Morning Routines

Morning routines have become the best part in raising Marlin. He first wakes us up with a soft yelp…a yelp of PLEASE WAKE UP I HAVE TO PEEEEE!! Sometimes it takes a minute to register “oh crap my dog has to be let out” but then after 20 seconds or so i slowly get out of bed with my morning eyes and zombie walk, open the door to his crate and let him out. I usually pick him up to go outside because I am afraid he wont make it to the back door. So i scoop him in my arms and I walk to the back door where there’s a big yard for him to do his business. As soon as paws hit the grass its pee time. YESSSS! Not done yet. Then he will walk to the middle of the yard, nose so far into the ground you would think he was blind since he doesn’t see anything in his path but his main concern is smelling for a good spot, and finally he does. He circles around it for 5 seconds then BOOM we get a squat and a poop! As soon as he is done he looks at me…i say “GOOD BOY MARLIN” and we walk back into the house.

Inside our bedroom is where we keep his food, water and his bed since he is OUR dog. (Matt’s parents have 3 other dogs). When he comes in he will do 1 of 2 things. 1. He will walk right past his water and into the room, look at me to pick him up and then he passes out again. OR 2. he will drink water from his bowl, wait for me to get his food lay it down on the floor in our bedroom and will begin to munch. Lately however, hes been picking up 5-6 pieces of kibble, putting it in his mouth and then he will go to the green rug we have right infront of the door lay the kibble on the rug and begin eating them piece by piece. Strange i tell ya. After he’s done eating its chew time. And not on his toys, it’s anything else he can find on the floor…a flip flop, a bra, work pants (I guess we should get better at picking up our stuff off the floor huh?) just whatever he can find that isn’t one of his 10 toys we bought for him. He’ll chew on those things for 1 minute before I notice things are too quite and replace those items with his chew toys. This strategy works only sometimes. Need to start spraying something on the shoes before he gets worse!!!

After this bathroom and feeding ordeal it’s time to get ready for work and then Marlin lays in bed with his Papa. Don’t know what really goes on after 10 oclock but I sure do get excited when I walk through the front doors at 3 and he’s waiting at the edge of the bed for me. The joy of coming home to your cute yet crazy puppy.