At Work

We pretty much cart the doggies to work on most days. They get a break on the days that Ansaar is at home, usually Mondays and Tuesdays. They also stay at home when Azam starts work late in the day and Aaron only has to watch them for a brief window of time - he is after all in school and needs to do his work! They also get every Sunday and most Saturdays off.
At first they were thrilled to come to work - just like us when we got our first job and it was new and exciting! Lots to discover - product on the shelves to be sniffed at, aisles to be run through, parts to be investigated, cardboard to be chewed. This usually left the little one (Lyra) smelling as though she had been disassembling parts to be rebuilt. Prak came up with method after method to block their access to the warehouse. We discovered just how much of a Houdini Lyra was! She beat the barricades each time and escaped to the wonderful, adventure that is the warehouse. Kiko would not attempt escape, but once Lyra came up with a path, she was certainly not going to be excluded from the adventure! Finally we came up with a sure-fire way to prevent the escapades - we used plywood shelving to block any open areas. Of course this means that we now have to cross over them, but at least we get a good stretch out of it! They haven't yet figured out that they can quite easily jump our barricade - here's hoping that they don't discover that anytime soon! Now that they are restricted to the office, the girls are not in the least bit interested in going to work. I must admit that I share their sentiments. The ever vocal Lyra protests every day. They come in and sulk until about noon, which is when I give them breakfast. This usually involves hand-feeding Kiko. Lyra is pretty good and will eat by herself. Today I left Kiko until about 3 o'clock, determined not to hand feed her. I finally felt sorry and tried to give her some beef kabob - the dog literally spat it out several times (this is not the first time that she spat out food when she's sulking). She was so hungry that she was actually drooling, but did not start to eat until I shoved a piece of the kabob deeper into her mouth! Of course she finally ate all of it.
Lyra began chewing on the blinds due to sheer boredom. Kiko refuses to play at work. She spends most of her days sleeping, so Lyra has to find ways to occupy herself. There is lots of room for them to play. There are also lots of toys for them to amuse themselves. However, I believe that they want to have me participate in their play - something that I just don't have the time to do.
As a result they have a tremendous amount of energy when they get home. Even though we let them out to play in the backyard once we get home, they are full of energy until pretty late at night. After their bath (can't have them smelling like shop), they will play.... and play..... and play. Then in the morning they have to be made to get up in order to go to work...hmmmm...sounds just like us...we have all the energy to go out on the weekends or at night, but come time to go to work, we are soooo tired! Like us, they will have to learn that we sometimes do what is necessary, rather than what we truly want to do.