Monday, November 24, 2008

Being a parent is hard

I woke up to find Charlie, yelping from the side of her new kennel. On the other side, she'd thrown up.

It was all my fault. I was a bad parent.

I'd put her kennel upright so she'd have less space to move -- less space than she's had the previous three days -- and not make any mistakes overnight. I guess the new situation was too much for her to handle.

I ran around to grab something to get Charlie out of the kennel, then went to open it. I got a whiff of some funky throw-up.

Upon further examination, I realized she'd simply shitted all over the place.

Maybe it's still my fault? Maybe I should've left her to her own devices in the laundry room?

Or, perhaps she should've pooped when I took her ass out at 10:15 to get everything out before bed. Maybe then I wouldn't have been scrubbing a kennel at 7:05 a.m.

Looking back, it wasn't my fault at all.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

oh the nightmares of puppyhood! I don't miss those days! Well, the good part is it'll be over soon!

Acoustic Soul said...

You guys will find a happy medium. Hopefully for your sanity, it'll be sooner than later.

Stone said...

Yes bad parent, bad, bad parent. LOL. I do not want anything in my house that I have to walk or water; that includes pets and plants. I am not a nurturer like that. I do keep a mean rock garden.

Darius T. Williams said...

See - now this is the shit I don't wanna have to deal with! Good luck son!

jerzey_reality said...

puppies r a handful until they get the routine down. But shittin and partly digested kibbles & bits aint cute...at all..jus don't make a mistake and use the dereon jeans as a rag lol