Things You May Not Think About Before Getting a Puppy

Tele is my first dog. There is plenty I don’t know about owning a dog, let alone a puppy. While she is a little ball of love and fun, let me warn you about what a week (this week) may be like with a puppy.

Monday Evening: Took Tele to the dog park after work while still in work clothes. Wasn’t prepared for the park to be a mudhole and seriously messed up expensive boots and got designer jeans covered in mud. Got home, and threw in the laundry pile.
Tuesday: Took Tele to a different dog park after work, dressed prepared for mud – this is Oregon in February after all. Played. Put muddy puppy into car. Car is now covered in mud.
Dog gets inside, immediately jumps on white sofa. Clothes are muddy, couch is muddy, puppy is muddy.
Puppy gets a bath (also had one on Sunday) which she is not a big fan of.
Bathtub is now muddy.
Therefore I must clean the tub.
Do a load of laundry to wash muddy clothes from Monday and Tuesday.
Wednesday: Taking Tele to daycare so she will be extra tired. Drop her off at 6:45. Get home, get ready for work, take all couch cushion covers off to wash and bleach (thank you IKEA).
No other messy dog events as puppy is exhausted from a full day of daycare.
Thursday: Play fetch with Tele in the backyard, not very muddy. Then go for a walk, also stay fairly clean. Come home, decide the house smells like dog so I light some candles and put them on a table where the dog or cat cannot get to. However, this does not mean they won’t chase each other around the table, bumping into it and giving me cause for concern.
Move candle to shelf in living room.
Forget about candle until red wax drips onto freshly bleached white couch.
Awesome.
Now I must figure out how to remove red wax from a white couch and wool blanket (at least the blanket is about the same color). Google “How to remove wax from fabric“. Think I can get this under control with an iron and oxyclean.
Ugh.