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Team Trouble

Team Trouble is how I now refer to Silas and Stan because all they do is cause trouble. Well not all the time but most of the time they are causing trouble.
Stan is a much different puppy than Silas was.
Silas didn't chew on very many things other than toys and the occasional sock or shoe, Stan however chews up and tries to eat EVERYTHING!!! He acts as if he hasn't had anything to eat in his whole life.
Silas took two weeks tops to be almost completely potty trained, Stan just stops what he is doing and pees right there on the floor.
Silas had panic attacks if put in the crate, Stan doesn't complain about being in the crate.
Silas had to go out to potty once a night for about a month, Stan thankfully makes it all night! The vet told us we are lucky because most puppies his age can't make it all night.
Since we have had Stan I have thrown away more ripped/torn up toys than I did the whole year we had Silas. They play extremely rough with each other and I am always worried Silas is going to break little Stan, although sometimes he deserves it. Stan is quite the bully and Silas just takes it. Stan will eat all of Silas' food and Silas just watches, he takes toys from him, and jumps/ bites all over him and Silas just takes it.
We had Stan's 9 week vet visit yesterday and he now weighs 19 pounds! She said he looks great and gave him shots and that was it. I am hoping we have less issues with Stan than we did/do with Silas.

Meet Stan

This is our new fur baby, Stan Lee. He is a Rottweiler mix. Mom is a pure bred rottie and we aren't sure what dad was since mom was a stray. She gave birth to 10 puppies the day after being found and taken to the shelter, sadly due to the horrible condition she was in only 9 survived. Out of the nine half were fluffy like Stan and the other half had short hair. We had been thinking about getting a second dog (one close in age to Silas) and found one we liked but were unable to make it to the shelter before he was adopted to someone else. Then on New Years day I found this group of puppies needing a home (Kevin and I were trying to find Rottie mix dogs ever since we found out thats what Silas is) and it seemed to good to be true so we put in an application to adopt thinking we wouldn't get one. The very next day we got an email saying the puppy we had picked out (from pictures online) was ours. We picked him because he was fluffy like Silas and ended up picking the biggest puppy out of the whole group. Welcome home Stan.

Silas has an announcement

We got some snow

A while back we got some snow and Silas was enjoying it. In fact it made him brave and he kept jumping the fence to the garden but then was stuck because he couldn't jump back out.

Happy New Year

Once again we didn't do anything fun. We went out to dinner and then came home. We were planning on going out with some of Kevin's friends but somehow nothing got arranged and we ended up at home. Silas was not happy we were staying up late and kept ringing his bell to go out then when he would come back in he would look at us like ok its bedtime lets go. Around 11:30 he started huffing at us and then would lay down on the couch and glare. I told Kevin next year we need to throw a party.

Christnas

Merry Christmas! (a bit late) This year for Christmas Kevin and I went to Arkansas. On the trip down I nearly had a complete breakdown and was on the verge of tears for about the last 20 minutes of the drive. Kevin is a fast driver and kept going over the speed limit and kept telling me he wasn't sure where we were and then would make me drive so he could sleep and then at one point we got pulled over in the middle of nowhere because Kevin was doing at least 50 in a 25 and I was for sure we would be arrested for recklessness and then the officer asked for his insurance card and when Kevin gave it to him he didn't believe it was a real one so I was even more sure we were going to spend Christmas in jail but after what felt like hours he let us go without a ticket and told us to just slow it down. After that I couldn't calm down and it was really late at night so I was extremely tired and then a while later Kevin said he wasn't sure where we were and I lost it. But we got to his grandparents house and went to bed for a bit and then I was fine. I rather enjoyed spending time them. We didn't do very much while we were there basically just hung out around the house, once we went squirrel hunting but didn't get anything. On the trip back we stopped at a restaurant called Lamberts. They throw rolls across the room to you. Seriously! You look up and rolls are just soaring through the air. It was cool but I wasn't very impressed with their food. We were going to stop a few other places on the way home but somehow managed to miss every exit. Even though I really enjoyed our time there I was so glad to be home. (and once again I have no pictures because I suck at taking them)

Where was little baby Silas while we were away? He stayed at home and Melanie and Mitch came to stay with him. I tried to be good and not text them very much and they said he was very well behaved but was a little sad. Melanie also feed him triple what we feed him. I guess my instructions weren't as clear as I thought, so he is now on a diet. Also before we left K went to the store and bought lots of stuff for them to eat and snack on when we got home none of it had been touched they said they felt bad eating all our food so they bought their own, Melanie even washed all the dishes they used instead of leaving them in the dishwasher.

One night the week before we left it took me over an hour to get home. Silas goes to daycare off of Cook Road and we live off of Lake Ave and it usually takes about 30-45 minutes depending on the time and traffic but with all the last minute shoppers out and Holiday traveling it took one hour and 45 minutes for me to get home! And Silas must have played hard that day because he was out!

We had ghetto night

One day I was taking a shower and listening to Miley Cyrus' new cd and Silas hates Miley Kevin siad he kept barking at the bathroom door and this is where I found him when I got out. 

Merry Christmas