R3

House-trained.

We took Brooks to the vet again today. He is terrified of the vet, whereas Palmer has always loved the vet. This is just one of the many, many ways in which the two dogs are very different. The vet asked all the typical questions; how is he eating? (good) sleeping? (good) any coughing, (no) sneezing?(occasionaly, but generally, no) get along with the bigger dog? (bosses him around) housetraining?? Uh Oh. We get straigt A's until that comes up. We say he is learning, which is entirely true. He is learning, and let's define 'housetraining' while we're at it. Shortly after our roommate moved out in Novemember, we transformed his room into a dog room. We covered the floor with foam pieces (easy to clean up) and threw all their toys, pillows, etc. in there for them. We have big plans to put gates up in the room and let them play in there during the day rather than keeping them in their kennels while we are at work. We haven't quite finished that, but Brooks still takes full advantage of the room designed especially for him. He has the biggest bathroom any dog, or human, in our family has ever seen. Is he housetrained? Sure. He knows where he can and can not eliminate in the house. He's got a whole room dedicated to it.