overnight guest

My little girl spent this past long weekend with a friend while I was in Chicago. Everyone hopes their charges are on their best behavior in someone else's home. Ruby is usually well-behaved, if you know the commands and how to make them stick (firm voice, say it only once and mean it). Within the first hour she had peed on the other dog's bed (a territorial thing). The next day she barfed on the other person's bed! How embarrassing. Then, she gutted Squirrel, the other dog's beloved toy. And ignored her own previously favored Snake. Ruby, how could you shame me in this way? As her caretaker said, "Well, if she wasn't so cute she wouldn't get away with it!"