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On the Hunt for a Home Office Companion…
By Jeff Zbar | May 12, 2009
Three weeks ago, Riley - our nutty, crazed, 7-year-old Kerry blue terrier — died.
Yesterday, I committed to a breeder to buy another KBT.
This time, a female. A puppy. An untrained, 3-month-old bundle of unfocused energy and a thimble-sized bladder that will need emptying (hopefully in the yard) with consistency tending on insanity — or I’ll have to keep paper towels close at hand.
I sense it all slipping away — focus, organization, productivity.
And I volunteered for this job?!
Anyone who’s trained a puppy knows the chaos that awaits. Wake in the morning to an otherwise sleeping household, and its ears perk and it’s ready to play. “Free me from this crate” they say.
And you must comply. For if you don’t the whining will commence, the household will awaken, and you’ll end up freeing the animal anyway — only now, with a houseful of angry humans.
So beginning in about three weeks, we’ll start the training. And the frustration. And the piddle on the floor. And the poop in the corner.
And we’ll know that in three to four months of focused training, it all will come to an end. We’ll have a well trained puppy.
And I’ll have a new companion in my home office.
Stay tuned. And send paper towels, if you have some…
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