Chronicles of Lola

Well, it's been three full days since we brought Lola home and it's definitely had it's ups and downs. She's really a handful; lots of energy. We've had a blast taking her almost everywhere we've gone and walking her around the neighborhood. She is having a little problem with getting a little too out of control with her biting; she has drawn blood once on me and once on Lisa, but both times we had our hands in the wrong place as she was trying to play tug-of-war with our pant legs.

We're up every two hours during the night to take her out which kind of sucks but has been working really well. We're using the crate training technique which means we keep her in a pet carrier overnight. At first I didn't really like the idea of confining her all night but the truth is that you wouldn't put a baby loose in the kitchen for 8 hours alone so why does it make sense to do it to a puppy? The added bonus to this method is that dogs do not like to crap where they sleep, so she would rather whine to get out than crap in her bed, so it helps a lot with the training.

we're getting ready to leave for Chicago & Michigan in 4 days or so and I am already sad that we're leaving her being. I feel like we've just begun to make progress and this trip will be a huge step backward. But the pup will most likely be going to Kelly and I have full faith in her ability with animals. Plus, Pits are supposed to be really good with kids (although I still need to warn her about the biting thing).

Well, I guess I should get to work now, so I'll write more updates as they come. Also, I am really going to try to keep up with this while I'm in Chicago so check back all next week and the following week for updates on the big trip to the Midwest.

Hell yeah, I can't wait for:

St. Patrick's Day in Chi Town