Drama, Drama,Dog,Dog

Zeus growled and snarled at the pet sitter while I was in NYC. I came home to a dog behavior modification trainer appointment and lots of arguments with the husband. Do we keep the dog, do we put the dog to sleep, do we give the dog away, do the husband and I kill each? Those were the questions circling the wagon train and the homestead. Zeus just didn't want to get in his crate for the pet sitter or my husband. When Zeus doesn't want to do something he snarls and growls. Today the behavior modification dog trainer came for the first of six sessions. Zeus did great with everything but being tethered in the car seat. Tethering is seat belting them to the seat with a short lead.Zeus has to be tethered because he can jump out the window of the van. He did it at the car wash on the driver's side in a flash. Me,Chip and Shelley were like - "Holy Cow". The snarling and growling will become an extinct behavior according to the Paws-N-Order trainer. No fence. Zeus can jump the fence the neighbors have on one side of the yard. Border collies can jump. Never knew that until I got one. This weekend the son,who got me in this mess to begin with,is coming home to reinstall the electric fence in the backyard with his Dad. The son and Dad are fire on hot oil when they work together. Looking forward to an entertaining Labor Day weekend. It could only get better if my mother and mother-in-law came to visit too.