"Get's the Poo out of Pooch"

Ok seriously, I know that my puppy Barbie is still a puppy and everything...but eating her POO?! COME ON! I did not sign up for this! Ewwww! Oh she doesn't discriminate either on which poo she chews on....GROSS!

I am still potty training her, so sometimes she may have an accident on the carpet. Mind you I'm never in the same room as her when she does it, it's like she knows I'm not watching her so she goes into the other room and lays one on the carpet! I don't see her for a couple minuets so I know shes up to something. I yell her name and still no Barbie, so I go into the next room and there she is eating her poo! I don't know if she is eating it because she likes the taste or if she is eating it because she knows she just went poo on the carpet and thinks if she destroys the evidence that she won't get in trouble!

And than, if that isn't bad enough, she eats it from her litter box when she's home alone! So its dry and has litter all over it, and she thinks she's slick because I wasn't home when she did it. But what her little puppy mind fails to comprehend is that the litter gets stuck all over her face! I have to pull the litter off because it dries and is like flippin super glue! SICK! And the worst part is that I can't even punish her because its hours after the fact and she only remembers what she did like 2 seconds ago!

This little puppy is sooo damn cute that you wouldnt think she can be such a terror! UGH! I think she really waits for me be busy doing something too for her to do it. Like when I'm getting ready for work in the monring. I let her out of her crate so she can eat and go potty and play before I have to go to work. But as I'm getting ready for work, of course she doesn't want to play with her toys, she wants to act like a monster dog! Barking and eating everything off the floor and pooping and eating it! So then once I catch her its too late because I have to go to work of course I'm already running late!

She probably thinks she lives the good life right? But I'm the boss and I really know how to put my foot down and teach her a lesson! You know what I do? I don't put the Animal Planet on for her! HA! take that crazy little poo eater! You don't get to watch Animal Planet when I'm gone, instead you are forced to be bored and entertain yourself! HA!

Come to think of it...she's a puppy, she's enterains herself all the time and she never ever gets bored....Crap she does live the good life! :::SIGH::: Barbie wins, I lose.

And They called it Puppy Love....

Her name is Barbie and she's 13 week old shorkie (shihtzu/yorkie mix)

This little dog is the love of my life! She is so adorable and even when she rolls in poo in her litter box I still love her! How can you stay mad at that face right? She's like a little bear! HA! But a 4pound bear = )

Eat your heart out!!

4 weeks and counting...

Two major changes, one declared minor, and one total hip replacement later.....

and I've finally made it!

Graduation: May 23rd, 2008

"Don't settle for right now. Or else you get stuck in today without ever getting to tomorrow."- Dina Marie

I Love REX!! this always gets me...

And sometimes we fall...

Sometimes we stumble, other times we fall....sometimes we fall harder than we ever did before. And when we hit rock bottom, whose going to be there to help us stand back up again?

For the independent types, we help ourselves. We are our own helping hand and we don't dare let anyone see us stumble...let alone fall. And when we do fall (because everyone does), we can't allow ourselves to admit that we can't stand back up again.

So what do we do....when we finally hit the bottom? When we have all the odds against us? When our legs give out and we can't move? When we have exhausted all other options of how to do it on our own? Do we just lie there....motionless...and give up?

When we lie there...feeling defeated...we can make a choice.

We can breathe...and swallow our pride... or we can accept something less than what we are capable of.

Pride is not lost....it takes a proud person to be strong enough to know his/her limits... to reach out for that helping hand.

The worst part about falling is not the stumble or the fall or that we've hit rock bottom....HOWEVER the worst part is that it you hit rock bottom and chose to remain defeated.

We have a choice... and when we are ready to fight for it, when we are ready to breathe again... NEVER,EVER forget that there are those in our lives who will always promise to be there to help you stand back up....

Even if it takes a couple of attempts at reaching up for their hand, even if your grip loosens once or twice, even if you let go when you were half way up....they will ALWAYS be there to make sure that at some point you will be standing up again...



Thank you Maria & Cam

(a work in progress)

Validation

Today I want to be good to myself.
Today I want to be true to myself.
Today I want to give myself what I deserve.
Today I want to give myself a helping hand.
Today I want to make it real.
Today I want to make it count.
Today I want to say it out loud.
Today I want to say it like I mean it.
Today I want to find the strength.
Today I want to find the faith.

Today I want to feel it in my veins,
Today I want to hold it tight in my hands,
Today I want to see it in the mirror,
Today I want to hear it from my voice.


Today I want my validation.
Today I want my validation.
Today I want my validation.