Sweet Boy graduated obedience school at the beginning of November. He was a really good student and I think he was "teacher's pet" - pun intended. She was impressed with the focus he gives us, and she invited him to come for refreshers at her home. We'll have to take her up on that offer.
Unfortunately, our little boy has been getting into a destructive phase. He has torn into and eaten the stuffing of his second bed, the one we purchased when he grew out of his first bed. Funny thing is, he still tries to squeeze into the tiny bed, like I try to squeeze into those jeans that clearly don't fit anymore.
He has since moved on to tearing holes into the comforters we got him to try and keep warm with. He loves to eat the stuffing. Really, he loves to eat anything. Money is tight, so we have some strict controls on the heat, but don't want the poor thing to freeze. He apparently would rather eat than keep warm.
All of this has taken place after he systematically annihilated our kitchen. We used to keep him sectioned off in the kitchen when we went to work because he was having some serious issues with food. We imagined it would be easier on him and on us. Boy were we wrong. We came home one day to paper towel fragments all over, with him pooping out the cardboard tube later. The next day, any glasses we had what we thought was out of reach on the counter were all over the floor with a few of them broken. The day after that we came home to a puppy hyped up on the six cans of Pepsi he had punched holes in and sucked dry like he was a vampire. Even as we left for obedience school the next day, he was like "Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go!!!!!!!!!" That was the straw that broke the camels back. That day he got a larger crate that he would be kept in during the day.
He is still a pretty well mannered puppy most of the time. He did wonderful with all the kids during Thanksgiving. We realize though, that with the cold weather setting in, we need to get him on the treadmill to burn off his energy. Now if only we could get him to see it our way.
As far as the cats are concerned, he is still "Monster". He chases them and we are working to break him of it. Baby Kitty likes getting him in trouble. She knows that if she meows while he's around, even if he's not doing anything to her (which is rare), we'll yell at him to leave her alone. Their antics have inspired a new blog just for them - Us Pets Rule.
I have been sick for awhile. The week before Thanksgiving I got the flu. The week after Thanksgiving, it developed into laryngitis. My voice was shot for about a week and is still getting back to normal. The animals, as always, were my nurses. I was home for a week, and the cats never left my side. It is soothing at times to have a cat purr you to sleep.
Christmas is coming around the bend. I would love to have hand made gifts for everyone, but with all this going on, as well as a sister and sister-in-law that are both expecting babies that I am working on projects for, the knitted and crochet gifts are not happening this year. It's also been ages since I've gone to Monday Night Craft Night - which Rose and Sara changed to Tuesdays for me since Mondays were getting tough for me because of work. I should get back into the swing of things soon since I am starting to feel better and things are calming down now.
In the midst of this, we are still planning our wedding. We have the church, the reception site and now the DJ. We are doing the invites ourselves - which seems to be a new trend. We ordered the rings and got them the other day. I need to exchange mine for a different size though, as their sizing in the store seems to have been off. We ordered the band the same size as the engagement ring, but the band is too small. How odd.
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