Hello!

I'm a first time dog co-caretaker and a first time poop picker upper. Up until now, I've only dreamed of chocolate brown labs and golden retrievers that lived on the set of Full House. Then we went to the animal shelter and got a dog. He is neither brown nor golden. He is however filled with brown poop and golden pee, if that counts.

Before getting a dog, we ran the idea by a few folks. Responses ranged from "your life is over" to "it'll be the greatest thing ever." Everyone said that getting a puppy would be "a lot of work." But what did "a lot of work" entail, really? Nobody ever tells you that part.

Well, we've had Ender for approximately 5 months now and a lot of work has meant cleaning up poo, wiping pee off his leg because he's oblivious to the fact that he's peeing ON his leg, taking him out to pee every two hours, walking more than I've had since seventh grade P.E., and trying not to get mauled.

Please meet Ender.