Archive: January 24, 2013 - Gary Borders

That Dog and I Are Stuck Together

About four months ago I wrote about Sam, a poodle mix who cleverly captured my Beautiful Mystery Companion’s heart by lying down in the middle of our neighborhood street and looking pitiful. She indeed took pity and brought him home. He since has largely lived in my shop at night and outside in the day — with nightly visits on the couch for an hour or so. We never let him out of our sight inside because of his bad habit of marking his territory. That is a poor habit for a dog when inside the house. Recently, my BMC persuaded me to train Sam to be an inside dog. He would stay in his crate...

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