Remington and the Toilet!

[Kendra K. Rhoton]

Ever since my sweet Remington Bear entered our household he has loved sleeping by the toilet. I don't know if he feels safe and confined there or maybe its cold in that area... I dunno... but when I go to bed at night, he makes his way to his favorite spot!

Well... I get a call yesterday afternoon from Dan telling me that the floor in our bathroom is soaked with water and we have a leak in the toilet. The water valve was shooting water every where. Dan then explains to me that the valve looks like it has been damaged, maybe from when it was installed... I on the other hand knew better so I asked... "are you sure Remington hasn't been chewing on it?" With a closer look Dan discovers that yes... those are teeth marks in the valve!

Now, our precious pooch has never shown any interest in this before and he's almost a year old. I never would have imagined him doing something of this nature... but during the day Dan sleeps because he works nights... and Remington usually just sleeps the day away with his Dad. However, yesterday... I believe he woke up... got bored... and found his perfect chew toy!

Anyways, we shut the water off to the house and had to call a plumber who came out to fix the problem. It ended up costing us about 300 dollars! And the plumber thought he was going to have to break down some of the wall, but luckily didn't have to, but if he would have it would have cost 600 dollars! GOOD LORD!

Now, most people who know me would have thought I would be furious that this happened... which I was... but within minutes of looking at my dog staring up at me with that precious face of his... all the anger melted away! :)

Anyways, I just had to share this store with you! Even though are dogs aren't perfect... they will always be perfect in our eyes :) It's funny how I won't forgive Dan for little things he does for days... but just one look from my Remington Bear makes me forgive him in seconds :)

[Kendra K. Rhoton]

Haha! so cute! Yes, poor Remington was so sad last night... we closed the door so he couldn't sleep in there and he kept looking at me like... "Mom, please let me in!" I felt so bad keeping him from his favorite spot! But... I can't spend another 300 bucks either! Is there any protection thing you can buy for those so they can't chew them?

[F, Calla & Luca]

From the time Luca arrived he slept in exactly the same way as Remington. The only "toilet" picture I have of him doesn't show his favorite pose, with his head resting on the valve. Notice there is no toilet paper, though. he would unroll it when he was a puppy. He could barely squeeze himself next to the toilet as he grew but he'd still sleep there until recently. I got a new toilet, which fits much closer to the wall in back so his comfy head rest s gone.