Next level puppy proofing

The rest of Saturday

We had a very nice leash walk with mostly with stellar leash manners.  The final three blocks to home, not so much.  She wanted to dig in someone else's yard.  I ended up practically dragging her away from that distraction, then tossing "search" treats ahead of her the rest of the way to our house.

Shortly after we arrived home, the mail delivery brought this little gem.  I ordered it yesterday, after Ember had been attacking my plastic trash bins:  a metal, step-on kitchen trash bin.  My hope is that Ember will not be able to breach this one.  

She was in her X-Pen, saw me unbox it and decided it was fair game.  I put it away until she went down for the next puppy nap, brought it out again, judged that it's got a heavy low center of gravity, so despite her ability to scratch it, Ember was unable to knock it over or steal from it.  It may not be bear-proof, but I'm hoping it will remain "Ember-proof".

We had another "incident" with the pink running shoes.  

We did get some outdoor exercise chasing tug toys that mom tossed for her.  Saturday she was not much interested in chasing her various balls, mainly the tug toys.

The poops continued to be soupy during the day, so I dosed her with Kaopectate at supper time, hoping that this would get us through the night.  She got a "last call" about 7:20 p.m., and peed but did not poo.  Her last poo was around 3:30 p.m.

Sunday morning 

I got up in the midnight hour to take her out again.  Again, pee but no poo.  I fell into a deep sleep and woke a bit after 5 a.m. to "that smell".  Dressed quickly, came downstairs, and the fun began.  

Poor Little One had tried so hard to get out of the crate that she rubbed her nose raw.  She ran out, but the poo was on her paws (thus onto the carpet on the way out), on her tail (so smeared on the sides of the crate), and it proceeded to spread onto walls of the house when she came back in while I was cleaning the crate.

I ended up having to take the crate completely apart and clean the parts separately, before putting it back together.  Puppy Nap #1 was deferred and foreshortened by the cleanup process.  During puppy nap #1, I cleaned and vacuumed the carpet inside the X-Pen where her paws had spread the "icky-poo".  

After puppy nap #1, part of our adventures included a bath for Ember.  When she went down for puppy nap #2, I went grocery shopping.  Poor little one, she tried her best.  Poor mommy, she tried her best, too.  

Here's hoping the rest of Sunday is more "normal"... and that her poo schedule gets straightened out, 'cause I've got a busy week ahead!

Life is good!  Keep Sparking!