Maid Paige and Butler Jason

Jason and I now have new occupations, thanks to our furbaby, Fenway. I'm not talking the role of "Puppy Parent." I'm talking the new occupation of servant. I've become a maid, and Jason has become a butler (that I affectionately now like to call Geoffrey, like on Fresh Prince.) We now don't just have Fenway-we have "Mah-ster Fenway" (like Geoffrey says it lol.)

I love our sweet pup, even when he steals Kleenex and Q-Tips from the bathroom trash. Even when I find a pair of underwear in his mouth. Even when he doesn't want to be put in his "bed" and he hides far enough under the bed I can't reach him. He is mischievous, and loves to find things that don't belong to him, but he is usually very well behaved. However, there are days I could strangle him.

Fenway is extremely smart, and was pretty easy to housebreak. He would sit quietly by our backdoor and wait for us to notice him. After finding him waiting patiently many times without accidents, I felt bad for making him holding it just because I didn't see him. So I invested in a Poochie Bell. For you non-dog owners, this is supposed to be a bell that Fenway rings when he needs to be let out.

It's really handy, even though Fenway was afraid of it the first few days. The noise frightened him, and he would sit by the door as far away from the bell as he could. However, he magically decided that he was no longer afraid of it, and has become a professional Poochie-Bell ringer. Too professional.

Fenway doesn't believe that his Poochie-Bell is just supposed to be used for going outside. Fenway knows that his Poochie-Bell will make Jason and I come running to take him out, so he believes that his Poochie-Bell is to alert us for any request. He rings, we come running, and he heads to his food/water bowls if they are empty. He rings, we come running, and he runs to the couch to show us that he got something stuck under there.

Inadvertently, we have taught our dog to ring a bell, and a servant will come running to help him with whatever he needs. Next thing you know, he will expect his bell to come on a silver platter.

Spoiled thing. :)