Henry (my weiner dog) hasn't totally got the hang of peeing outside yet.  He's much, much better than he used to be, but he still likes to lift his leg in the kitchen and the laundry room.

It pisses Dave off.  A lot.  And when Dave gets pissed off at Henry, he looks to me to carry the blame.  He told me last week that I'd better do something within a week to fix Henry's issue.

I can't house break a dog in a week.  Like I said, Henry's getting there slowly but surely, and he has entire days where he doesn't pee anywhere, but there are still days when he cocks his leg on something. 

I've made him an appointment with the vet, but in the meantime I was looking for some way to keep him from peeing on stuff. 

I got him some diapers.  I was going to get him proper doggy diapers, but read about a lady who simply bought medium size baby diapers and snipped a hole in the butt of them for her dog's tail.  So, I went off to the store yesterday and got Henners some diapers.

Putting one on him was a feat in itself.  He whipped around, wriggled, squirmed...it took me 10 mins to get them on him and get them fastened.

One I'd got it one him, he sat there, glaring at me.  I don't think he likes his 'fancy pants'. 

But, they work!  Dave came home at lunchtime yesterday, and Henry got excited to see him and tinkled a bit in his 'fancy pants'. Success! The kids think it's a good idea, as do I.  I can get 34 diapers for $5, that's MUCH cheaper than the doggy diapers.  Dave's a little ambivalent about it, but you know what?  I don't care.  He told me to do something about it, so I did.  I'm working really hard to get Henry totally house trained, and I'm hoping that these fancy pants will help that cause along (if he makes a connection with peeing in the house and having to wear his pants, perhaps he'll be more apt to go outside)....and I won't have to go around cleaning up dog pee in the meantime.

Henry's earned himelf a new nickname - 'Mister Fancy Pants'.  I don't think he like that much either.