Wouldn't it be nice if before people made big life decisions -getting married, buying a car, having a baby, accepting a new job- if first they got a 9 day take-it-or-leave-it trial. You know, if you tried it out for 9 days and didn't absolutely love it (the new house, infant, or dog) it just goes back. Well that's kinda how I'd sum up our dog sitting experiment.
Our kids are crazy about dogs. We keep a box of dog bones in our cupboard at all times, even though we have never had a dog, just in case. So Brady and I thought that maybe, as considerate parents, we needed a pup of our own. In the meantime our friends went to Cali for a 9 day vacation and asked us to dog-sit. As a dog-hungry family, we were happy to help.
So we took in a sweet, 1 year old, lab-poodle named Osa. . . with ADHD. She likes kids but she also loves toppling them over. It was fun taking her on walks but it was just too much for her to see all the kids get off at Liam's bus stop and resist jumping and catching them. Liam and Elsie enjoyed taking turns feeding her but also discovered that she likes eating crayons, chapstick, styrofoam, and Buzz light year rocketships. She was pretty well potty trained, well, except for the 7-8 times she wasn't. (Including when she peed inside right in front of our landlord during our yearly rental inspection.)
Yet despite this and all the times Elsie said " Is she going to EAT me ?" it seems really quiet around here and we all kinda miss Osa- the crazy, lovable dog.
Luckily, not enough to replace her.
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