I will come back with more rules in my next postings. There are 38 rules in total, all great and useful.

Let me tell you now about Troti's first walk into our house.
We live on the second floor in a nice flat with carpets and great organza curtains. Well, one of them is not so great right now, but I will tell you about that later. We have a long way to go :)

We carried all bags up, Troti walked by himself with the leash (not very happy to have it, but we managed) and now we were all 3 in the house. What next? What next? Whaaaaat next?

Remember we had left for Austria 2 weeks earlier with no plan to come back home with a dog.
We had to find a spot for him.

While we were thinking, Troti - in love with the nice blue carpet - decided to make a nice dark-blue stain on it :) Guess what? He had too much water on the road. I freaked out!!! Oh My God! The cruel reality. I was just facing it only now!

What to do? I rushed him out to the balcony, layed down some newspapers and closed the door. He was staring at us through the window begging to get in. I rubbed the carpet with vinegar (I read somewhere that the smell has to be removed asap otherwise he will do it again on the exact same spot attracted by the smell). The horror! The cruel reality! I was tired already of having a dog and the poor thing was crying in the balcony to get in. The house was full of luggage, my carpet ruined, we had one more day of vacation and then what next? Oh, God! What have I got myself into?

We decided to let him inside again and guess what? One more stain!!
Vinegar again and dog in the balcony again!

For all pup owners - don't get mad on the pup for doing this. Up to 5-6 months they can't hold it for too long so they will reward you with stains every 15 minutes. Also, they have no idea they are not allowed to do it everywhere. So, buy dog pads - they are little absorbent blankets simillar to diapers and they cost about 0.3 EUR each, spread them all over the place where the dog will stay, a small fence helps hold the dog in a certain area and keep CALM. Very very calm.

I have always been an impulsive person getting angry very fast. After getting Troti and being with him for over 6 months I have learned to be calm, I have learned not to panic and more important not to care about material things so much. A living being is much more important than a carpet or some curtains. And the joy he brought to our house is much more valuable.

So, coming back to Troti being in the balcony - he was making too much noise so we let him in again. This time to give him a bath because he was too dirty to be in such a nice, clear town flat...So stay tuned for the bath experience...