Awaiting Training

Larry had a decent weekend. I'm still trying to recover from being sick, so luckily he wasn't too much of an attention hog. Which isn't to say that he wasn't an attention hog, because that's what he's really good at.

The big deal is that he was a little under the weather. His belly was just rumbling and rumbling, but he wouldn't go drop a deuce. Finally he had a decent if loose one. But then the Saturday night farts started. Lordy it was awful. But he seems to be fine now. Still being picky about eating, but doing fine when he decides to eat.

The trainer comes Wednesday and I can't wait to get started. I really need him to quit climbing on me. His newest trick is when I'm sitting at the computer. He hates when I'm at the computer because it means I'm not paying attention to him. So instead of just being good and laying down like he used to, he's found two ways to get up on to the desk. There's a very small area between my right elbow and right thigh when I'm using the mouse or typing. Well, the LarDog is small enough, strong enough, and agile enough to jump through this space, land on my thigh, and then worm his way up on to the desk, where he likes to stand right in front of the monitor. I place him back on the floor, and he repeats it. I eventually put my left hand across my lap to close that space. That's no deterrent to a terrier. Since I have to lean forward to put my left arm across my lap, he circles around to my left, then jumps up on the small of my back and the back of the chair, comes around to my right side, walks on the arm of the chair and forces his way under my right arm and up on to the desk. It's pretty sad that my own dog repeatedly outwits me.