it's an absolute miracle

remember my previous post?

the one where i complained about our dumb as rocks dog?

the one who couldn't figure out a doggie door to save her life?!

well, she decided to prove us wrong!!!

our little tess finally figured it out

(and it only took a can of alpo to get her to go through the door on her own for the first time)

i don't think you can even imagine how excited we were...

we were such proud parents

and once she figured it out, she kept going in and out

in and out

in and out

so then we decided to test our luck.  we went to a movie and left her alone in the house.

dun dun dun

(i'm not sure if you even understand how big of a deal this was.  for the last 3 months, we haven't been able to leave our house without her destroying her kennel with poop, resulting in us scrubbing her kennel down and then giving her a bath.  we have also gone through about 5 rolls of paper towels because when we leave her in her metal enclosure on the tile, she poops and then smashes the poop into the tile, resulting in us scrubbing the floor down and then giving her a bath.  she has had to go to work with josh so she isn't left at home.  she comes with us when we run errands and we leave her in the car.  when we go to our friends houses, she comes with us.  it was getting a bit old.)

but when we got home from the movie, there was no poop

there was no pee

our furniture was all still in tact

we were elated!

we then decided to test our luck one last time.

we went to school today and left her home

alone

from 9 am till 2:30

and guess what?!

there was no poop

there was no pee

our furniture was all still in tact

and i just about peed my pants

because our little tess is finally growing up

(and we are finally able to have our lives back!)