If you’ve ever had to baby sit, well anything under a year old, you know that keeping a 10 month old baby and a schizophrenic Boston Terrier can be nothing short of trying unless you’ve got some sort of plan of attack. It’s not uncommon for me to refer to this rambunctious mutt as ‘Will’ and aforementioned babbling baby as “Grebbles”. If anyone has ever had the pleasure of meeting either one, you know that they are a handful individually and together; complete chaos. I haven’t had a quality night of sleep in two years. Picture two adults, Will, “Spike” (a toy poodle suffering from a severe case of manic depression) and Grebbles, all confined to a queen sized bed. Something about this scenario probably doesn’t paint a relaxing image in your head, and let me tell you – it’s not.
Aside from sleeping with four other living, breathing things; taking care of three (sometimes four) of them is a difficult task. People now cringe at the idea of stopping over for visit simply because they know as soon as they step foot in our condo, they will be bombarded with an onslaught of licks from Will, intrusive sniffing from Spike and a couple backhands from Grebbles as she attempts to pull herself into an upright position via your pant legs. All of this within the first 10 seconds you step inside. Doesn’t sound so pleasant, I’m aware.
I have recently discovered a few hidden treasures at the local pet store (intentionally withholding their name here to avoid any sort of publicity since they scorn my dog’s etiquette every time I’m there; must be apparent that Will is far removed from the top of dog obedience class. He likes to ‘get loose’, what can I say?) Anyways, as I plug my nose and stroll down the isles I come across a massive bird cage that was probably better suited to confine a 500lb pterodactyl rather than a 25lb Boston, but what the hell. I picked it up and introduced Will to his new living quarters. Thus far, the massive stainless steel bird cage, similar to this one, has proven to be a wise investment. Will’s behavior has gotten significantly better while Spike remains a danger to the K9 community.
Alan McGee is a freelance writer from MN.
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