Give the Doc a hand.

Some of you have mentioned that there haven't been any posts in a while. This has not been for a lack of effort on Trooper's part. Indeed he is as destructive as ever. However we have been better at prevention and damage control, children not withstanding. The kids leave their toys in Trooper territory (also known as the living room) and Gunnar in particular riles him up.
The other day Trooper was up to no good. Doc McStuffins is a popular character on the Disney channel and Norah's favorite. Norah has a McStuffins doll. It's a hard plastic doll about 8 inches tall. Well Trooper got a hold of her and amputated both hands and messed up one of her braids. Of course he did this when no one is watching him. Always a ticking time bomb situation.

Cable? What cable?

I was working on the small stone wall for the garden in the front yard. I had Trooper on the tie out with me, hoping that it would help keep him away from the kids (ours and a couple of the neighbor kids). It only worked for a little while, until the kids migrated to the front yard. While playing in the front yard, they heard the ice cream truck.

The eldest girl took off down the side walk to the street corner a couple houses over to look for the ice cream truck. Trooper ever in play mode ran towards her and was stopped by his tie out cable, briefly. The next thing I knew Trooper was across the neighbor yard and on the side walk with the girl.

When I got him and inspected the cable and behold, one of the loops holding a clip had been severed.

I am certain this happened over a period of time, from him constantly pulling on his tie out. Below is both ends of the cable. The one on the right is still intact and the one on the left is the severed cable.

Upon further inspection I noticed the loop on the right was beginning to wear out as well. I suppose it was only a matter of time before that loop went. Needless to say this required buying a new tie out cable. I strongly considered buying the one for 250lbs dogs, but I felt the clips were a little too big. I ended up getting one for up to 90lbs dogs. He is currently 62lbs. Oh and he is connected to two tie out stakes at once now. He has pulled the one out of the grounds on multiple occasions.

Late Night Run

 

To wear himself out before bed Trooper ran back and forth accross the living room tossing and chasing his Nylabone chew. He's a little crazy. 

What's that smell?

Trooper is normally a bit gassy especially when he is sleeping. Lately however he has been extra stinky. I'm talking room clearing stinky. The ultimate silent but deadly. I'm not sure what he has eaten to bring this on. We haven't changed his diet, however with Trooper it could be anything.
In a curious twist, his farts have been moving in a linear fashion. Whoever is sitting directly behind him would get the receiving end of smell. And it tends to move slow for some reason. He has slow almost projectile farts. I plan on renting Trooper out as a tear gas agent to the police. Maybe he can pay back some of the stuff he has ruined.

Mmmm waffles

What's better than waffles for dinner? Plastic waffles of course. We tell the kids to pick up their toys for a reason. After all bacon flavored plastic is like candy to dogs.

Yes TV remotes are tasty

Last night we made the mistake of leaving Trooper unattended for a short time. My wife was making dinner and I was upstairs with our son. My son, Gunnar went downstairs to check on something. I heard him scolding Trooper for something. I didn't think much of it, because, well he's always doing something. When I heard my wife scolding him too I went downstairs.

And what did I find? The TV remote in pieces. The top half was separated from the bottom half with the circuit board was laying out. Everything looked intact, except that the buttons were missing. Given that the other pieces of the remote were nearby we can only conclude that he ate the buttons. We'll see if it comes out the other side.

While we did find it quite humorous, it's still very annoying and Trooper got a timeout in his crate. Not only am I a little mad about the destruction, now I had to get a universal remote which never work quite the same as the original remote.  Below is the top half and circuit board of the TV remote. Notice the missing buttons. The bottom half of the remote and the batteries made it into the trash.

About the Blog

This blog is dedicated to Trooper our 1 year old Boxer. From day one he has proven to be extremely energetic and destructive. He has eaten many things with various results, including several sticks of butter, drywall and an attempt at another dog's poo. I continue to advocate that he is crazy. And despite his overbearing roughness he is well loved by my son. So this blog is an attempt to chronicle the saga of Trooper.