On sunday my father took us to go buy a puppy (a yorkie-poo). He is only 8 weeks old and the guy told us that he shouldn’t be allowed on the grass until after 4 weeks (by then he will be 12 weeks). Right now my mom is the only one that has a problem with him because she doesn’t want him to go on our carpet and she doesn’t want him to do his stuff in our house.
Unfortunately he still isn’t allowed on the grass so we are going to try to take him out (on our wooden patio) 3 times a day (the times when he usually pees inside the house) and maybe he will catch on that he does his thing outside.
The other side of the problem is that we want him to listen to us when we tell him something like "Duke, come here!" or "Duke, don’t do that!". We tell him to come to us but instead he goes the other way and after a few seconds of investigating what he wanted, he comes. Or he will start nibbling the leg of my mother’s new chair and even when we look him in the eye and tell him no, he continues to do it. My sister thinks that he is going to be a bad dog, but I think that he is just investigating his new home. Obviously, she has already given up and I was strong about it, but now I am starting to feel a little depressed too. I know he is only a puppy and he has only been here for 3 days, but I feel like I need some tips and assurance that I am doing this right. He is a sweet little dog and the cutest thing on the planet. He loves to cuddle which is proof that he isn’t mean. I want him to be a happy dog that listens to me and my family.
If you have some tips or comments please share them with me!! I could really use them right now.
Thanks!
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Ok, at my school before school starts everyone hangs out on the patio today i saw my crush two benches down from my bench.
I saw him look at me then suddenly he got up and started play fighting with his friend. Whenever they stop playing he looks over at me and our eyes meet and he smiles. Then he does it a couple more times. Final when i stop looking at him he went over to another side of the patio.
I’m planning of putting up some horizontal wood blinds on my glass sliding door off my dining room. I like the look and was wondering if anyone else has done this. My furniture is dark cherry traditional so I’m thinking of going with a cream colored blind with brown tape. I had cherry wood blinds before, but they are too much work to keep clean. Is it just a a matter of taste? I’m also leaning with a touch of British Colonial in that room so I thought it would look nice. I don’t want shutters and I thought the wood would look nice and the color would stand the test of time. Any opinions would be appreciated.
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Okay, so I moved downstairs about a year and a half ago. My room is like 30×15 and I hate how it’s so big! Half of it is the storage area and the other is my room. It’s so cold down here! The one heater does not heat this room up at all! And, even if we were to build a wall to separate them, it would still be too big for my liking. So, I asked my mom if I could move across the hall into a tiny room. I mean, really small room here! It’s 6’6"x15’10". So, it’s skinny and long. But, I really want it. My mom said that I could once we clean out the storage area of the other part of my current room. We have it pretty much cleaned out, so this summer I will be moving into it. Regarding my question…We just turned our patio into part of the house (still has a door connecting to the house) and we thought we would be out there all the time using it. My mom even spent like ,000 to get it done. She bought a 42" flat screen Samsung T.V. and a nice futon that turns into a bed. I am the only one that uses the room (it’s just me and my mom that live together). Literally, she NEVER is out there. She hasn’t watched T.V. on the new flat screen ever. And, no one ever sits on the futon, not even me, because we have a nice comfy chair. So, I was thinking that when I move into the little room this summer that I could have the futon as a couch in the day time and a bed at night (it’s comfy, I have slept on it before) and mount the T.V. on my wall (to save room, since it’s a small room!). I don’t want the furniture I have right now…I have had it since I was 7 and I am now 15..Sad, huh? My mom said she wanted to buy me new furniture anyways, so why can’t I just put those ones out in the room that are never used into use?! Haha. Anyways, can you guys please give me some ideas on how to bring this up with my mom and how to convince her?! Thanks so much. 10 points to best answer. Sorry this was so long.
-Kristi
P.S. I am always out there in the room watching the T.V.
