Warning... "laptop in danger"....

Before you read this, you must understand that my family loves animals. Well, my kids do, anyway. I am not fond of the budget stretching that comes from food, vet visits, and accessories and incidentals that are part of pet ownership.

Well, incidentals is quite broad, isn't it?

My wonderful hubby is a computer IT guy, head of research and development, yada, yada, at his job. He has a "top of the line" laptop that he brings back and forth since he works almost as much from home now as he does at the office. But, I digress.

Our puppy, Titus is about 5 months old now, and he weighs about 43lbs. Not exactly a tiny, dainty, creature. Not at all, really. And he is aaaaaaaalll puppy. For those of you who haven't experienced that, that means that he will chew on anything and everything in sight, no matter what it is or how much it costs.

I have the children trained that they are to put shoes, toys, and clothing away, far, far, away from the puppy or they will be gone within a nanosecond. My hubby isn't that easy to train that way.

He was working one night and decided to take a break from askterisk telephony and assist me in doing the dishes. He left his laptop on the couch where he was working and we finished cleaning the kitchen together in short order. Wonderful man, he is!

Well, we heard an unusual sound from the living room. Investigating, we discovered that our puppy had decided that the keyboard on the laptop would make a nice snack. As many of you will remember, he is still a little leary of my husband, so, when Titus saw Karl coming for him, he jumped off the couch, knocking the top of the line laptop off with him.

To say that Karl was upset is a gross understatement.

Titus had effectively broken the keyboard on the laptop, and rendered the jump drive useless. Not bad for only having been left alone for five minutes, really. Our other dog, Snowball, knew enough to run and hide in the back of her kennel and I put Titus in his. Good thing the kids were upstairs, as my hubby was very angry and barely able to control himself.

Coincidentally, the next day was Titus's trip to the vet for his neutering. No, really, I had that scheduled a while ago. But, you have to admit the timing on this....


So, after getting him back from the vet, and Karl's boss and him sharing a laugh about the computer, (hey, his boss had left his in the back of the truck during a thunderstorm...) Titus and Karl have a new relationship. Karl gets the last laugh, as it were...