside. And besides, if he REALLY needs to go to the bathroom, shouldn't he just GO? So now he is tied out in the back yard. Do you think he is using this opportunity to use nature's facilities? NO! He is just standing there barking at who knows what. Leaves, squirrels, the wind . . . he just stands there and barks. And barks. And barks.

So today Lucy is my favorite dog. But don't let her fool you. Many days I find myself telling her, "Lucy, you are going back to the pound." She eats food off Alex's tray, and has to be told over and over again to get down and leave him alone. She constantly licks him. When I am babysitting Jocelyn she will not leave her alone. She sees things outside and barks and barks and barks, and will not stop unless I physically pick her up and move her away from the window. When I take her out back, she darts after the first thing she sees, and I have to chase her across the neighbor's yard. Today she dragged a tube of toothpaste out of the trash. She eats your chapstick if you leave it lying around. And she chews holes in all of our throw blankets. ALL of them.

So today it's Otis, tomorrow it will be Lucy. You know you've had it when you find yourself lecturing a terrier.

And that's what's happening on Boomerang Drive this week!

-- Holly