How could I have known it would be this hard! Ugh! I really just thought one lonely dog and add in a puppy - voila! Best buddies! No way... It takes some time. Ike is jealous, and Gracie is wild and I am exhausted!
It does not help when it feels there are a million other things that require your time and attention. A few accidents in the house and Ike wondering who has invaded his territory, and today is one full week she has been here with us. I love her, but if feels longer than a week.
But at the end of the day, it is better today than it was yesterday, and much easier than it was a week ago.
I had this delusion that I would bring her in here and she would love Ike, and Ike would love her and she would catch on because he was sitting or down, etc. Well she is a quick learner, but it is still exhausting.
Today the weather was beautiful and I was able to sit out in the sun for several hours to study and the dogs were outside with me. She is slowly learning she does not have to be next to me 24/7, but she doesn't have to like it! She is far more vocal than Ike, when they play she is very noisy, and Ike plays but in silence.
Then you add to that last night Seth could not sleep so we were up on the couch from 0230-0330 talking about what was going on with him.
I am grateful that my 17 year old is still willing to confide in me about what is going on, even have him let me know that he does appreciate us and what we do for him. That is not where he was a few months back, so I may feel exhaustion today, but you just suck it up and know it's part of the mom title!
I feel a little bad for Doug, he needs me too and I am being pulled in so many directions right now I feel like I am neglecting him on chat, too tired to talk.
At the end of the day, potty training a puppy is like potty training a toddler with ADD. Raising two puppies is like two kids way to close in age, the vie for your attention, they must have the toy the other one has, they rough house, they leave their toys in the middle of the room and the certainly do nap hard!
It will get better, it's just going to take time and patience! So for now I will go watch 24 and the dogs chasing one another through the house. Night y'all!
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