In the doghouse!

Today, Ferguson has decided, completely out of the blue, to try his luck at everything that isn't his.  In the past three hours, he's attempted/succeeded to steal/chew:

My Wii Carrying Case

A loaf of bread (he only had this one for about a second before he was corrected)

My dad's NICE leather shoes.

Unfortunately, the shoe is what he had the longest, and managed to chew off about an inch off the end of it.  >:( !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Needless to say, I'm not at all pleased.  When he took the Wii case, the correction was only minimal, because he took it into his kennel and it wasn't clear he was going to chew on it.  He got a firm correction for the bread, and didn't even lift it out of the bread box (it is within his reach) before I stopped him with a firm poke and "NO."  But the shoe?  He got quite a scolding.  He's now in his wire kennel (not as punishment, par-say...he had 10 seconds in-between the events so shouldn't associate it as such) so he can't get in to any more trouble.

But, because he doesn't understand me and I need to vent without being cruel: 

WHAT ON EARTH DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING FERGUSON?!  YOU HAVE NEVER EVER NEVER EVER NEVER TAKEN ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU BEFORE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MY STUFFED POLAR BEAR AND THAT WAS MONTHS AGO.  WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR HEAD?!!!!  YOU GOT NOT ONE BUT TWO 30 MINUTE LONG WALKS TODAY, SO YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE TO BEHAVE BRATTY AND/OR BORED.  SO CUT IT OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel less bad now that I'm making him go to work with me tomorrow.  Perhaps he needs the outings, and that's why he's never acted out before...since had to go to work with me every day in the past. 

Oh, right, and I got the job I was hoping for ^_^  They said there is also a receptionist position available, so they are training me for both to see which I prefer.  I work tomorrow morning from 6:45am-1pm.    Hurray for employment! 

And hurray for Ferguson having a rather exciting outing.  I just hope he doesn't have a panic attack for being alone, but he will be next to other dogs he can at least hear and smell, and people come and go fairly frequently.  I do love him, but after tonight, I think he can live and could use the change in atmosphere >:(.