Oh Ebo!

Oh Ebo!  Friday the Sheriff and I brought home a fifty pound four legged bundle of fur AKA a German Shepard puppy named Ebo (or as of right now known as the little terrorist).  Yes, we are crazy!  We met Steve the breeder down in Fallbrook after a three hour drive due to an overturned semi-truck, met the little terrorist who was super sweet at the time but oh so SMELLY and brought him home after a quick do it yourself bath at a local feed barn.  Ebo got along with Gracie, let Mr. Pie walk him and was an all-around god dog until we were all under the same roof where he and Gracie exchanged a few words. We put Ebo in a crate to kind of help him get used to the new sounds, smells, and surroundings, he was a PERFECT dog, he never barked, was chill and I was thinking “we got this”.  Saturday we took everyone to the park after a quick trip to the pet store to buy a new crate for Gracie in Ken’s truck and a quick breakfast.  Everyone was doing great!  We spent three hours at the park working on basic commands, walking in a pack, playing ball and not eating our poop (Ebo) and everything was great.  Gracie and Ebo exchanged a few words and Gracie clearly dominated the conversation and basically told Ebo to shape up or ship out.  We took the two tired pups and the three tired humans to Costco, I whipped up a roast for dinner (a first for me) and we all settled in for a quiet night in front of the TV watching “Home Alone” (Mr. Pie had never seen it, can you believe that?).  Sunday rolled around, I decided Ebo and I needed some alone time so I took him for a walk, he did really good and seemed to pick up corrections fairly quickly. Ebo met some of the neighbors and learned how to jump into my car (we start puppy classes tomorrow, he and I).  We took him to get microchipped and some vaccinations and again he was great.  After a quick trip to the doughnut shop for Mr. Pie we headed home and I left the boys so I could go home and start packing up my garage because that’s right I SOLD my condo and I have to be out in a couple weeks.  The Sheriff and Mr. Pie played with the pups until it was time for the Sheriff to head to work (midnight shift, boo) and Mr. Pie to head to his Mom’s house. I showed up about an hour after they left, took care of the dogs and then went back to my house to sell a few items I had posted online from yesterday’s garage clean out.  After I sold the items, I headed back to the Sheriff’s house and as I opened the front door I looked into the crate and I could not see Ebo (panic set in), seconds later both he and Gracie greeted me at the door.  WTH.  I quickly surveyed the scene, checked the bedrooms and I was pleasantly surprised that everything looked good until I walked into the kitchen and there was PEE everywhere, that damn dog peed all over the kitchen.  I called the Sheriff to let him know what his dog had done and then went to wrangle the pups.  Ebo was starting to get a little rowdy and Gracie was starting to get pissed and as I was standing there telling Ebo “NO” the little terrorist bit my leg hard.  I grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and told him in a forceful way “NO” and marched him out to the garage crate, I was not going to mess with him anymore, I was done.  Ebo spent the night outside (he has a nice fur coat to keep him warm) I mopped the floor, showered and ate ice cream until it was bedtime.  This morning the Sheriff asked me to find a large wire crate online for cheap, I logged on to Facebook, found one for $50 that was located close to my office and at 1pm today I will purchasing it, no negotiations, nada, it will be ours soon!  

Milo had chewed the crate initially and we fixed it.  Ebo found the weak spot and destroyed it along with squeezing through the small opening.  And the towel inside the crate was on the outside when I left him.

I laughed when I saw " I am surprised "THEY"did not tear anything up", Gracie is perfect it is more like "EBO" that he should be worried about.

I know he will get better, he has had ZERO training so it will just take time.  Pray for me and send wine!!