SNOW! And quite the ventful day...

Hank had a VERY busy day today!

Here's the synopsis:

He woke up at 7, climbed on the bed with mom & dad, snuggled for an hour, then got up. It was a winter wonderland of white outside, very exciting. He took a quick walk to pee and check out the white. About 10, mom got dressed and took him up to the dog park. He made friends with another dog there, who DID at one point kind of growl and kind of attack Hank, but once they both saw a ball, they were fine. THEN, he was really dirty. So, he came home, and we tried to rinse him off, he was still dirty. Off to the Shampooch. The most traumatic experience of Hank's day. HE did NOT like it, but he's clean which is good. We came home, dad worked on a project in the garage and mom was on the computer. He magically disappeared for a moment and when mom came down later, she noticed he was sniffing at a spot on the carpet WHERE HE HAD PEED! We went on a walk (to pee). We came back, we laid around and watched TV. We took another walk in the snow, mom & dad had dinner, mom & Hank played with the ball while dad cleaned up. THEN, in the midst of playing, he stopped at the top of the stairs and PEED AGAIN! HE got in deep crap, and had to stand outside in the snow. Mom took him on a quick walk to pee, then back inside, now he's banished to watch the Husky game...

Luckily, tomorrow the dog trainer comes. We really think he's been doing OK inside the house, but now that we know where he has peed twice (early this afternoon and the week before Thanksgiving) we can keep a better eye on it. This is not good news! Hopefully the trainer will help and he'll STOP PEEING IN THE HOUSE!

The dog trainer comes for an hour tomorrow, and then again in two weeks. AND, Hank's favorite house cleaner comes on Monday, oh boy!

In other news, he was gnawing at his paw over Thanksgiving and we noticed that it was all gross and irritated. So, finally on Friday we went to the Vet and she gave him a mild steroid that she said would increase his thirst and make him pee more. So, we're chalking it up to the steroids, but man alive are we NOT happy about it!!!