It is what it is

 Monday I took Delta to the vet to get her chipped and make sure all her vaccines were in order and find out when we can get her fixed.  Well that did not work.  She snapped at the vet growled and I have no idea why.   Took her back today because I enrolled her in Beginning "puppy school" for Monday and she was missing the flu shot that I need for her training.  I am in the middle of my therapy needing therapy.  She is so sweet and accommodating.     Long story but a different Vet from Monday came in and Delta was "oh, ok" and wasn't.  She needed one vaccine.  I left the room.  She would not even let them listen to her heart, lift her ears, all normal stuff.  Well, suffice it to say, they got the flu shot in her but I could hear it from the treatment room and they threw a towel over her head to get this done.  No one knows what she went through with her original owner BUT, this is a pure bred beagle that had 7 puppies at l...

 We have had Delta for almost a month.  As sweet as she has been, she is mischevous.   When we left her alone the first time to go to church, I made sure all the gates were locked, the pantry now had 2 heavy child-proof locks and I put a chair in front of it just to be sure.  Came home and she was on the other side of the gate in the hallway.  She had used the chair to jump on, and over the gate.  No damage anywhere and it was my fault about the chair.  Outside she has dug in the yard, trampled my flowers (taken over the yard), jumped from the pool deck through the rails and loves to howl at squirrels.  Can't jump that 6 foot fence though!!   Left her with friends, 3 gates and a crate for Labor Day weekend and other than escaping a gate once (not shut all the way) she was very good.  Does not like the car.  She has escaped the yard only once.  We were cleaning up after a storm and it was nearly dark, I came in the house and she...

 Delta is so sweet and so friendly.  We both had a good nights sleep as she is adjusting.   After meeting her in the kitchen this morning to check up on her and  then leaving to go take a shower, she went bat shit crazy, knocking over the trash in the kitchen in the "hand wave" container.  I heard it from the staircase and ran to the kitchen, her body was in the trash can!   She found a bone from last nights dinner and was frantically chewing and ingesting it.  I am not messing with a beagle and her food!   Now the trash can in on the list of "what to do next" and is located in the family room today.  It is what is beagle is.  

 Beyond belief, we both got to sleep upstairs in our bed all night!  She could not scale the new gate and settled in her crate in the kitchen around 2:00 AM.  Otto gave me the night but after she settled, he came upstairs and she did not bark or whine all night!!!   I came down after a shower, took her outside on her lead and then fed her.  Back upstairs to do my hair etc.  I heard "something" and came downstairs to find that she had opened the pantry (that has a magnet closure on it for dog/children safety) and had a bag of marshmallows on the floor, not opened thank goodness.   I blocked it with a chair but removed anything that she could get to if she opened it again (within her reach).  NOTE:  new plan for pantry.   Later in the day we were sitting outside with her and she picked some cherry tomatoes and ate them (yes I checked on Google that they are NOT poisonous for dogs).  After dinner with friends, she snatched a corncob an...

 We have not been able to leave her alone for more than a few minutes.  UGH newborn.  She is a sweetheart and not bothered or barking at other dogs. After I worked at the Thrift shop I took her up to the pool deck and locked the gate.  She is so small  she got through the rungs of the deck.  😳  It is what it is.  She is so sweet but so is needy and so challenging.