Ok, so I’m not completely serious here. But Chester certainly does have his good days and his bad days.

Friday was such a good day . . . he was so mellow. Yesterday was ok, but he didn’t want to walk with my husband when we took him out for a long walk. Today is not starting out at all well.

Actually, I suppose it started out ok, but when we went to let him on the bed (in his own bed), he just wouldn’t settle down. Oh sure, he’d get into the bed, but then he’d get off, try to eat the paper, and just be generally annoying.

Then Simba decided to come in. So now I had to give both of them treats, but I also had to try to make sure that Chester wasn’t leaping at and nipping at Simba. So much for reading the paper (which I never did get to).

Then I took him out again, and usually he needs to poop the first and second times in the morning. But he didn’t this morning, so he needed to be watched more carefully. I let him back into the bedroom to play, but he decided that my slipper made a better toy. I finally just lost it with him and yelled “leave it” (which he certainly did).

I know that you’re not supposed to yell at them, but I’m human! I’m tired, yesterday wasn’t very relaxing, today hasn’t been so far, and frankly he’s been a bit more hyper than usual. Usually on Sundays, when we have him on the bed, he eventually goes to sleep in his own bed and I’m able to relax and finish reading the paper. Obviously not today.

And that’s the way it is with any young animal: there will be good days and there will be bad days. There will be days, like today, when you think you’ve made a big mistake and wouldn’t life just be simpler if you’d stuck to your two cats?

Don’t worry, Chester isn’t going anywhere (except to doggy daycare today, which should make him a much calmer puppy — and maybe let me relax just a little bit).

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