The Puppy

A few weeks ago, when I was trying hard to train my puppy to go outside, or to at least ask to go outside, I always praised him with "Good boy!" when he did right. Well one day, he finally learned how to jump off of the couch. He is so little that it really did take him quite a while to get up enough nerve to jump. It would be like you or me jumping off the garage roof -- proportionately. Anyhow, I was sitting next to him when he finally, after running back and forth on the edge for about five minutes, jumped off. I sat up and clapped and shouted "Good boy!" to praise his bravery and he promptly peed on the carpet.