Fizzle....finally -

I know I have not posted in a while - I actually tried to post this a few days ago and have painstakingly been trying to get my video to upload - to no avail. And you see, this post is quite lame, boring, and postless - I mean pointless - without the video. I thought something was wrong with Blogger, then my computer or internet. I would upload the video and let it process, during the whole day and even over night.

Today, I had a brilliant notion - the video was too big. So it never told me this, it just kept trying to upload and process it. So, I went to my camera and edited it so it would be two separate videos...that worked. Here...is...my...long...awaited...post:

This is Fizzle in the first few weeks we brought her home. We tried the whole newspaper down on the floor thing:

And this would be Fizzle thinking she is queen on her throne...which happens to be MY pillow:

Even though Fizzle is not housebroken after two years of having her, we keep her around. Maybe it is her charming shaggy homeless dog looks. Maybe it is the way she barks like a mad dog at me when I get out of bed during the night. Maybe it is the way she feels she owns our beds and is a person sleeping on MY pillow. (yep, I am a little bitter. Get off my pillow. Get out of the space between Evan's head and my head during the middle of the night) Maybe it is the way she growls - like a way I cannot describe in words and have never heard a dog growl this way before and I really need to get it on video. Maybe it is the way she gets under my feet all the time.

Wait, those are reasons I have to get rid of the dog!

Reasons we actually still have a dog that is not housebroken...I guess there are just a few reasons, but they are good reasons.
1. Evan would be heartbroken if we got rid of her. (I would be sad, but would probably get over it sooner than later)
2. Other than me taking her out and occasionally cleaning up after her, Evan takes care of her and cleans up after her.
3. Liliana lights up when she sees Fizzle and I want Liliana to grow up with a dog. (now, if we did not have a dog - we would not rush out to get a dog. This is Fizzle's saving grace factor right here - that we had a baby and the baby loves Fizzle)

Before I go further - let me address the fact that she is not housebroken before you ask me the questions. We tried to crate train her, but Evan is a softy and felt that it was cruel and unusual punishment, so the dog would cry and end up in bed with us. Fizzle pretty much only uses the kitchen as her waste land during the night. Now, we would just put her in the crate and let her bark her head off during the night if we did not have neighbors above and below us. When we get a house (whenever that might be) Fizzle will be in her crate night after night, barking as long and as loud as she wants, but she is not getting out. I can say this with authority because I know Evan is sick of cleaning up in the morning after her! I will say that having a dog before having a baby was good because Evan truly understands tough love and the outcome of it!

Now on with it...Liliana and Fizzle get along great together! We use Fizzle all the time when we are changing Liliana and she is crying or moving all over the place. We make Fizzle come and sit right next to her and then Liliana just looks at her and smiles and laughs. It is really cute. Liliana likes to stick her hand out for Fizzle to lick it. And then Fizzle does this thing where she rolls all over the carpet when she is done eating or when she dries herself off from a bath and Liliana laughs and laughs at her.

Now that Liliana is getting bigger, she can get to Fizzle and Fizzle is a bit skittish - she Fizzle is pretty much always backing away from Liliana. Unless Liliana has one of two toys of Fizzle's - Fizzle's pink bone, or this squeaky newspaper. They play well together.

All this to set up the video I got last night...which is actually a few nights ago...of Liliana and Fizzle:

PART I

PART II