Smart Dog, Dumb Dog, Smart Owner

I have two dogs.

One is smart.

One is dumb as a box of rocks

I'm not trying to be mean. It's just true. After living in this house for over a year and repeatedly trying to teach the dumb dog how to use the doggy door, he just didn't get it. I thought maybe the door was too hard for him to push or something, being that he is a very small dog. So this summer we got the puppy. She was just slightly bigger than a soda can when we brought her home, and you know what? Within 2 days, she walked over to the doggie door and went outside by herself. So much for that theory. So now I think, "ok, dumb dog will see her doing it, and he will figure it out". Nope, he just watches her go through it and stands there with this dumb "where did she go???" look on his face.

So now it's starting to get cool at night, and I'd like to bring the dogs in so they don't freeze, but dumb dog throws a fit anytime I put him in the crate. He scratches and barks until we let him back out. So I got this idea.

Yup that would be the crate pushed in front of the doggie door, so that any dog who wishes to come in from the cold may. Notice the smart dog has already figured it out.

Puppy Luv

This is the good thing that has happened lately. My good friend Alisha took me out for some garage sale fun last weekend and this is what I found.

Not your typical garage sale find, but still a treasure. She is a chihuahua weenie dog mix and is only about as big as a monster energy drink can. We named her Roxy. She's so adorable and is going to be a good buddy for our other dog Max.