Monday, November 26, 2012

Graduating

Chim might be graduating from being closed up in the bathroom to having the run of the house while Linda works!  She has tested him twice so far since Sunday.  Both times he did great.  Sunday it was only 2 hours but today was almost 4 hours without any incidents.  In the past, he has chewed things....lots of things when he was left alone.  Chim is a wee bit nervous and doesn't like it when Linda leaves.  As long as he's on his bed in his room, there won't be any issues.  When he was younger he chewed shoes, carpet, floor molding, furniture, plants and even a box of crayons (which made for very colorful pooper-scooping.)  Linda started confining him whenever she had to leave the house.  Now that he's a grown up dog, she thought it might be time to see how he would do with supervision.  There will be no oopsies or do-overs.  If he does one "bad dog" things, he has to go back in his bed unless she is home.   Proof of his chewing:
Past beds he has destroyed

Toys he has ruined
Balls he has eaten
Woobies he has unstuffed