Crazy Aubrey

Meet AUBREY.
She's our dog, and she is seriously CRAAAAAZY!  And, not necessarily in a good way.  She's smart and crazy.  Jody says that's better than dumb and crazy.  And while she's probably right about that, smart and crazy is so tough to live with, too.

We want to SEND HER AWAY.  Far, far away.

Okay.  I said it.  Yes, I know.  So mean.  And, I do feel very guilty for saying it.  But, you don't understand.  This dog is driving me...the whole family...CRAAAZY!

She looks looks like a good and OBEDIENT dog in this picture, doesn't she?  Yeah, it was just a snapshot in time.  In reality this was just prior to her jumping up on my husband's lap to try to steal a piece of food off of his dinner plate.

She's good at snatching food off of plates.  She's also really good at nipping hands, jumping on TOP OF OUR KITCHEN TABLE, peeing on the floor in a show of INTENTIONAL disobedience and barking.  Man this dog BARKS....and barks, and barks and BARKS.  GRRRRRRRRRRR!

This has to be a first.  She's actually LICKING instead of NIPPING.

My hubby and I had to have a serious talk about Aubrey last night.  Truly deciding what to do about her behavioral issues.  Aubrey hasn't had the best of starts.  Her prior owner(s) dropped her off at the pound with a broken leg.  She was only about 5 months old and it was clear that she had been abused.  She was put on the "Euthanize List".  Fortunately, a local pet adoption organization stepped in and saved her life.

I know what you are thinking:  "You guys knew that she would have problems."  Yep, you are right.  We did commit to this little pup.  And, we are not going to send her away.  But, oh how we want to, though.  The behavioral issues that the adoption agency recognized (and we were told about) are pretty much a thing of the past.  The problem now is that she is developing new nasty issues.  Boo!

One of the things that we have decided to do to help out the "situation" is to focus on as much praise as we can possibly give and to spend more time with her.  As I have been typing this post, she has been laying on the floor being "such a good girl".  I just realized that SHE WAS CHEWING MY SOFA!! 

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh.   Taking deep breaths now..........

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