Monday, August 23, 2010

Don't Fence Me In

Crating all six dogs was quite the experience last night. Let it be said I am completely exhausted. Here's how it went:
9:30 - dogs pottied, given Bedtime Cookies in their crates.
9:31 - Moto starts whimpering
9:32 - Shiloh starts whimpering
10:00 - Moto and Shiloh go outside to potty again. Shiloh marks, Moto just stands there wagging his tail at me. Back to crates. Everyone finally settles down.
10:30 - Erik comes to bed, walks into Daisy's crate - BANG! Swearing, both hubby and myself.
10:31 - Moto starts whimpering
10:32 - Moto goes back outside. This time he pees a river. Back to crate. Moto settles down.
11:00 - Hear a loud funny electronic noise. It's my cell phone, alerting me battery is low. Back up, find cell phone, find charger, plug in. Back to bed.
12:30 - Erik has rolled over several times and we are literally face to face. I like my husband next to me but he's snoring so vigorously it's blowing my hair back. I wake him up and tell him to move. It takes awhile, but eventually I go back to sleep.
2:46 - Shiloh is going crazy in his crate. He's frantically trying to move his bedding into a bunch, and is banging his paws against the crate door. Back up, I let Shiloh out. He's meandering and sniffing a lot. I leave him to his own devices and decide I might as well set up the coffee for the morning. Shiloh comes back up. We go back to bed.
Remainder of night: Shiloh is pacing, circling and restless. I am now desperate for sleep and just open the crate door. I decide it's worth it to get some shut-eye if it means cleaning poop in the morning. Once out, Shiloh immediately falls asleep.
4:45 a.m. - alarm goes off. The house is poop free.
And here we are! I hope tonight goes a bit better.

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