June 3, 2009

• RIP Santa Claus

  “Now this is the Law of the Jungle – as old and as true as the sky;
  And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die.
  As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back.
  For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
  –Rudyard Kipling, The Law of the Jungle

  Lisa and Joel brought the boys up to the “big city” the other day and we went to see the movie “Up”.  We all really enjoyed it.  That morning, I took Chazz for a long walk, and then again in the afternoon before we left for the movie.  Since that time in January when he caught up on his reading about Animal Behavior (destroying 2 books:  “The Moral Animal” and “Animals in Translation”), he hasn’t really been alone in my house.  It had been 5 months since that incident though, and since he was sufficiently tired, I put him in my bedroom with all of his toys and plenty of food and water, and closed the door and left.  When we came home from the movie and opened my bedroom door, this is what we found:

  
  He had not only ripped all of the TV cable out of the wall, he had chewed through it.  He also chewed the molding by the door, and he somehow managed to open my heavy closet door and rip through boxes of Christmas decorations.  He also spilled his food and water everywhere and chewed up his food bowl.  More pictures here…

  
  The last time he did this was in January.

  
  Chazz is clearly an atheist.  First he killed the Easter Bunny, now he’s gouged out Santa’s eye and ripped his beard to shreds! 

  Later, I went to Ann & Jorge’s so Chazz could play with Roscoe.  They were nice enough to let me use Roscoe’s crate, until Chazz get’s over his separation anxiety.  They also lent me a book entitled “The Monks of New Skete – The Art of Raising a Puppy“.  This, in conjunction with Cesar Millan’s “Be the Pack Leader“, should have Chazz completely cured by the time Claudio & Ryan return from Brazil!  He really is a good dog.  He just doesn’t like being left alone.
  

  
  “Discipline and Common Puppy Problems”

  
  Resting comfortably in his new “den”

  
  He did have a blast with Roscoe though!

   
  Arielle & Ann watching the mayhem…Dinner at Philippe’s with the boys…

  
  Ann snapped this photo of me and the other boys…

  Oh, and in keeping with the spirit of my last post, a package arrived yesterday from Fabiola!  Now, “The Hotel Careyfornia” not only has a sign and towels, we also have a custom placemats!  What a thoughtful gift.  Muito obrigada Fabiola!!  Beijos!

  

  

  • 2:19 am
  • 12 Comments