Another blog, how original!

Why am I doing this?

If you've read the 'About' page, you know all about Bacon as he is today. He is not the dog he can be. I see a smart little scamp in there, that just needs some direction and training to come out. Unfortunately, he has ME as an owner. Oh sure, he'll be fed and warm and forced to wear cute sweaters for the rest of his life, but I have very few skills in the dog training department. I come from a cat family and my first dog, Dixie, came pre-trained (on a side note, I cannot advocate enough for adopting an adult dog. Why the HELL would you put yourself through the puppy stage when you can get one that already know how to fetch the paper and make your coffee?). Dixie suffered through my rookie mistakes with patience. And treats.

So while I feel like I can easily meet my dog's basic needs, I am not adequately equipped to help rehabilitate a dog with Bacon's background. Enter The Internet. My brain loves Goggle like a fat kid loves cake. Thanks to Goggle I have won many a round at Trivial Pursuit. I love research, I love learning new things, I love finding the simplest way to solve a problem. And most importantly, I love getting to the answer FAST. Imagine my disappointment when I realised the complete LACK of information on rehabilitating mill dogs. There is tons of general information on training adult rescue dogs, but very little geared towards adult mill dogs. You combine this with my already lacking dog training skills and you get total frustration. And a ruined carpet. (After 4 months, we've made zero progress on house training)

This blog is an attempt to record my meagre attempts in one spot, so others, who know what they're doing, can throw me a life line. 'Cause lets be honest, I don't have a hot clue what I'm doing. I welcome any and all comments and suggestions and I promise to be honest about what is working and what isn't. Rescue isn't all 'Happy Tails' into the sunset; a lot of work goes into re-habing a dog (from any kind of back ground). I've been frustrated, annoyed, angry and reduced to tears since I got Bacon. I've also laughed so hard I cried and spent hours humming ABBA songs to him while he dozes on my lap.

I know I can do this and I'm committed to it, I just need some good old fashioned help!