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Last night was the first time I babysat Pepper, the six month old dog, it was awful. He started whining around 5am...I went to bed at 1am...I got up took him outside, he did his buisness. And I thought great another four or five hours of sleep for me. I was wrong, horribly and terribly wrong. he woke me up again at 7am, then 9am...by this time my mom was awake and I looked like a zombie trying to find the leash to take Pepper outside, then he didnt' even go! apparently my brother feeds this dog at 6am and I forgot to feed him. So I gave him a lot of food and went back to bed then he starts whinning again at 10am. At this point I gave up on sleep and joined the land of the awake people.

The moral of the story is if babies are this bad I'm going need a house that's so big I can put the baby in one room, shut the door and not hear it crying from my room. Better yet, I'm not having kids. Dogs are supposed to be easier than babies and I feel like I should be getting paid for this amount of work.

My husband assures me that dogs can hold it 8 hours even 6 month old puppies. I figured once my mom leaves, after pepper wakes me up the first time, I'm putting him outside in the backyard on a leash and leaving him there until I'm awake. My room is in the front of the house. I'm sure once I close my door I won't hear him barking.

I also think I need to take him walking 4 miles a day to wear him out, which is good because I can use the exercise. Just wish it wasn't 96 F most of the afternoon.

I need food. maybe the sugar will help my eyes stay open.