Pet for a day

My sister recently got a new dog, and let us puppy sit for a day while she showed a friend around town. His name is Chaco, and he is a Shar-pei /Retriever mix, a strong, cute and fluffy dog. I tried to take Chaco for a walk but he wanted to check out all the new smells, and the kids arguing over who gets walk him, and trying to push a stroller is was too much for me so we headed back inside and played some more in the back yard.

Amanda and Matthew loved throwing toys and sticks for Chaco to fetch, and possibly undoing all the training my sister had done. It was a challenge to puppy proof the house, but we closed all the baby gates and closed off the play room. It seemed to work and everyone was happy. I will say it was nice having an instant clean up crew around at lunch time there were no crumbs left on the floor. Maybe having a dog around wouldn't be so bad...(oh no, what am I thinking!)

While the kids had fun with Chaco Tyler perfered the from and distance and looking through the glass approach, otherwise it was to close. That and Tyler didn't like the doggie "kisses". Amanda says the wants a dog too, and wants it tomorrow. Hmmm, we may need to puppy sit some more!