... like Christmas wrapping paper
In the past I have shared pictures and stories about how Bianca’s puppies have changed my house and my life. As you know, over the weeks the puppy command center has morphed from a large plastic tub in my office to free range of the laundry room floor, and my duties have changed from constant vigilance to general supervision and meal service. My biggest challenge currently however, is keeping up with the … umm … how should I say this? … umm, how about … puppy leavings?
...exhausted, they fell asleep in a pile
In the beginning Bianca did the job to perfection, leaving nary a trace, but now that the puppies are eating real puppy food like little vacuum cleaners and drinking water from a bowl, the job is becoming far more challenging. To keep the floor clean (in addition to my stash of paper towels) I have tried a number of things … old towels and blankets, a raggedy old sleeping bag and my latest attempt … a thick layer of newspaper from the bundle that a friend kindly gifted to me, thinking that paper would be the perfect solution to my dilemma. Now take a look at the pictures … the puppies obviously thought the newspapers were some sort of Christmas wrapping. They ripped, tore, shredded, chewed and generally destroyed that nice thick layer of paper and then, exhausted fell asleep in the corner in a puppy pile.
The weather has been marvelously sunny and dry with a bit of an autumn nip in the air this past week and the puppies are spending some time outdoors each day now. They do so enjoy their excursions into the “wild” where the outdoor smells tantalize the nose and there is an abundance of sticks to chew and leaves to roodle up. Squirrels chatter and complain in the tall pines over their heads, redheaded woodpeckers drum and the hawks cry in the distance as the puppies play in the sun. And … at least some of the “puppy leavings” land in the yard!
-Jorie