The day after the carpet was installed we got an addition to the family. Shayla is a LARGE Yellow Lab. She is a retired seeing eye dog. She is very well trained. She is fun. She is mostly calm. But - she is a little pampered. We are being paid to "dog sit" Shayla for 2 weeks while her "parents" are on a cruise. I didn't know when I agreed how pampered this dog is. She has a detailed schedule which includes flavored water, snacks, yogurt 3 times a day to keep her stomach settled, allergy and hormone pills, etc. 
She gets breakfast at 5 AM. Then a frisky walk at 5:10 so she can "do her business". So I stumble out of bed to feed her. I get dressed, take a flashlight and my cell phone, get a rubber glove and ziploc baggie, put a choke chain and leash on the dog, hide my hair with a hat - and off we go. We walk for about 30 minutes. She is pretty good about doing her business. The problem is that at first I didn't go very prepared. I only took one poop removal kit (one glove and one baggie). Well she surprised me once with a two-bagger trip. So from then on I went prepared for two stops. A couple of days ago I left feeling very prepared when she surprised me again. A third stop and I wasn't prepared for a 3 bagger. But I used my problem solving skills and got it bagged anyway. Now I am always prepared for a 3 bagger. I hope we don't experience a quadruple bagger!
Anyway, she goes home Friday morning. And who knows? We might be lined up for another visit from Shayla in early November - her parents are taking another trip.
