Scout's catastrophe...

Overall Scout has been an incredible puppy. Out of all the puppies I have had through my lifetime she has been the least trouble, that is until this past week. Every weekday I wake up early and take her out, then feed her before putting her in the crate so I can go to work. I follow a similar pattern at lunch and dinner time.

Well, I came home from work this past week and when I let her out of the cage I noticed something odd on the wall. I pulled her cage out from the wall to see a nice 4 inch by 2 inch hole in the Sheetrock. The little brat must have been pissed off at me for some reason and figured out how she can wedge her snout through the crate bars enough for her to reach and gauge the wall. Let's just say I was less than impressed. Seriously, what the f***. She got spanked and put in her cage but only after I pulled it out from the wall some.

I have patched the wall with some Spackle and attempted to match the weird texture. I also had to find something to put on the sides of her cage so she didn't do any more damage. I found two sheets of plastic that go in fluorescent ceiling lights and so far it has seemed to work. I am still speechless that she did this!

Scout's first thunderstorm...

For those that didn't know, I finally named my puppy. Her name is Scout. She is one cute little one if I do say so myself. One big ball of energy. She has been a great companion over the past few months and loves all the new friends she has met at the dog park and when traveling to New York in March.

Summer time in Florida is always the same. Super hot, humid and uncomfortable. Not to mention the daily thunderstorms around 3 or 4 in the afternoon. Well, today we had a doozey. I'm talking major power outage, fallen limbs everywhere, flooding, etc. To make things worse, the storms have been ongoing into the evening. In fact, right now we are getting some crazy lightning.

I busted out of my office and ran the short distance to my car to head home only to get completely soaked. When I got home this afternoon I immediately went to let Scout out of her cage. As soon as I hit the doorway to the laundry room where I kee her crate I was bombarded with an unpleasant smell. She peed in her crate. Scout layed there curled up shaking in the back corner of her crate. It was pitiful. I knew instantly that the thunder and lightning had scared her. Poor thing.

I gave her a quick bath and now she is sitting on my chest as I lay on the couch typing this. I dried her off as much as possible but she still is shivering like it is 20 below. Five minutes ago she was running circles around my apartment as fast as she could, which is her normal post bath routine. As of now the thunder and lightning isn't bothering her but I am positive it is because I am home with her. Damn she is cute!

The Nameless Puppy

I made a trip up to Thomasville to visit my new puppy today and took lots of pictures. She is adoreable and will be coming home on March 21st. In the mean time I need some help picking out a name. Any thoughts? Let me know!

Puppy

Let the count down begin! After 4 years in Tallahassee on my own I have not only moved in to my own apartment, but I have finally had the opportunity to get a dog. I grew up with German Shepards and Labradors, hence I love big dogs. However, since moving to Tallahassee I have been able to get to know a variety of smaller breeds like the Boston Terrier, Jack Russell, Pug and more. Two years ago I was introduced to a family friend's dog, Wilbur, a French Bulldog. I quickly fell in love with the breed and have been obsessing about them ever since. For the past two months I have been seriously looking into dog breeds and most recently I moved and have changed my focus to look at great apartment breeds. Frenchies would be a great apartment dog. Unfortunately they run anywhere from $1500 to $3000+. With that in mind, I am no millionaire and the Frenchie was out. Then a few weeks ago good friends of mine got a black miniature Schnauzer named Pearl. She is adoreable and an awesome dog all around. After never considering such a dog Pearl quickly changed my mine and yesterday I picked out my very own miniature Schnauzer, a small black and gray female. The breed doesn't shed and is hypo-allergenic, not to mention they are cute and have great personalities. She comes home on March 21st and I cannot wait. It is hard even to imagine that a little puppy that fit in the palm of my hand will be my very own dog! I am heading back up to the breeder's home in Thomasville next week and will be taking lots of pictures of the little one!