bad boy.

forget everything from the last post. seriously. yesterday bowser was so bad. first of all it started off with him in the morning (something I was going to overlook but given his behavior for the remainder of the evening...). I let him outside every morning with his bowls of food and depending on how much time I have in the morning, I will stay outside with him for a bit and just walk around so that he'll actually pee and whatnot instead of just standing there staring at me (or playing with towel... his new favorite thing). so anyway, yesterday morning, I was outside for minimal time because I was running a little behind (me? sleep in? never...). mind you, this is *not* the first time that this has happened... he's been outside before in the morning and has been perfectly content. running free, playing, eating... the whole deal. yesterday... I wasn't inside more than 30 seconds before he went crazy: he was barking, he was jumping into the door kamakaze style, he was whimpering, he was scratching. and as a side note, it all happened again this morning. this had never happened before and I'm not quite sure what brought it on to be honest. if anyone has any ideas, please feel free to share. moving on from the morning... when dave and I got home from work, bowser was fine. he was his normal overly excited self. but then, moments er one of his trips outside (during which he had peed quite a bit), he straight up squats and poops on the floor. at least it wasn't the carpet so disinfecting the area was a snap, but still... he has never pooped in the house before and we had literally *just* taken him out (and when we take him out it's usually for a good amount of time so that he can adequately do his business). so we put him outside for about 10 minutes as punishment (because we don't want 'crate' to become an area of negativity) and about half an hour later (after a couple more times going outside) he pees... on the carpet. so we put him outside for about 15 minutes this time. after that he got a little better. he was outside with me while I grilled and then around 10ish he started getting tired and slept for a while. I just don't know what to think about his behavior yesterday. and because today started out like yesterday did... I'm concerned about what to expect this evening. I had wanted to stop off at the shoe store and also wanted to do pizza night at papa gino's, but the way this is going, maybe I'll have to forgo the plans for this evening. [sigh]