Puppy sitting and training for my grand kids

[chrisinhouston]

Sunday my daughter in law surprised me by announcing she took the kids clothes shopping and ended up stopping by Pet Smart next door and walking out with a puppy that was up for adoption. This from someone who once told me she would never get a dog because they are too much trouble and make too big a mess.

Pet Smart has adoptions mostly for rescue dogs and not puppies from puppy mills. The dog is a dachshund/blue heeler mix (methinks the mommy was the wiener dog....). Cute puppy as all puppies are, they named it Eve.

So on Monday the parents leave for work and the kids all leave for school leaving Eve at home in a kennel. I felt the puppy won't do well for 8 hours of being alone so I went to the rescue and took her to my house. We played, she slept and I took her out a lot so she started learning that peeing outside gets a lot of praise and treats. I took her back into Pet Smart and we picked out lots of little chew toys and a few bags of tiny biscuits for rewards. Back home she ended up sleeping under my desk chair for her nap. At 3PM I took her home to greet the kids as they got home from school.

Same for Tuesday and today. I figure I go by their house alot anyway so this is no big deal. I did a pretty good job of training my yellow lab who is now 14 and if I'm going to be around Eve I want her to be a good dog to be with. I forgot how much fun little pups are.