Puppy Problems... :(

Ever since we were engaged Clark and I talked about wanting to get a dog eventually.  Well we kept putting it off and putting it off and I wanted a dog SO bad.  In February I finally convinced Clark to let us get one and I went and got a sweet pound puppy named Enes.

While I am still glad we got the dog it has been a HUGE adjustment and there are many times I still think to myself... What have I done?!?!

The most recent event that makes me question the decision to get a dog happened on Monday.  On Monday night I cam home from working preschool registration.  Enes was in the backyard where Clark left  him after he came home to let him out and feed him before he had to go to some thing for work.  I went out back to check on the dog and make sure he was ok.  When I walked out the back door I saw the remains of the worst thing Enes has ever done...  He had halfway dug up and chewed all the branches off of my lilac bush we planted last year after my grandfather passed away.

My best friend and her family sent it to me to keep and plant in the yard.  Upon seeing the destroyed bush I went ballistic.  I screamed at the dog and spanked him a couple of times then put him in his crate.  I ran back outside (during this time it started to rain) and inspected the bush.  The entire time all this is going on I am crying HYSTERICALLY.  I texted Clark and told him what happened.  He was sorry but at that point he really couldn't do much about it.  I called my mom and talked to her as well (I'm a mama's girl and she ALWAYS makes me feel better!).  Then (about 30 minutes later) I finally calmed down enough to run over to Dollar General to get some potting soil to fill in the hole where he dug up half the bush.

The remainder of the night Enes stayed in his crate and when Clark got home later he let him out.  Now you may read this and think that I am evil and possibly crazy.  To you it's just a plant.  But I was papaw's girl and I miss him more than I could imagine.  As silly as it seems that lilac bush is like having part papaw in my yard.  I se it and immediately think of him. :) It was 1 year ago on April 17th that he passed away and I was so excited the lilac bush had actually lived through the winter and was blooming and beautiful!  Since Monday Clark and I have both talked to several people that say the plant should be fine and lilacs are hard to kill.  I hope that is true.

I am still very mad at the dog, but he's a puppy and no matter how mad you want to stay, it's hard with those puppy eyes staring you down and looking all pitiful.  I'm not sure what the outcome of our dog situation will be.  I hope that he grows up fast... the puppy years are terrible.