My boys...

Joe has grown tired of our 4 pups being inside dogs. Daly ruined it this past weekend. She peed all over the kitchen floor. I swear that her bladder must be the size of a watermelon. It had not been that long since she was last outside. And she holds it all day while we're at work. So, I don't know what her problem was. But she really pissed Joe (and me) off.

And Jippy has the same problem that Jack had when we first got him. If he gets scared or excited, he pees a little bit. It's sad. Jack got over his (except that he still gets excited pees on me a little bit when I have been gone for a few days), so I was hoping that Jippy would get over his problem. Well, after Daly peed all over the kitchen floor, Jippy got scared and peed on the living room floor. It was just a little bit, but Joe had had enough. Now he only wants Jack and Cody to be inside dogs.

Joe and I see the dogs differently. I see them as my family, and I would never expect my family to live outside (especially after living inside with us for so long). Joe sees them as just pains in his butt, and therefore, able to be kicked out. For now, Joe and I have an understanding. When indoors, Jippy and Daly will stay in their crates (at least while Joe is home). And, they spend most of their time outside. They are still allowed to sleep in the house in their crates and are allowed inside (again, in their crates) while it is storming.

I only pay attention to those rules while Joe is gone. If he is gone, then the house is mine and my boys are allowed to be out of their crates in the house. I'm trying to make him happy, but I'm not going to follow the rules that I don't believe in while he's not there to be bothered.

This rule is extremely bothersome to me. Jippy doesn't do it on purpose. And I don't know what Daly's problem is. I thought she was house-trained. She has done well for a long time. I guess she's just a brat. She's only 7 months old, though. We got her when she was four months old. How long does it normally take to house train a dog? I don't really know. Cody was easy. He basically house trained himself. I don't remember him ever going #2 in the house, and the only time I remember him going #1 in the house was when our roommate wouldn't let him go out. He tried to run outside, but she wouldn't let him. So he walked over to her, squatted, and peed on her foot. lol :) He tried to tell her.

But anyway, this is making for an uncomfortable living situation. I guess we'll just see how it goes.