Awkward moment OTD

[figmo]

Despite my current state of mind, I seem to be getting phone calls.

The dog has been acting up, so she's spent a good chunk of today in solitary confinement (locked in the hall bathroom in the bathtub). This is the doggie equivalent of "time out."

After the first "solitary" she first went straight to her wee-wee pad, then as I pulled it up, she started pooping straight onto the tray on which I keep it. I tried stopping her till I could get a new pad down. I got the pad down, but she still insisted on going on the tray, so I moved her to the pad. She responded by sprinting to the computer room and finishing her load under my computer desk. Back to another round of "solitary." (She looked guilty.)

After the second round, I let her out and she hung with me a bit. As I was finishing making dinner, the phone rang; it was an interview. As the guy was asking me technical questions, Lady proceeded to her wee-wee pad, first nailing it with a good piddle, then doing a #2, all while looking at me as if to say, "I got it right this time!" The poor interviewer asked me if I was "in a hurry." I didn't have the heart to tell him about what I was watching.

Comments

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Aw, yay. :)

I'm pretty grateful that DJ prefers the outdoors. ;)

[figmo.livejournal.com]

I'm grateful Lady doesn't. The door to my backyard was put on backwards by the previous owner and would have to be replaced for me to be able to open it when it's locked without having to stand on a ladder (the previous owner was 6'4" and had arthritic knees).

This also means I don't have to get up at 3am when she wants to go do "her thing."

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

We have a small back yard, and an door flap that's open from the time we wake up until right before we go to sleep. She doesn't go out at night, partially because the door flap is in Casey's room, and would wake him up, but also that our local raccoons would be happy to kick her little doggy ass. :) (She usually sleeps through the night unless intruders come into the yard.)

She's also so resistant to peeing in the house that the day we forgot to open the door, leaving her locked in for about 20 hours, she didn't pee in the house. I was amazed, and wouldn't have blamed her if she had.