Bleary eyed...

To Crate or not to Crate...that is the question of the day.  We just got a puppy 2 weeks ago and he is now 12 weeks old.  Obviously he wasn't housebroken yet.  So we cordoned off our kitchen area with a baby gate and the two pocket doors.  Every morning we got up and cleaned up a couple of piles and some puddles but had relatively close to 8 hours sleep.  Yesterday we took the puppy (named Bandit) to the vet and once again I got the "you must crate your dog to potty train him" spiel.  I finally convinced my husband to try it using two baby gates in the small front hallway.  I came home around 9:30 and the doggy was very happily asleep in a corner of the family room.  Not only did I wake him up but I made him go outside.  To which he responded by playing not pooping.  So I carried his spoiled self back into the house because I needed a pit stop and wanted to get to sleep.  I put him in between the gates.  He began to whine.  He was a quiet dog, never barked never whimpered.  I listened to him for an hour and then noticed the tone changed.  It was like someone crying for help.  I came out of the bedroom and found him stuck under one of the gates trying to slide his way out.  I watched as he managed to do it.  I left him loose in the kitchen and figured I would convey this in some manner to my husband when he came home.  Ten minutes after I fell asleep, he woke me up to ask me about the dog.  I told him he got stuck and to leave him.  Apparently he didn't, he cleaned up a big mess and put the dog back between the gates (lowering the escaped one).  I've spent the entire night semi-awake listening to the poor puppy whining and whimpering.  We woke up (or got up) at 6 to discover not only did he poop in his confined space, but he threw up as well.   So I started scrubbing and the hubbyand took the little guy out.  He really needs a bath now and I have to go to work.  Of course he's sound asleep, on his towel, right where he's slept peacefully for the last two weeks.  I so wish I could join him.

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[Mrs. Noded]

Babies are babies, doesn't matter if they are human or not. Hope you get some sleep tonight.