When my partner said that she wanted to adopt a puppy I was not gleeful about the idea.
I genuinely like dogs, although I do not want a rambunctious little puppy running around the house.
Do you know how much work it is to train and wrangle a gleeful puppy? Too much. I knew that I didn’t have the time or patience to deal with such a project right now. But she went out and adopted a puppy anyway. Thank God, the outdoor air temperature changed shortly after she got our new family member. When we first got the pooch, it was seriously hot and comfortable outside. The puppy clearly enjoyed the outdoor climate as much as every one of us did. This meant she constantly wanted to go inside and outside to care about the sun and gentle breeze. Then, she wanted to care about the a/c that we were pumping through every vent, and as the outdoor air temperature began to decline, so did our puppy’s activity level. She no longer wanted to be outside in the chilly air. In fact, she didn’t even want to leave our master powder room. Why? Because we wisely had radiant radiant heated floors installed in that room more than 2 years ago. The puppy clearly realized that the heated flooring was ideal for her tiny body as soon as she experienced it. Now, she mainly spends her time laying on the hot radiant radiant heated floors. Thanks to our alternative heating program in the powder room providing ideal temperatures directly to our furry buddy, we barely even see him, and training has become a non-issue.