Thursday, January 29, 2015

The First Week with the Beast

Since my roommate and I wanted our puppies to be somewhat related, we decided to go with "Belle" and "Beast" for the puppies' middle names. For the first name, I thought all day about what fit with Beast appropriately. I finally came up with "Manchester" from the name of one of my favorite bands, Manchester Orchestra. I think that Manchester Beast fits my little 7 pound puppy perfectly; such a large name for a pup that probably won't get over 30 pounds, if that.

At first, little Beast was scared of literally EVERYTHING. Seriously, the dog ran from his shadow. He jumped when I pet him. He ran from every human and he growled at every animal. He was terrified to pee or poo outside...which meant using lots of Stain and Odor Elimination spray and even more paper towels. Between Beast and Harper Belle, my roommate and I had made a profession out of cleaning carpets. Our happiness of taking care of the puppies never faltered, though. Every "accident" we cleaned up and every "NO!" we screamed at the pups just made us feel closer to them because we could see that they were learning. They started doing their business on the "Pee-Pee Pads" and Beast even started waking me up when he needed to go outside. 

In this first week of living with Beast, I realized that I had never smiled like Beast made me smile and I had never cuddled and loved on an animal like I did with him. Even though I love big dogs and I didn't get the pup that I originally wanted, this dog was growing to be a large part of my heart. Even as I'm typing this, he's laying down at my feet, sleeping. He understands that I'm his mommy and he has started learning new commands like "Outside" (for pottying) and "Down" (for when he gets up in my face when I'm eating). He follows me around everywhere and Heaven forbid I leave him outside the bathroom while I'm using it. He used to whine and bark when I would take a shower but now he whines for about one minute and then lays down in his bed and sleeps until I get out. I'm amazed at how smart he is. 

Oop! He just woke up. I guess I was typing too loud for his liking. :) He is such a good boy! Sorry, I have to go cuddle him now. 

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