A post almost entirely about Lucy and potty-training
First of all, I am happy to report that Lucy is nearly completely potty-trained. Sure, she doesn’t always make it through the night in her kennel since she’s still a puppy, but she usually does. And she always walks to the door if she needs to go out. (Once we realized going out either the front or back door was confusing her, we settled on the back door. Now we only take her out the front door for walks.)
However…the rain is wreaking havoc on her desire to go past the protection of the eaves. This morning she stood, butt pressed against the sliding glass door and body protected from the rain, with her head pointed at the sky, licking her nose every time a raindrop fell on her. It was moderately cute, if you like puppies and things that are totally adorable.
As can happen, though, the raindrops reminded her that she still needed to potty, so currently I’m trying to devise ways to attach an umbrella to her body because once a drop hits her back, she won’t budge without me cajoling her down the steps. In the pouring rain. Then she squats and gives me a baleful, accusatory look while she goes about her business. “I’m in the rain, too,” I tell her, but I understand her point: she eliminates outside in the elements, whereas her humans, [surely] with the dignity befitting our species, get to use a bathroom with four walls and a roof and a heating vent not too far from our toes.
Do they make outhouses for dogs? Because, Internets, for those puppy-dog eyes, I would get one.
It is raining here, also, and Ike has close to the same eyes (have hardened myself somewhat to their effects). Warning: he was terrified of umbrellas; then he decided just to eat them. But perhaps Miss Lucy is made of stronger stuff.
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Chelsey replied:
October 15th, 2009 at 14:44
Stronger stuff? Doubtful. She’s kind of a pleaser, except when you *want* her to do stuff. Come to think of it, I imagine the only real contest between these two would be who’s more stubborn.
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Ike says, “Contest on.” We’ll start with putting on the leash and move through other fundamentals, such as “how to avoid eye contact when asked to get into one’s crate.”
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