Dog sitting overnight
@shaggin (71655)
United States
September 22, 2017 8:32pm CST
My ex asked me if I could watch his dog overnight while he and his son (and friends) go kayaking / camping. My kids love getting to spend time with his dog so I said I'd take her.
He dropped her off around 4pm. He filled her water dish and left. Immediately she spilled it all over the floor and it took me two big towels to wipe it all up.
My son and I took her for a run outside and played in the leaves.
She got excited when my daughters friend came in and had an accident on the rug.
I tied her out around a tree. The cord or whatever it's called had 30 feet she could walk around the yard.
My kids and I (and my daughters friend) went to a bonfire for an hour and a half. It was dark when we got back and we could not see her in the yard. I was scared she slipped the collar and ran off.
I ran inside to get a flash light and when I came back out my daughters friend had used her phone as a flashlight and saw her down over the bank.
She had wrapped the cord around the tree down the bank and around a smaller tree where apparently she must have just laid. She is such a clumsy dog. I am just so thankful she is safe.
Off to bed for me now. I'm going hiking in the afternoon tomorrow after this dog goes home.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
7 Oct 17
Glad to hear she was not hurt or lost!
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@shaggin (71655)
• United States
12 Oct 17
@Shellyann36 The older she gets the less trouble she will be. At just under a year old she still has a lot to learn.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
12 Oct 17
@shaggin I know it was. I have looked after one animal for someone just once in my life. It was a nerve-racking experience. I vowed to not do that again. She looks like such a sweet pup but full of mischief too.
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@Tina30219 (81541)
• Onaway, Michigan
23 Sep 17
Sounds like a nice time bonfires are fun. Did you have any s'mores? Glad to hear the dog was safe when you got home. Hope you enjoy your hiking trip tomorrow.
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@shaggin (71655)
• United States
24 Sep 17
@Tina30219 I love the outdoors. I only went canoeing once.
@shaggin (71655)
• United States
24 Sep 17
This bonfire is huge and at the school no one is allowed close enough to do smores. The band plays and cheerleaders cheer but thats about it. Its rather boring so the kids all just run all over the fields playing tag etc. Hiking was awesome! I'm very tired now.
@Tina30219 (81541)
• Onaway, Michigan
24 Sep 17
@shaggin Sounds like my day we went canoeing today just got home and took a shower to get the dirt off me.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
23 Sep 17
That is so nice of you to look after his dog my friend.
Get some rest now Shaggin.
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@shaggin (71655)
• United States
25 Sep 17
@TiarasOceanView yes it was as we were just doing it for free he didn't need to pay us.
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@shaggin (71655)
• United States
23 Sep 17
She was such a little trouble maker as a puppy this is nothing compared to that. She got so excited this morning when I got the leash to take her outside that she had an accident on the floor/carpet.
@shaggin (71655)
• United States
27 Sep 17
Yes we did have fun with her but she seemed a little homesick the next morning until she was picked up.
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
23 Sep 17
It sounds like she's a handful but I'm glad she's okay. I hope you sleep well. =)
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@shaggin (71655)
• United States
23 Sep 17
She is so much better then when she was a puppy thankfully but she is just so clumbsy. I forgot to write how she kept slipping and falling in the water she spilled while I was trying to clean it up lol.
@Letranknight2015 (51489)
• Philippines
23 Sep 17
She really has grown beautiful over time. Sad to know her owner and you no longer connected. I think I've read some of those post..
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@shaggin (71655)
• United States
24 Sep 17
My ex and I have broken up many times over the past 5 years (december marks 5 yrs). I dont really know whats going on right now. Trying to work things out after being broke up since May.
@shaggin (71655)
• United States
24 Sep 17
He and I have broken up many times over the years. This last time was in May. He wanted to try to work things out but his ex never takes his son and he wont do anything with me if the sons around he only wants to spend time with him. I popped out to his house for an hour a few weeks back but besides that I havent seem him since August 26.
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
23 Sep 17
Yikes. Is she like that everytime you dogsit?
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@shaggin (71655)
• United States
23 Sep 17
He and I broke up in May and didnt talk for many months. It was probably around March I last saw her. She is almost a year now and much better then she used to be. She bit constantly and was naughty and aggressive as a puppy. This is the first time since she was small I have watched her.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
23 Sep 17
@shaggin oooh. Well i guess thats good.
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