I was locked out!

Sometimes the things I do even amaze me. So here’s the thing… The puppies have figured out how to open the door, if it is not dead bolted. We leave the door knob unlocked to keep from locking ourselves out. (You see, even when the door knob is locked the handle turns on the inside the same as if it is unlocked, needless to say we have locked ourselves out many times.) So… The puppies always try and turn the handle, which can be VERY annoying. So it is 11:00 at night. I am trying to read a book and get sleepy, but the puppies are making this very hard because they are trying to turn the handle all the time. So I lock the door knob. I even thought ahead this time a left a note on the door saying and I quote “The door knob is locked! Don’t lock yourself out.” So I go on reading thinking this will solve everything. However, the dogs started barking like crazy. So what does my bright, intelligent self do? I walk right on out there to see what they are barking about and try to hush them up. Oh yes, with the note on the door and all, I walk straight out there and shut the door behind me. Only when I try to come back in do I realize that I had locked the door. I could only laugh at this point. Its 11:15 now, Michael has been asleep for hours, so I have little hope at this point. So I try standing on the deck and saying Michaels name. All this time keeping the water hose with me to keep the puppies off of me. I try this for awhile and it does not help. I try getting Red to go get Michael for me, but he just looks at me with his head cocked to one side. So then I get then I start throwing pebbles at our bedroom window (Hey, I thought this was a little romantic you know.) None of this works. I am beginning to think I will be staying the night with the puppies. So then I start jumping up and down on the deck making as much noise as I can, and the puppies even helped me with this one. They started throwing toys around on the deck, jumping up and down with me. Hey we were having ourselves a little party. Finally I here Red scratching on the door and I look through the window and see Michael looking more then a little confused. He said “what is all the noise?” I go “I am locked out!” He opens the door, by this point, I am just laughing. I go and wash my hands and by the time I am done, Michael is already back in bed. But hey, I thought it was pretty amusing. Hopefully he will see the humor in this in the morning, after an almost good nights sleep.

Time For Some Tough Love

To say that the puppies had gotten used to walking all over us is an understatement. They have started fighting for "Top Dog" status. We have had to break them up several time. So today I decieded to become the "Top Dog"! We got a sprayer for our water hose, and when they start misbehaving I go out there and spray them with it. I have been doing it all afternoon, and now when I come outside, they keep their distance from me, and if I grab that hose, they stop what they are doing. They had been taking over our deck and tearing everything up. Now if I go out side they all run off the deck as fast as they can. I now feel empowered. When they all run down I go down there and tell them good puppies and pet them, but when they jump on my I give them another squirt! But I think they are learning. They are all giving me the puppy dog eyes, but I am now not effected by them. They will leard to be good puppies, if its the last think I do.