How to Annoy a Puppy…

heh heh heh heh…I yam SOOO cruel! Pup is highly annoyed with me because she’s in stir. Every moment she’s under a roof, she’s trapped in the Panopticon. Poor beast.

For reasons unknown, her house training has come undone. What we have here is a formerly house-trained puppy. A de-house-trained dawg. And, as you can imagine, quite the little nuisance.

Yesterday I cleaned up three messes, and Luz cleaned up another one. That’s become about par for the course.

One could believe this was a sign of the supposed urinary infection. But a) it’s not confined to puddles and b) she’s been on Clavamox and special urinary diet for the past week.

This is a dog that can pee and dump at the speed of light. No joke: my son was over here last night and she committed BOTH offenses in the same room while we were there! And neither one of us spotted her in action. She is an accomplished stealth pisser. I’ve never seen an animal like this in my life, and I’ve seen a lot of animals. Especially dogs.

So. Out of storage came the X-pen. It’s back in the family room, where I spend a fair amount of time. Whenever I’m in there, in the dining room, or in the kitchen, she’s in the pen. Lovely piece of furniture: so graces the decor.

When I’m in the office, the door is closed and she’s in here with me. If I leave the house, she goes in her crate. If I lay down for a nap, she goes on the bed.

So far, so good. It’s 8:00 p.m.; we’ve been up since 5:30 a.m., and she hasn’t defiled the floor once.

Uhm. Not as far as I’ve been able to tell.

But ooohhh this dog is mad at the human. Peeved. Irked!  And increasingly determined to escape.

Well, this is ornery on my part, but it’s working. I think. She doesn’t seem to be uncomfortable, so I guess that if she had a recurrence of the  UTI, it’s not bothering her much. The dog herding is a nuisance, but nothing like cleaning up mess after mess after mess.

Now whether Ruby Doo will ever forgive me…that remains to be seen.