%$$#% vent

Sour mood, need to vent. And I had today off too.

Got up at 5 a.m. in a raging snowstorm to take the new puppy out to pee. Puppy sniffed around, didn't pee. Got pissed. Took puppy inside. Puppy promply pissed on the floor. Went back to bed.

5:15 a.m., puppy yelping because it apparently "misses" me. Forced to go downstairs from my warm bed to puppy and sit on the couch when it curls up in a ball next to me and goes to sleep. Noticed a pile of crap on the floor near the TV.

8 a.m. Woke up on the couch to a puppy whinning because what I believed was bladder pains. Took said puppy outside. The raging freaking blizzard had dumped at least 10 inches since 5 a.m. Puppy sniffed around, looked at me and yelped, no piss. Got mad again. Took puppy inside where, you guessed it, it promply pissed.

8:30 am. cleaned up piss and crap messes, while puppy snored on couch. Went back to bed, on the couch.

10 a.m., Woke to a puppy licking my face. Once awake puppy ran to the door wanting to go out. After several unclean words from my mouth, I put on my boots and headed out into the even worse blizzard - now it was over 1.5 feet of white crap on the ground - and took the puppy out. Hallefreakingluyah ... it took a crap. No piss though. Went inside. Puppy pissed.

And so on and so on and so on ...

5 p.m. picked up 2 year old daughter from day care. got home to a puddle of piss in the living room and an excited puppy jumping and licking the daughter in the face.

6 p.m. wife gets home from work. Finally I can relax? No. She wants to go for a run cause her day was "so stessful."

6:30 p.m. daughter has a tantrum, puppy takes a piss, cat almost tripps me, dinner boils over and phone rings ... all. at. the. same. time.

7 p.m. Wife comes home. Notices my strange "psychotic" look and backs away slowly. Takes the dog out to pee for me. Dog doesn't pee. Not even in the house. Instead the damn thing curls up on the wife's lap when she sits on the couch and goes to sleep. She says it is because she has established she is the alpha dog in the house.

8 p.m. I start drinking again after a year break. Still freaking snowing outside. My car is no longer noticable in the drive and looks like a snowbank.

10 p.m. Time to take the dog out again. Decide to get rid of the dog ASAP.

Anyone want a beagle? Please save me.

am wondering... how did your wife go for a run in 1.5 feet of snow?

funny story.. fun thing is my new puppy will be ready for pick up Dec 22. not looking forward to cleaning up piss and poop.. since I have a 2 month old daughter she does plenty of that..

Laughing My Ass Off.....although it is good to see I'm not the only one.  I went through the same thing myself awhile back.  Two year old son and then the wife says we should get a dog to complete the family....gee what's next the white picket fence?

Anyway does my wife get a nice simply dog? A cute little cuddly thing? No she comes home with a Bullmastiff. 

Well the dog is now 7 months old and weighs 90lbs.  The boy is two and can't sit still for longer than five minutes and I'm still cleaning up after both of them.

Oh the joys of life.....I long for the throwing season....my escape.

Trust me McBain things get better!!

JG

Thanks for the support. To answer a few questions:

* The wife runs at the gym on the treadmill. She tried running in the snow but fell on her face. I am thinking about getting her snow traction spikes for running in snowy icy weather outside as well as a nice easy to see at night dog leash to take the damn dog with her on her jaunts.

* The drink was Dalmore. Straight. No ice. When that ran out it was on to the Jamesons. When it ran out it was tequila. When it ran out I knew I was going to have a bad morning.

* The wife insists on keeping the dog inside. She wants a house dog. I want a house without a dog. I am losing.

* I thought about the fence but it is damn hard to put one up with all this snow. However I am thinking about making a fence by piling up big walls of snow and watering them down to make them pure slick ice. Let's see that little puppy get over that kennel. With my luck though, the thing will sprout devil wings and soar over it though. I am also thinking about making a "kennel" with orange snow fencing. I will let you know how it goes.

PitRat (aka Bill) - I am surprized you have dogs. I thought you yoopers just domesticated bears. I learn something new each day.

Everyone in my gym was wondering what I was laughing at! I had to share with everyone...this might now set a new record on the 'read' list.

Sorry to hear about the misfortune....but damn that was funny.....

Now I know why everyone laughs when I say, "Yeah, I think I am going to fly."

That's what you get for having a beagle. Nature's naughtiest dog. They have a knack for knowing what they're supposed to do, but doing the opposite if they think you won't catch them.