Charlies fate has been hanging in the balance for months due to his destructive nature. The list of items he destroyed are as follows
1 super expensive baby gate- the one time in my life I decide to go with the more expensive option it backfires. The gate which was fifty bucks lasted about twenty minutes before it had a hole chewed in it. I suppose this was really a blessing since Thing 1 was distraught that it was keeping him from accessing the fridge and the microwave and how was he supposed to live like that? I guess the fact that he could climb over the gate and or open it using his opposable thumbs never occurred to him but I digress.
1 pair of boots that apparently Myers was going to wear for the rest of his life. When Thing 2 heard this he quickly announced that he would look stupid if he did. Whilst the comment was both valid and funny it did nothing to lessen the anger.
2 Pairs of blinds- I will admit that the view from our play room window is in fact breath taking and I could forgive that transgression but he also chewed the blinds in Thing 2's room and all that you can see from there is the trunk of a tree. And truth be told it is not even a pretty trunk.
1 couch cushion- I guess Odells really does have it going on. I am still not sure why he thought that a good snackrel would be the back cushion on a vinyl couch but then again I am not sure why dogs to a lot of the things that they do like sniff butts or roll in trash or drag dead fish heads out of storm drains, all of which sadly happened.
1 pair of dress shoes- Maybe he was trying to determine if 2014 was a good year for leather? At this point Myers was over the dog but I carried on like a trooper
2 very very expensive couches- He decided that cold winters were not ideal for whizzing conditions and took to peeing on the one nice thing in this whole house. I actually cleaned them using the best cleaner on the planet kids and pets and was willing to forgive since you know I am a good person and all but three days latter I found a puddle in the exact same spot and I was Audi five hundred.
Thanks to Facebook we were able to place him in his new forever home in less than 24 hours and it really is a better fit for him. A couple in their 80's who lost their pet in a car accident a week ago. The lesson that we learn is that dogs should never ever drive cars even if they beg.
The boys tried to convince me that we should charge them two dollars because he is such a good dog and shouldn't be given away for free. They lost that battle. They lost gracefully though and to show their grace have taken up sobbing in long stretches. They laid in bed with me and cried for an hour straight. Not the whimpering kind the full on weeping wailing and gnashing of teeth kind. My mom heart broke and I did the only thing I could think of. I lied. I told them that if we all screamed good night Charlie at the same time he would hear us and would know that we all missed him. So we did.
I would like to say there is less smell but lets be honest I still live with gross boys. But there is no more barking at the doorbell, no more demands for car rides and treats, no wagging tail to greet us even if we have only been gone for five minutes and no one to eat spills off the ground. So before we go to bed tonight we will yell again, for today I know he can hear it.
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