Blogging has been light because I have been busy watching puppies. Puppies, that's right puppies. We had a few, young, four footed visitors over the holidays and beyond, and it has been wonderful for me in a professional sense to live what my clients go through daily. I haven't had a puppy of my own since I was 10 years old and it sure can be a lot of work.

House training accidents, nipping, absconded Barbie's, endless patrols looking for something the kids left on the floor that could be chewed and swallowed, all the in the house, out of the house, in the house, out of the house, in the house, out of the house, and in the house, and out of the house, and the endless supply of play bows, has made for a tiring few weeks.

My dog is feeling it to. Last night at the start of a new training class, my over the top, high octane demo dog fell into a sound sleep for the first time ever in all of her 6 years, and I could have curled up right there on the floor and taken a nap with her.

I am feeling a bit of empathy for all you new puppy people, but I still have to say...
No it is not like having a human baby!

Who among us hasn't wanted to crate their kid at least once in their lives?
To this day my kids love to play in dog crates and beg me to lock them in there.
My response is always the same....if only!

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