Busy busy busy!

If anyone out there is reading this blog on a regular basis, I apologize for not writing lately. With two very different dogs in the house now it has definitely been busy. I have had to watch Todd to make sure he doesn't mark any of the furniture, and I have to make sure Toby stays off of Todd! Not to mention extra walks! Todd had no crate training when he came to us and since he also wasn't house trained we couldn't leave him loose in the house for one second! So we had to put him in a crate, where he barks and barks and barks. The only way to avoid the barking is to walk him first to wear him out. In addition to the two before-meal-walks we went on before we are taking before church walks, before shopping walks, before bed walks and "April needs a break from constant dog surveillance" walks. Thankfully we are seeing some improvement! Todd only barked in his kennel a little today, and the boys actually played together, twice!! One of the games ended in a little argument but the fact that they actually played gave me hope! It is definitely a learning experience for all of us, the 40 pound, high energy dog, the 12 pound, low energy dog, and the 120 pound, now exhausted girl!