The Adventures of Charlie

So, upon getting our new little furry bundle of joy... a couple of people referenced the dog Marley from the story Marley and Me. We hoped that we were not getting a handful of trouble like Marley, though we would love him either way.

He has been very good with training so far. The potty training is a work in progress but it has been one with more positive results then negative.

He knows the commands for Sit and Come. We are working on Heal and Stay.

He also knows Lay Down and Paws. He is AMAZING at fetch, he brings it back every time until he is done with the game and ready to move one. We are also working on "Drop It"... it's been a 50/50 result there.

Not bad for a pup at 11 weeks! I have been utterly impressed with his intellect!

Anyhoo... we are crate training him and he loves his room. It is the kind of crate where the door needs to be lifted in order to get the latch into the corresponding loop and then there is an additional lock to secure the door from being lifted to open.

Last week Charlie woke me up with a little whine. I woke up thinking "Well that's odd, he sounded like he was in our room on the floor..." I sat up to see him sitting on the floor next to our bed and woke my husband up to point it out.

This little stunt earned him a new nickname (among the few he already has). He is now aka Houdini. :)

This time was our fault for failing to lock the lock thinking he wouldn't be able to lift the door to open it. Well lesson learned.

Or was it.... This morning at 5am I hear a bark. I decide to get up to see if Charlie needs to go outside. When I walked out of my room I see three pairs of my husband's shoes sitting outside his crate (the shoes are almost bigger then the dog) and the crate door is wide open, but charlie is no where to be seen.

I call for him and he comes running out of the living room. Very excited to see me. I am not sure how long he was out, but I decided to take him out just in case. He seemed scare when I picked him up and huddled close to me. My guess is that he knew he had been a bad boy and was worried he was in trouble.

He had a few accidents inside while he was out, so naturally he didn't have to go when we were outside.

I placed Houdini back into his room, gave him a cookie and closed and LOCKED the crate door and proceeded to go back to bed for my last 2 hours of sleep before I had to get up for work.

I checked with my hubby and he says that he locked it. So we are not sure how Houdini managed the great escape this time. Part of me is tempted to get a little nanny cam to catch it next time. Would be interesting to see.

Just thought it was a funny story. Hope you enjoyed it. :)

Words to Live By...

Just some inspiration quotes I've found that I like and wanted to share...

"Today is a choice. Today I choose grace over impatience, laughter over worry, and beauty over negativity." -Carly Price

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” - Maria Robinson

“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.” - Flora Whittemore

“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles

“Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be changed. If it cannot be changed, then it must be accepted.” - Unknown Author

“Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours” - Swedish Proverb

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” - Winston Churchill

“You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.” - Ralph Marston

That's all for now... I'll be back when I have something blog-worthy to talk about. :)