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		<title>Things You May Not Think About Before Getting a Puppy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kim Toomey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tele is my first dog. There is plenty I don&#8217;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.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tele is my first dog. There is plenty I don&#8217;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.</p>
<p><strong>Monday Evening:</strong> Took Tele to the dog park after work while still in work clothes. Wasn&#8217;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.<br />
<strong>Tuesday:</strong> Took Tele to a different dog park after work, dressed prepared for mud &#8211; this is Oregon in February after all. Played. Put muddy puppy into car. Car is now covered in mud.<br />
Dog gets inside, immediately jumps on white sofa. Clothes are muddy, couch is muddy, puppy is muddy.<br />
Puppy gets a bath (also had one on Sunday) which she is not a big fan of.<br />
Bathtub is now muddy.<br />
Therefore I must clean the tub.<br />
Do a load of laundry to wash muddy clothes from Monday and Tuesday.<br />
<strong>Wednesday:</strong> 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).<br />
No other messy dog events as puppy is exhausted from a full day of daycare.<br />
<strong>Thursday: </strong>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&#8217;t chase each other around the table, bumping into it and giving me cause for concern.<br />
Move candle to shelf in living room.<br />
Forget about candle until red wax drips onto freshly bleached white couch.<br />
Awesome.<br />
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 &#8220;<a href="http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-remove-wax-from-clothes-or-material" target="_blank">How to remove wax from fabric</a>&#8220;. Think I can get this under control with an iron and oxyclean.<br />
Ugh.</p>


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