The joys of our new puppy

I thought I'd share a funny story about our new puppy Roscoe.

We are in the middle of that delightful time most people refer to as potty training. Roscoe just doesn't seem to get it, no matter how hard we try.

Today, Rick and I were driving out to his parent's house to drop some stuff off. We had both of the dogs in the truck with us. Throughout our trip, Rick kept asking what that smell was. I, amidst allergy season, had no idea. He kept asking this over and over for hours, eventually changing it to, "Is that dog piss I smell?"

When we got home, we were lifting and moving furniture and he just so happened to catch a whiff of his own shirt. Roscoe, bless his little heart, must have had his shirt confused with a puppy pad. But do you think this will teach Rick to pick his clothes up off the floor? No siree!! Look at that face!! How can you even TRY to be mad??


We got Roscoe at four months, and we are his third and last set of parents. He came in to our lives and immediately made himself right at home. He has a thing for bras. Forty dollar VS bras to be exact.


Roscoe gets along famously with our purebred yorkie Chester. They go back and forth at all hours of the day and night. They also seem to be very protective of each other.

Every day we notice Chester and Roscoe picking up traits from each other. Roscoe was a fish in his former life. This dog loves anything to do with water. He enjoys sitting in the tub when we take showers, he drinks rain water out of potholes (yuck) and he likes to get sips of water here and there by sneaking in to the bathtub and hoping that our faucet is leaking. Chester is not a big fan of the water, and never liked to hang out in the tub prior to Roscoe. These days, if a dog is MIA, he can usually be found hanging out in the bathtub. Muddy paw prints in our tub our nothing new.

When Chester is in trouble, he usually knows it as soon as you start staring him down. He will do this cute little thing where he slinks around, head facing the ground but looking up at you with his eyes. Then he will roll over on his back and patiently wait for you to rub his belly. When he is in trouble, his signature move comes out and it never fails! We have recently noticed Roscoe doing the same thing when he gets in trouble.

Having two dogs is definitely an adventure. There has not been a day where I regret getting these two little buggers. Having dogs is a truly enriching experience and I love it.