The Disappearance of the Bacon Bone

What a long day it was yesterday for me, Rick and Sobe!  Rick and I both worked all day, which meant Sobe spent about the same amount of time in his crate.  Poor little guy!  I walked him in the morning and I went home around lunch to walk him again and play with him.  He was able to hold it until then!  What a good sign!  Before I left to go back to work, I opened up a bacon-flavored chew bone for him to work off his boredom since the afternoon will be a 4-5 hour stretch for him until one of us gets back.  I thought the bone would last a good while.

At the end of the day, Rick and I left work around the same time.  I ran to catch the train home, hoping Rick would get there before me to rescue Sobe from being crated all day.  I pictured Sobe lying belly-up in his crate, exhausted from gnawing on the crate wires with hopes of breaking free.  And who needs physical therapy for a recovering ankle when I have a puppy who makes me walk him several times a day and run through rush hour swarms of people to get home to him? 

I speed-walked my way home from the train station and by the time I burst through my door, I saw the crate door open and Sobe gone.  Phew!  Rick made it!  I calmed down, settled in and peered into the crate.  I saw there was no water left in his water bowl.  Sobe sure was thirsty!  That was when I noticed that his food bowl was still full and there were crumbs all over his blanket.  I searched for the bacon bone and it was gone - nowhere in sight.  Sobe apparently chewed and ate away at the entire bone!  Which explained why he probably got thirsty and drank all his water and was too full to eat his regular healthy (and expensive!) food.  When I grabbed the bedding to get rid of the crumbs, I also found that he peed on it.  Go figure with all the water he lapped up.  Now I know not to buy anymore bacon bones for him!

The rest of the night was thankfully more relaxed and Sobe did not end up with constipation after eating that bacon bone!  We used up the last of the wee wee pads so Sobe ended up peeing on the rug next to it a couple of times.  I need to teach him to go to the door when he needs to pee!

Things Sobe mastered today:  Going up the steps in front of the building, walking into elevator without hestitation, and the highlight - he learned to lie down!!