Dh and I overslept this morning and left Monty in the care of the dds

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I came down to wee on the carpet, in his crate, on the sofa and a poo on the bed in his crate.

Dd1 did tell me not to worry about his breakfast though as she'd fed him. She put it in his bowl so it covered the bottom, boiled the kettle, let it cool for a few minutes and given it to him. She was very pleased with herself so I told her well done. Then I worked out that he'd had twice as much as he should have done. No wonder he went out and did a massive poo on the garden.

Apparently he likes jumping off their laps from the sofa to the floor. Was doing this this morning. Bit worried now. He's a lab and he shouldn't be putting any kind of pressure on his joints at this age. Have explained this to them, as much as an eight year old and six year old can understand.

Must not oversleep in future. Ever.

He's gorgeous MrsAdorabelle. I bet it was hard to congratulate the kids on their good work when you came downstairs to that!

My kids like to look after the dogs but that only goes as far as piling loads of food in their bowls and leaving the bag out...

Ds1 and ds2 spent the nights this weekend in a tent in our garden and made themselves a flask of hot chocolate. They're 7 and 9. I'd better hand them in to SS now I guess

toldmywrath I so need an edit button

Calm down girls. And stinker, just leave it. Go hijack someone else.

I calm. Just responding to another's questions. It's rude to ignore someone, no?

I'm

Stinker!
You make typos just like me!
Pride before a fall eh?

Wow, can't believe some of the responses here. Hope they are in jest! My kids have been getting breakfast for themselves since the eldest was about 5 (and before that I use to put it out for him so he could add milk from a little cup) - anything for more sleep!
And now they take the dog straight out in to the garden as soon as the first wakes and then get his breakfast too. Middle one mostly, aged 7, but the most keen.
Keep up with the child training ;)

Not really. I noticed mine and corrected it.

A typo is a typo!

OP Monty is gorgeous! He is angelic ( in a dog way)

Beautiful pup!

Bloody hell. I truly hope I don't know Stinkers IRL. What a twat!

Monty is adorable & I hope you enjoyed your lie in. That is, until you came across all the shit and piss

One of those cases where the nickname is very apt.

dancewiththetreedoug

'Bloody hell. I truly hope I don't know Stinkers IRL. What a twat!'

Ah, gutted. Truly.

lol This thread is batshit

Yep!

Monty however is just gorgeous

well it started sensibly enough

Evening all,

This is beginning to look a bit like a bun fight from where we're standing...

Any chance of a bit of peace and love?

Oh I do hope so Dawn. They're derailing my thread!

Don't let us unsupervised, HQ.

Thanks MNHQ,

Is this a good place to ask for a any chance of a hide poster button

Sorry OP, I didn't mean to derail. I just hate it when people come on all critical and judgey at something that was clearly unintentional.

Coming to this late but massive lol to whoever said an eight year old couldn't be trusted to use a kettle. Most eight year olds I know aren't morons.

Doggie is lovely OP :) why is MN so hysterical about dogs?? My six year old niece lives with two lobbies. They are frequently alone with her, presumably on the basis that her mother has to occasionally use the toilet.

Labbies, not lobbies!

Yes parsnip; massive lol at 3rd degree burns if they spill/drop the kettle.

...that could happen to an adult too. What age would you suggest as appropriate kettle usage?