Day 2686

 I woke up a little after 8, got up and did the pet stuff and had breakfast.  After that it was a little surfing before I went out to do some work.  Abby pissed on the carpet in the same place she did yesterday.  There was also a turd nearby, we're not sure how long it had been there.

I changed the batteries on the battery charger.  I couldn't use them today anyway.  It was way too windy to spray poison.  I had an idea to somehow block the pond to keep the dog out.  Unfortunately it's too large.  Idea three was to fix the deck gate so that it didn't scrape anymore.

I tried repositioning the gate latch.  That didn't work.  Then I reinforced the gate post.  That helped a little.  Then I got out the belt sander and started sanding the boards under the gate.  That was working until my only belt broke.  I tested Ellen to get more at ACE on her way home from therapy and played with the dog until she got home.

When she got home I continued with the sander.  Eventually got the gate to work.  Unfortunately the gate latch doesn't latch easily now.  You have to make sure it latches when you close it.

I went back inside for lunch.  Ellen asked me to take the dog out to piss.  I did, but she just laid down and wouldn't move.  I brought her back in.  She frolicked for about a minute and then went over and pissed on the rug in the same place she's done it before.  I got pissed and threw her outside.  Then I got the bin, took it outside, and put her in it.

A little later Ellen got Abby out.  I managed to get Cooper on my lap.  Abby immediately came over to jump up and bug Cooper.  Cooper jumped away, clawing me.  Abby kept jumping, so I kicked her away.  She jumped again, so I kicked her again.  After that she stayed away.

There's a new rule in the house.  If Ellen isn't actually watching her, she's in the bin.  Clearly she thinks that the kitchen is a better place to piss than outside.

Ellen fixed steak for dinner.  We both watched Abby like a hawk.  After dinner I took her outside.  She wouldn't play with me.  It was nice out, so we stayed there until almost 8.

After we went back in we watched a couple of shows on HULU and part of a movie.