I start out every morning with clean trousers, sweats, shorts, whatever, depending on the weather. By noon they are dirty with mud, grass stains, puppy spit, and whatever else he gets into. So if I want to go anywhere I have to change clothes and that equals laundry twice a week just for me. Then there's the towels I need to clean up his water dribbles...he doesn't swallow the last mouthful of water, he dribbles it all over the house from either his water dish in the kitchen, the toilet bowl if I forget to put the lid down or from the bucket outside. Speaking of the bucket, I took a 2 gallon plastic pail and filled it so he could drink when he's outside. I look out the kitchen window and he's soaking wet, carrying the bucket around the yard. I take it away, tell him NO, refill it and next time I look out he's running around the yard with the bucket. I take a 2' PVC pipe, pound it in the dirt by the faucet then loop the bail over the PVC so he can't take off with it again...SO, he sticks his head in the water and blows bubbles out his nostrils, leaving him wet at least to his eyeballs...then, he pulls up grass and eats the dirty roots, or digs in the dirt around the edge of the house and eats it. When he comes in the house the first thing he does is lay his muddy snout on my leg...dirty clothes again. I have to wash the sliding glass door every couple of days because he jumps up on it to let me know he wants inside...muddy glass door. He has discovered he likes to play in the bathtub, especially after I shower and he's been outside to get dirty. He comes in, jumps into the tub and gets it all muddy. When he wants to go outside to potty or just go outside, he goes to the sliding door and whines...you never know what he wants to do; consequently, he probably goes in and out 50 or more times a day. When I was sick this morning he climbed in my lap and loved me up. As soon as I was feeling better it was dirty clothes, wet clothes and in/out the door again. What's a father to do?
Don't wait too long to tell someone you love them.
Billy
Billy