A Day in the Life of our Kidz

Today is like any other day really. The routine begins early in the morning (no sleeping in this household!) with a parade outside to go potty. First in the parade is the on-duty parent (we take turns) clapping hands and encouraging little puppies to follow, next come the puppies in an unmilitaristic swagger/walk/run, and bringing up the rear (when occasion permits) is the off-duty parent making sure that the parade keeps moving forward without pauses. We march out to the dog-run and offer generous praise as the kidz do their thing. Next it's back into the house for some water, food, and wrestling. When the intensity level gets high we send them outside.

Eventhough they are outside, we have to watch them because they have figured out how to get into the garden to dig. Duncan is a digger and whatever Duncan does Dakota does! Some of our bean plants have been sacrificed for the sake of a good chew and a little tug-o-war. You've seen the videos in previous posts so you know that the great outdoors is just another wrestling venue.

Once the kidz start to wear down it's back inside for a drink and something to chew. Generally they chew on each other. We're grateful because it means they aren't chewing on us! Today we offered them a short piece of a wax-wood staff that had been cut from one of the Kung-Fu weapons. It's long enough for both of them to chew at once so we bypass the usual fight to possess whatever the other puppy has. There was peace and contentment for a time...aaahhhh blessed peace!Eventually they wear completely down and go to sleep on the cool tile kitchen floor. Once they recharge the whole routine repeats and we do it all over again, time after time, day after day. Perhaps we should have realized that it would be more like bringing home a wrestling team that just a couple of cute puppies .... live and learn!