Monday, February 12, 2007

Housebreaking Puppies : Problems and Solutions

My first exposure to housebreaking puppies was when my little brother Ben first introduced Prince to the family. Somehow Ben had kept up his grades like he promised and Dad let him pick out the newest member of our family as a reward. The concept of housebreaking puppies had for some reason never crossed our minds until we first met the little guy. I thought I would melt into a puddle he was so cute! However this was unnecessary since Prince quickly proved himself already quite capable in the puddle business. Ben cleaned it up that time. Our puppy housebreaking battle had just begun…


Housebreaking Puppies: New Surprises


Before long, housebreaking puppies became a moot point in my mind. I was more concerned in bringing about a brother-breaking reform for Prince. He was quite content to sleep on Ben’s bed at night (who seemed overly optimistic about housebreaking puppies), but soon Prince became restless and tried out a little change of scenery, such as my convenient bed on the other side of the room. Prince’s innocent little face after the deed was done told me that he was completely ignorant of his infraction of international puppyhousebreaking law, but I for one didn’t buy it. I spent the rest of the night on the couch, dreaming things that would make that little guy think twice about repeating such an action if he knew of them.


Techniques for Housebreaking Puppies


The next day saw Ben pulling out all of his best techniques for housebreaking puppies, since he knew that Mom was becoming less puppy-optimistic after washing my sheets from the night before. His attempts to give Prince large quantities of water and his terse commands: “Potty! Now!” in the backyard would normally have been enough to send me into hysteria had I not known what was at stake. Ben wouldn’t admit that he knew absolutely nothing about housebreaking puppies, but by the end of the day we knew we were sunk.


The Battle of Housebreaking Puppies


Later that week, however, in the fray of our losing puppy housebreaking battle, Dad brought home what proved to be the answer for housebreaking puppies: the Doggie Divot! Noting the new patch of grass in our bathroom, Prince took a few inquisitive sniffs and promptly went to town as if the two had known each other his entire puppy life. Now Prince and I are happily friends again and we have Doggie Divot to thank for its expertise in housebreaking puppies.

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