Michael & Liz are Bloggable

So ever since we got Gryffin we have been trying to get him to be polite and follow the rules of the house. We have a lot of rules and most of them are pretty logical. Like rule #1, no peeing in the house. You can probably guess what rule #2 is right? After watching an episode of "Jon & Kate Plus 8" last night we have also decided that yelling, screaming, or shouting is strictly prohibited in the house, however that rule won't need to enacted until we have kids because Liz and I do not yell.

Well one rule that we have is that neither of the dogs are allowed to share food. If Daisy's food is in Daisy's bowl, then only Daisy is allowed to eat it. And the same goes for Gryffin but I used Daisy's food as the example because you can probably see where this is going.

Gryffin came from a foster home where it was a free for all on the food. The foster mom left food out for the dogs 24/7 so they could eat whenever they wanted. I don't know how Gryffin didn't get to be 300 pounds because he eats like a horse. So when he came to our house and he finished his bowl, he went over and attempted to eat Daisy's food while she was still eating. We put a stop to that quickly. The problem is that whenever Daisy decides she doesn't want to finish, Gryffin will swoop in when she's done and finish it for her. But over the past 3 months he has slowly gotten better. He moves toward her bowl slower, knowing he is doing wrong. He'll eat only a little and then run away before we can scold him. Well this morning was victory for Gryffin's manners, and it was one of those mornings where Daisy does not finish her food but leaves it for later. So Liz sent me a message during the day and here is what it said:

Liz: oh Gryffin was so cute this morning
Michael: yeah?
Liz: I was making breakfast for myself, and daisy was in the living room. gryffin was just sitting next to daisy's food and being soooo good not to eat it. then eventually he just walked away
Liz: and then
Liz: when i was starting to pack up my stuff daisy finally went to go finish her food. so i waited until she was done and just sat on the coffee table until i could crate her up. and gryffin just went in his crate and laid down as if he knew i was leaving
Michael: awww that is too adorable!! good for him for having strong will power
Liz: yeah, he was too cute

I still need to work on getting him caught up on the tricks that Daisy knows... and come to think of it, practice the old tricks with Daisy so she still knows them!!