Said my four year old nephew, Aaron, whilst actually throwing a tantrum about it, bless his little heart. This came via the IM chat service that my Mother and I use to communicate, and had me laughing my head off. I have to admit, I agree with him fully! I am just not allowed to throw a tantrum about it ....
And honestly, going along the kids line - Bear is frigging hard work. What the hell am I going to do with kids?? I can't exactly lock them in the garage and leave them there whilst I go out and do everything that I have to do, or chuck them in the back of the car and leave them to hang their tongue out the window.
Bear is high maintenance, and it seems that in his little Husky world, I am not the Alpha as I had planned to be. Pio has taken that role. Man am I pissed! How did this happen? He chews me to death, I look like I am self-harming because my hands are covered in little bleeding scratches from his amazingly sharp teeth. I swear one of these nights I am going to lose a mouthfull of hair to him and have to walk around with a bald patch, the size depending on how much he could fit into his mouth without me noticing, before bailing full speed in the opposite direction with it all in his mouth. I am also going to lose a large number of clothes and shoes as he takes great delight in trying to rip them apart, and in a few weeks time, he is going to have the jaws to do it!
Last night, after Pio and Gustav kept me up until gone 3am the previous morning - this resulting in a migraine - and then I had to go to work, got home early as I decided to finish there permanently, and then got stuck into cleaning the house. I didn't sleep at all, and so last night I bombed out not long after 9pm. I slept dead, so heaven only knows how Bear abused me during the night as I think you could have dropped a nuke next to me and I wouldn't have known it. I haven't looked in the mirror yet so am not sure if I am missing an ear or am covered in teeth marks, but will find out soon enough.
I woke up just before 7am, only for him to twig that I was awake, and instantly begin chewing me, whilst Nala gazed at me soulfully from beneath the chair, too scared to come out, and Zazu began killing the furniture. They know that this always wakes me and then results in them getting fed - the ultimate aim of the game for them. Whilst I lay there wanting desperately to go back to sleep, trying to hide from Bear's razor teeth, thinking that I needed to take him out for a pee ...
He jumped off the bed, emptied his bladder on the tiles that I spent almost the entire day yesterday scrubbing by hand, walked through it, and jumped back into bed with me leaving little pee pawprints across my clean sheets ... Typical, and so served me right for not jumping up and taking him outside.He must have held it all night bless him - it was the hugest pee you have ever seen out of something so small - I think his bladder had taken over his stomach as I really don't understand where all that liquid came from.
Well, that did the trick, I was up and feeding them all of 1 minute later, and taking them all outside with a cup of coffee to play in the garden.
OK, so Bear was officially easier to train than a child. As long as we stick to routine, he does his number two's outside on the grass, and is so good about it whenever we go out there he at least tries to do one even if he doesn't need to. And a lot quicker - three days of routine and he was fine, no more messing inside until yesterday, when he went twice on the floor. Why??? He was being so good! So, with that in mind, now that I am home again, it doesn't seem as if pee-training will take long either.
So yes, officially easier than a child, but hard enough to make me 100% positive that I do not want a child for a very, very long time yet. I mean seriously, one night of fun, 9 months of being fat, and eighteen years of hell before you can get rid of them temporarily, and hope that they don't continue to sponge off you and make your life difficult for the rest of your life ... oh yeah, that sounds like so much fun, I want to get started right now ... Ha bloody ha!
Give me animals any day of the week.
Bear
On Monday the 7th September, we got to collect our 4-week-old Husky pup. Yes, we know he was too young to be separated from his mother, but she had stopped feeding them and they were on solids.
The first night home, we got a blanket for him and put it down in the kitchen while we were making dinner, and he climbed right on and went to sleep. That blanket is now his bed and he knows it - apart from sleeping on the bed in the TV room little monster!
So because I am working at the moment, he stays in the garage during the day with a hot water bottle, water and food and plenty of toys - not that he chews them, he waits til I get home and chews me! I come home at lunch to let him out and feed him, and get greeted by him howling his tiny little head off in excitement, at lunch and again in the afternoons when I get home. Thursday was the first day he didn't chunk the house down and just greeted me with little barks of excitement. It seems he is already getting used to his days in the garage.
I hate locking him in, he is tiny and he must get very lonely, but he seems to be coping quite well and doesn't seem to be nervous or have developed any insecurities from being left alone for so long - YET. However, I will be finishing work at the end of this week so he will no longer be alone - only 5 days to go!!
We sleep downstairs with him every night, or Pio stays downstairs with him and I sleep upstairs with the cats as they have serious issues with him still. It gets a little better every day - I think they are still suffering from the effects of Clara taking a piece out of them and are very nervous, but every day they come a little closer and every day they realise he isn't chasing them.
Last night was so cute - we took Bear out quite late as he had an upset tummy and we wanted him to go outside and not inside, and we sat in the front garden with all three of them. I sprayed catnip all over the cats favorite log, and that did it for Nala - considering she refuses to go near him or even go downstairs mostly when he is around - she lay on her log and they even touched noses. After the effects of the catnip wore off she was back to her moody little self, but it was a start.
Zazu on the other hand seemed to think Bear is to be played with and spent a long while hiding and running from him, so they chased each other around whilst never actually coming into contact, but Zazu seemed to enjoy it thoroughly. I tried again this morning, but Bear seems to like his home comforts and wasn't even outside for 5 minutes before running back inside.
So I cuddled up to my cats all night whilst Bear chewed Pio's hair and kept him awake all night ... LOL. It seems though that Bear is already pushing his little Alpha boundaries - he is extremely vicious towards me (a result of teasing him whilst playing and winding him up) and he already seems to think that is the norm - a bad habit learnt in 5 minutes will take a month to break it seems ...
He knows where his bed is and if he is tired and my feet aren't available to lie on then he will run off to his bed in the garage and plonk himself down and go to sleep quite peacefully, so one good lesson learned. He also seems more attached to me - I assume because I am home more often and I feed him - and if I am around then he is with me permanently and would rather lie on the cold floor at my feet than get into bed with Pio :-)
We got the details of a dog trainer as well, so once he has had his shots and is able to go out in public then he will be going for training and we will find out just how bright he is! Let's hope that we aren't disappointed.
The first night home, we got a blanket for him and put it down in the kitchen while we were making dinner, and he climbed right on and went to sleep. That blanket is now his bed and he knows it - apart from sleeping on the bed in the TV room little monster!
So because I am working at the moment, he stays in the garage during the day with a hot water bottle, water and food and plenty of toys - not that he chews them, he waits til I get home and chews me! I come home at lunch to let him out and feed him, and get greeted by him howling his tiny little head off in excitement, at lunch and again in the afternoons when I get home. Thursday was the first day he didn't chunk the house down and just greeted me with little barks of excitement. It seems he is already getting used to his days in the garage.
I hate locking him in, he is tiny and he must get very lonely, but he seems to be coping quite well and doesn't seem to be nervous or have developed any insecurities from being left alone for so long - YET. However, I will be finishing work at the end of this week so he will no longer be alone - only 5 days to go!!
We sleep downstairs with him every night, or Pio stays downstairs with him and I sleep upstairs with the cats as they have serious issues with him still. It gets a little better every day - I think they are still suffering from the effects of Clara taking a piece out of them and are very nervous, but every day they come a little closer and every day they realise he isn't chasing them.
Last night was so cute - we took Bear out quite late as he had an upset tummy and we wanted him to go outside and not inside, and we sat in the front garden with all three of them. I sprayed catnip all over the cats favorite log, and that did it for Nala - considering she refuses to go near him or even go downstairs mostly when he is around - she lay on her log and they even touched noses. After the effects of the catnip wore off she was back to her moody little self, but it was a start.
Zazu on the other hand seemed to think Bear is to be played with and spent a long while hiding and running from him, so they chased each other around whilst never actually coming into contact, but Zazu seemed to enjoy it thoroughly. I tried again this morning, but Bear seems to like his home comforts and wasn't even outside for 5 minutes before running back inside.
So I cuddled up to my cats all night whilst Bear chewed Pio's hair and kept him awake all night ... LOL. It seems though that Bear is already pushing his little Alpha boundaries - he is extremely vicious towards me (a result of teasing him whilst playing and winding him up) and he already seems to think that is the norm - a bad habit learnt in 5 minutes will take a month to break it seems ...
He knows where his bed is and if he is tired and my feet aren't available to lie on then he will run off to his bed in the garage and plonk himself down and go to sleep quite peacefully, so one good lesson learned. He also seems more attached to me - I assume because I am home more often and I feed him - and if I am around then he is with me permanently and would rather lie on the cold floor at my feet than get into bed with Pio :-)
We got the details of a dog trainer as well, so once he has had his shots and is able to go out in public then he will be going for training and we will find out just how bright he is! Let's hope that we aren't disappointed.
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