freewrite week 5 day 5

I’m done with our puppy.  We have an amazing four year old pit bull who we have tried to pair up with a half a dozen other dogs.  To no avail it has never worked.  Carly, the puppy, isn’t a horrible dog just a puppy and annoying to me.  I think she annoys our pit bull Coco.  I know my cats would love for her to stop pulling them around by the tail or chasing them everywhere.  The one blessing is she can sleep through the night now.  That was awesome when she wasn’t and I still had a toddler who was waking up.  Sleep is my friend and anyone taking it away is my enemy.  I’m trying hard not to give up on Carly because she has great potential to be a smart and fun dog.  I think the whole house, people and animals, are ready for her not to be a puppy any more.  Toys are getting chewed.  Cat box is getting raided.  Nothing can be left on the coffee table.  Last week she took out a cup of coffee I had left there.  The only thing more important than sleep is my coffee.  I couldn’t have been more upset.  One reason I’m trying so hard to give Carly the benefit of the doubt is that we have a horrible track record with the “second dog.”  Because it hasn’t worked out with other dogs we just find them other homes.  Toni has gotten a little more stubborn about Carly and not wanting to just get rid of her.  I on the other hand am not that attached to her and love my pit bull and cats so much more than her.  What’s funny is Toni thinks for some reason Carly was my Christmas gift.  When we got her I felt it was more of a mutual want of another dog from both of us than just something for me.  The reason I wanted it more to be a mutual agreement was because if things didn’t work out I didn’t want it thrown back at me that I’m the only one who wanted the dog.  I’m just hoping past the puppy faze she might be an awesome dog.