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Just reading that and picturing the look on my moms face if I had EVER done that was priceless!  I am still giggling!!!

"I will not eat the cats' food, before or after they eat it.

I will stop trying to find the few remaining pieces of clean carpet in the house when I am about to throw up."

OMG....I was laughing out loud!!  These two apply perfectly in my house right now!!! 

Well, I am at a loss right now because I just measured the space going into my kitchen, and there is no way that they make baby gates that long.  I was thinking of the spare room, but there is really not alot of space in there for all three.  I was thinking of using 3 gates, one at bottom of the stairs, one between the kitchen and dining room, and one between the dining room and living room, but all of the doorways are extra wide.  Heck, they aren't even "doorways".  The thing is that I only worry when it is cold and wet outside.  We have the big backyard that they love to run and play in, I was just trying to save me the mud, and provide them with some comfort, especially with spring coming.  But heck, 3 kennels that size would engulf my dining room, not to mention that is a guaranteed 8 hours locked up. 

I completely agree with not wanting resent the dogs in the future.  And I know now for sure that the "play" is instigated by Harley.  Next to nothing got chewed prior to her coming home.  Now it is a little something every other day.  Never anything major, just some small thing we notice, until the pillow of course!!   I blame myself, because I should have known that the 3 Stooges would reek havoc!!

Well, thanks again everyone for letting me know I'm not alone, and that I am not failing somewhere as a dog mom.  And if anyone has any ideas for the oversized "doorways", it would be GREAT to block them into the dining room!!!

Alright, here is the situation....I am what you would call a push over.  I have the big bark of the alpha in the house, but when it comes to problem behavior I have no idea how to stop it.  The latest straw was this evening...it is cold and muddy outside, so I let the puppers stay in the house while we ran out for some errands.  They had been in most of the day, and there were no messes or anything, so I was feeling confident.  I came home this evening to find one of my down pillows shredded all over the living room, dining room and most of the way up the stairs.  Every treat in the house that could have been reached was gone, and now I can't punish because no one will know what they are getting in trouble for.  What do I do?  I know that there are tons of people who leave their dogs in the house when they go out....why can't I be one of those people?  I don't want to kennel just to keep them in the house, but when it is muddy and nasty like this, the 30-45 mins that it takes just to towel all of the mud off of everyone is a pain in the rear!  How do I stop the chewing?  I hate to say it, but I think that Harley is the instigator, and the boys follow her lead.  I want them to have free reign of the house, but now I feel like I have to have her in my sights at all times.  HELP!!!

You know, I might be a little late on this, but I think Jiggs is the cutest Bully that I have every seen!  Standy up or floppy ears!!

The only thing I ever take all three dogs into Petsmart for is Grooming, and I still ask one of the staff to come and help me get my dogs out of the truck if I am my myself!  There is no way I am going to attempt their favorite place on earth by myself with all three!  CHAOS!!!!!!!

Oh trust me, I didn't say spoiled princess for no reason!  She has set her place in this house in stone!!!

Those are great pics!!!  I wish we could do doggy daycare, but my boys are to snotty!