Lost Doggie...

A lost dog is staying in my apartment. I am not a dog person, and had to check the internet to try to determine the dogs breed. I am told it is a French Bulldog. My husband brought the lost dog home, just after bath-time, and at my youngest daughters bedtime. Up roar as you can image from my usual bedtime routine. Jasmine, my oldest daughter, who loves dogs couldn't have been more excited to 'pretend' it was her dog and to name it. She called it Sniffer, since it was smelling the whole apartment for new smells.  Then we all noticed she was looking for food, and eating all the food my kids had dropped that day, and she changed the name to Beggar.  My husband fed it some of our beef stroganoff dinner, and here I am, dog sitting.  I was hoping the dog would be home by now, I am not a dog person, I am or used to be, a cat person, before I had kids.  I don't mind other peoples dogs, but don't want one of my own, and this is now reaffirmed with my current house guest.

My husband and Jasmine took her for a walk, then I let her stay inside since she is very calm and good around the kids. After an hour I noticed a smell, and figured out she had done her business on the balcony, well at least it wasn't inside! After that, I thought perhaps I shouldn't trust my carpet with this dog, and put her out on the balcony and closed the door.  However, she barked after a few minutes looking inside to come in.  I checked online and it said bulldogs are good with kids and not outdoor dogs, I said I am not a dog person!  So I let her in and she just licked her paws nonstop.  Once she stopped and looked at me, the way my parents dog does when she wants to get up on the couch and relax, hoping for some petting.  So I thought, she needs a doggie bed, so I took a blanket and folded it up for her and she went right on it and went to sleep several minutes later.  I am beginning to think this dog is very well behaved and is kind of cute too.  She was disturbed after a while because there was barking on the TV! I never would have thought a TV dog would upset a real dog. Then she tried to settle back down on the blanket, but other dogs outside were barking. I started thinking this maybe a long night, and where is this dog going to sleep? If I put her in the bathroom, with a blanket and water, will she bark at night? How will she sleep in a new place, so far she hardly seems to care she is not in her home! I hope my husband is taking her for a walk when she needs one tomorrow morning, because Mama is not doing it!