Dog Thoughts

So I have this dog

Shadow

She is amazing

I know that they say that a dog is man's best friend

I never understood that until now

It's raining outside so I can't take her for a walk

Someone once suggested to me that I buy a very large umbrella

Well that's a joke - I'd topple over

I haven't been able to spend any quality time with her for a few days now

and she needs a haircut but we haven't had time to cut it

and whenever I go outside to grab something or fold laundry

or just walk through

I feel so guilty

because she gets so uber excited when I walk outside 

and it's devastating every single time I come back inside

not to mention the fact that she can see Axel sitting on the kitchen floor

like "hahahaha - I'm in inside and your not!!!"

He can be so mean sometimes

Has anyone else experienced this?

You see we adopted 12 year old Shadow from my grandma

and she's never ever ever been an inside dog - always in a dog run

and now she's in our garage and our backyard

and I know she's OK

but I hate that she can't come inside

Because inside to her means "Ooohh! I can pee and poo in here. This is so exciting!"

I don't enjoy that much...

It's like having a child and dropping him off everyday at daycare

and working all day

getting home with enough time to feed, bathe and put him to bed

and do it all over again

Except Shadow doesn't have anyone to hang out with at daycare

Just her stuffed mallard toy

I don't know if I could ever have another outside dog again

and yet I don't like small dogs

so.... 

What a conundrum

Kels