Rocky start to the day...

Super Sammy decided he was getting up shortly after 4am this morning.

The little dude loves his routine but sometimes he falls off the track. Normally he'll wake between 6-7am and will want to go outside to the yard to do #1. He will then race back in side for his breaky after which he will race outside to do #2.

However this morning he got his wires crossed and decided to get up 2hrs earlier. I tried to get him settle down again but nope...he NEEDED to go. So I up with him to let him out. It was dark so I couldn't see what he was doing but I could hear him racing up the steps back to the house for his breakfast.

As he is sitting there bursting with excitement I say:

"Faaak buddy...it is too early to eat...lets go back to bed".

We go back to bed...he settles down but I say awake until 6:23am thinking about a project at work and how I am going to get around a couple of obstacles. I managed to fall asleep for 15 mins before the alarm went off. It felt like I hadn't sleep a wink.

So I get up, get the two little farts outta bed (Jessie and Sammy...Mel is away in Halifax/Newfoundland for the next week and a bit) to feed them. After they eat we get bundled up to go for a walk. The two of these guys together is trouble as they tend to bark at other dogs...one at a time and they are fine.

Most times there is no one out that earlier but this morning, as soon as we left the house, we run into a family jogging with stroller and a little yappy dog. Of course both my little terds start barking like circus freaks. After shoddy nights sleep and no breakfast myself, listening to two beagles go off is like nails on a chaulk board x10!

Of course training, depending on which *expert* you listen to, tells you to ignore negative behaviour and only reward positive behaviour. Eventually they settle down and we continue on our way. Within 5 minutes we come across a mama deer and two youngins. The three of us were caught off guard and just staring at the other group. I pulled my crew in but, by that time, Super Sammy & J-belle lost their heads completely.

OH-MY-FUCK!

It was an all out last minute blitz...both mine were savage over the idea of deer being on their walk way. Like guys, we do sorta live in the country and have to share this area with other living beings. Nope...they were both livid. Both were making sounds I have NEVER heard them make before.

The deer just looked at me...head tilted as if asking:

"What is wrong with your dogs?"

I know...they are two little shits at the moment. After a couple of minutes the deer turned around and bounded down over the hill in which the previously came and my two came down off their cocaine-induced freakout.

15 minutes later...wait for it...we run into the running group again.

OH-MY-FUCK!

Thankfully only Sammy had a slight reaction to the door. The guy used to be fine up to before our trip to Vegas but since we got him back from the kennel...he is like a chicken with it's head cut off around other dogs when he is out with J on the lease.

Rest of walk was uneventful thankfully.

Was suppose to bike to work but decided to drive so I could save my legs for the brick workout this evening. So I left for work earlier today and ended up being 30 minutes later than usual...thanks in part to ongoing road construction and kids being back in school.

I park my car about 2km's away from campus (free parking) and stop into Tim's to grab my morning "soother". The line is enormously long today...thats weird. I get inside and some guy decided to order 3 or 4 boxes of coffee without pre-ordering. Oh wait...it gets better...he orders 7 dozen donuts and would like to hand pick two of the boxes.

OH-MY-FUCK!

I LOL'd at one point.

After 15 minutes I got a coffee and order & balance was restored to my world!

Training was been going well so far this week but I am little tired. The first week back usually is pretty rough but things will get better.

Anyone else have frost on their decks this morning???

Have a good one!