Pink Puppy Paws

How about something non-basketball related? We like to tell our fun or crazy Gus stories, so here is one for today... we have had to leave Gus in the garage, without outside access because he has taken to jumping the fence. We are now moving to tracing the fence with electric fence, but that will take another paycheck and some time. So until then, he is in the garage during the day. Well, we have been really worried about him in there all by himself with no potty breaks so I have been rushing home to let him out. Two good days so far! No mess! We have been thrilled with this and praising him up a storm. So today after work I was petting his cute little face and telling him what a good boy he was...of course, he rolls over to get his belly scratched. When he does this I notice his feet are a different color....pink to deep red. For about one second I thought it was blood and about had my heart and stomach in my mouth...then I looked closely and realized it was pen. I quickly ran through the house looking for my red pen stain. I was not disappointed in my quest....there was a chewed up red pen on the basement carpet. Well, Gus got a lecture the whole time I scrubbed which I am pretty sure he didn't understand, but it made me feel better. And thanks to Oxyclean it did come out amazingly easily....I dare Jimmy to try to find it when he gets home! All stories aside, we do have a really good dog....he is no Marley. I just wouldn't have as much fun telling you about the times where he is good. Not quite as funny.
-Kari