It has to be the breed.

Husband and I got a lab/retriever last year.  He is a great dog, super sweet, and he wants very much to please us.  He can't help that he's not the brightest.  Lately, dog has been moping around acting all lonely and neglected.  Husband and I work during the day and dog is by himself in the back yard (destroying things).  Feeling sorry for dog, husband and I decided to get him a friend.  We had a few requirements for the breed that we were going to get this time around.
#1.  Smarter.
#2.  More protective (because our dog now would just love an intruder/thief/murderer to death)

I have always loved German Shepherds and the breed fit our criteria.  I do want to mention, for all the animal lovers out there, that I did check the local animal shelters first to see what they had before I made my decision but there were no dogs that fit what I was looking for.  So I searched the Oregon ads to see what was out there.  Bingo!  Cute little 7 week pups for sell.  Friday, husband and I took dog to go look at the puppies.  Dog gets really nervous around other dogs and starts drooling incessantly, it's weird, and gross; I seriously get embarrassed when he does that. 

We ended up picking the puppy that immediately ran over to play with dog then sat at my feet when dog tried to chase the other pups to see what they were doing.  She's pretty much awesome.

Dog LOVES to play with her and they wear each other out.  The only problem now is Dog is suffering from jealousy.  Whenever puppy has a toy or something dog acts like a jerk and growls at her.  We discipline dog for being rude and he literally stomps off, flops himself down in a corner, and pouts.

It's like a dog version of this.  Literally.



I'm convinced that intelligence is in the breed.  Here are some of the reasons why:
- Puppy has had only one accident in the house.  For the past THREE DAYS! (knock on wood).
- It took us MONTHS to potty train dog.  It's like he didn't realize he was peeing, WHILE HE WAS PEEING.  I've never seen a dog that could walk and pee at the same time.  It's a huge mess and not cool at all. 
-  Puppy stops immediately when we say no.
-  Dog still ignores us when we say no.
-  Puppy has figured out that her name is "Sadie" and comes when we call her.  It took her three days to learn her name.
-  We honestly thought Dog was deaf because he didn't answer to his name for weeks.  We think he finally knows, but has selective hearing most of the time.
-  Dog escapes into the front yard, gets scared, then hides under the truck.  ALL.THE.TIME.
-  Puppy has escaped once, panicked, and sat in front of the hole she escaped from and cried. 

I love Dog a lot.  He is sweet, friendly, and adorable.  He is just stupid.  If he was a human he would probably be one of those jocks, the handsome nice kind, but not the brightest.  It's a good thing he's cute.

Oh yeah, the past year that we've had dog and all that training we've been giving him to make him obedient??  Well, he's digressed.  It's like having two untrained puppies now because dog forgot everything.  It's a good thing that puppy is a fast learner, maybe dog will learn something from her.  I'll let you know how that goes.

In the meantime, here's a super cute picture of dog and puppy.  Enjoy!


Puppy playing.  Dog acting over-dramatic.

Age 23 - The Year of Change

It has been awhile since my last blog... and I have a BUNCH of stuff going on right now.  So I will catch you all up bullet point fashion...

- I turned 23.  Not a very exciting age.

- My sister got me a Nook for my birthday.  I'm addicted and neglecting the stack of paper books that I need to read.

- We are in full swing volleyball right now and my girls won their first game!  I'm one proud coach :)  Our next game is tomorrow, hopefully this time I won't be as nervous.

- Husband and I took the dog to Family Camp.  Dog loved every second of it.  He learned how to swim and picked up EVERY.SINGLE.BAD.HABIT that any dog he came in contact had.  He started tunnelling out of our backyard, so we put up the invisible fence.  He started barking and howling at the neighbors, so we bought him a bark shock collar.  Husband says he's got more bling than ZZ Top.  What did dog do in retaliating of our new strict rules?? He ripped the screen out of our screen door.  Right now I am really regretting A) taking the dog camping B) ever getting dog in the first place.  Hopefully this little hellion stage doesn't last long otherwise I may just kill him or pawn him off on some unsuspecting victim that is deluded into thinking he actually has manners.

- I will be losing my job as a Customer Support Rep due to consolidation on December 31st of this year.  So I've been sending out a few applications here and there.  I will start getting more serious about applying towards the middle of October once volleyball season is nearing an end.

- I did apply for a 9-1-1 Emergency Dispatch position... I am really really hoping and praying for that position.  I just have to keep reminding myself, God's will not mine. 

- A person (er, me) can get very distracted and lose a few hours Googling "Typing Speed Test" as "practice" for a certification that I needed saying how many words per minute I type so I can apply for jobs.  Online my highest score was 70.  I have a Certificate saying that I type 65 words per minute with no errors... I would have died it they wouldn't let me use the backspace button.

- I started painting.  Husband thinks I am good, but he gets paid to say that ;)  I just enjoy it because it is relaxing and non-stressful.

I think that about summarizes things for now.  Until next time, God Bless!

UPDATE:  I posted this blog without a title because I was like - Oh I'll think of a good title while I'm typing- but then forgot that I didn't type in a title and clicked "Publish Post" POW!  And now I'm going to fix it.