I went into it thinking it would be easy. She is very easy to love and is adorable. And she is very very loyal. She has brought me joy and has made me say dammit and f**k A LOT!
First let me say I love her. 100% . But with some of the things she does, it is a good thing she is cute.
Let me explain:
Puppies like to chew, some of the items she has chewed/eaten, are the following: an entire package of toilet paper (the jumbo rolls) she did this when we were not at home, to punish us for leaving her. This was before we learned about kennels and how wonderful they are.
She ate my entire Terry Goodkind collection.. (I have a glass book shelf Karma could reach the bottom shelf, guess what was on the bottom shelf)She did this while I was home, every time I went to the bathroom or looked in another direction sheread destroyed a book)
Every single one of storm and Sophie's cat toys. Like human children, there is sibling rivalry among pet siblings. Although half of her size Sophie and Storm are the boss and she knows it, but thier toys taste soooo good, so she munches on them whenever she can.
Anything wood, or with a zipper.
Cat poop from the litter box.(ew)
Her OWN poop (even more ew)
The eyes out of every single stuffed animal she owns, ( nothing else just the eyes, there is now a collection of teddy bears in my home that look like they belong in a horror movie)
My work headset which I need to do my job.
There have been many other things but the worst by far was a loaf of bread I had rising on the counter.
In case you are not aware of what happens when a dog eats raw bread dough, allow me to paint a little picture for you.
Raw bread dough is toxic to dogs , it can have one of two effects, It can turn to alcohol in their stomachs causing them to get alcohol poisoning and need an immediate iv and stomach pumping ( you will know this has happened because they will be wobbly and you will know they are not o.k also the stomach will be extended and painful -I learned this during a frantic phone call to Dr Barry our vet). The second thing is what happened to Karma.
Diarrhea of epic proportions and vomit the projectile kind.
For an entire week I followed my dog around with a mop and a bucket. Our home smelled like a drunken frat boy party in which several kegs of beer had been spilled and let dry. No surface was safe, I swore a lot, I cried a lot I threw several things away.
I have not baked bread since. Until then we didn't even know she could reach the counter or that she might steal something sitting on it.
Once she seemed better John decided to take her with him in the car on a trip to Lunenburg.. I received a frantic text : The dog is NOT better, OMG MY CAR!!!!. When he got home , EVERY surface inside the car had been hit, and stink oh my goodness! more stale beer smell.
Raising a puppy is so much fun.
There have been funny things too, like the time Karma watched her brother Storm jump from the couch to the glass shelf set. Storm is agile and graceful, Karma tried to follow and the shelf set didn't make it,
You are not a kitty ! is a common phrase in my home.
In this photo Karma is pretending to be a cat and trying to sit on the back of the furniture like they do.
She is also an escape artist, to this day we have no idea how she was breaking out of her kennel, but when we would return home there she was waiting at the door, house destroyed.
Thank goodness we found a second kennel that is escape free.. so now she has one for bedtime and one for when mommy and daddy leave the house.
We did learn that puppies like human children do so much better when they have friends, Enter Roper( an Australian sheep dog ) and Neeka,( a huskie) her friends from down the road. Roper and Neeka have a fenced in yard, so when Karma goes to visit they play leash free. Once she started regularly having play dates, she calmed down a lot.
The best part about Karma is the snuggles, she loves to be held even though now she is too big, and she makes no bones about that she loves us dearly. I cannot imagine life with out her
Pure happiness (Karma playing outside with my son Brent)
Can't help but love her!
She ate my entire Terry Goodkind collection.. (I have a glass book shelf Karma could reach the bottom shelf, guess what was on the bottom shelf)She did this while I was home, every time I went to the bathroom or looked in another direction she
Every single one of storm and Sophie's cat toys. Like human children, there is sibling rivalry among pet siblings. Although half of her size Sophie and Storm are the boss and she knows it, but thier toys taste soooo good, so she munches on them whenever she can.
Anything wood, or with a zipper.
Cat poop from the litter box.(ew)
Her OWN poop (even more ew)
The eyes out of every single stuffed animal she owns, ( nothing else just the eyes, there is now a collection of teddy bears in my home that look like they belong in a horror movie)
My work headset which I need to do my job.
There have been many other things but the worst by far was a loaf of bread I had rising on the counter.
In case you are not aware of what happens when a dog eats raw bread dough, allow me to paint a little picture for you.
Raw bread dough is toxic to dogs , it can have one of two effects, It can turn to alcohol in their stomachs causing them to get alcohol poisoning and need an immediate iv and stomach pumping ( you will know this has happened because they will be wobbly and you will know they are not o.k also the stomach will be extended and painful -I learned this during a frantic phone call to Dr Barry our vet). The second thing is what happened to Karma.
Diarrhea of epic proportions and vomit the projectile kind.
For an entire week I followed my dog around with a mop and a bucket. Our home smelled like a drunken frat boy party in which several kegs of beer had been spilled and let dry. No surface was safe, I swore a lot, I cried a lot I threw several things away.
I have not baked bread since. Until then we didn't even know she could reach the counter or that she might steal something sitting on it.
Once she seemed better John decided to take her with him in the car on a trip to Lunenburg.. I received a frantic text : The dog is NOT better, OMG MY CAR!!!!. When he got home , EVERY surface inside the car had been hit, and stink oh my goodness! more stale beer smell.
Raising a puppy is so much fun.
There have been funny things too, like the time Karma watched her brother Storm jump from the couch to the glass shelf set. Storm is agile and graceful, Karma tried to follow and the shelf set didn't make it,
You are not a kitty ! is a common phrase in my home.
In this photo Karma is pretending to be a cat and trying to sit on the back of the furniture like they do.
She is also an escape artist, to this day we have no idea how she was breaking out of her kennel, but when we would return home there she was waiting at the door, house destroyed.
Thank goodness we found a second kennel that is escape free.. so now she has one for bedtime and one for when mommy and daddy leave the house.
We did learn that puppies like human children do so much better when they have friends, Enter Roper( an Australian sheep dog ) and Neeka,( a huskie) her friends from down the road. Roper and Neeka have a fenced in yard, so when Karma goes to visit they play leash free. Once she started regularly having play dates, she calmed down a lot.
The best part about Karma is the snuggles, she loves to be held even though now she is too big, and she makes no bones about that she loves us dearly. I cannot imagine life with out her
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