The choir . . . of dogs.

So my neighbors have invested in two dogs who LOVE to bark. You know the kind - the ones who bark just to hear themselves bark.

And my wonderful child just LOVES to bark when other dogs are barking.

So, needless to say, I can barely let her outside without a bark fest going on - they also seem to be rather territorial despite two (yes, two) fences between them.

I went and bought a spray corrector (like a shock collar, but this shoots citronella at their face when they bark) to get Zulu to stop. She must be too active for it to work, or too determined to bark, because she's perfectly okay barking nonstop even with the damn thing on.

Money down the drain. Returning it today. Thank goodness we're moving in a few months.

I really don't want to get a shock collar - I know they're effective, but I don't feel like they're very humane. So I'm going to get something that emits some sound or other that dogs don't like when they bark. We'll see if that works.

If not, then I just might have to get a shock collar. :(

Got the first chapter (which was the prologue) rewritten for my book. Sad part is, that was the one part (except for the epilogue) that I actually liked, and I still needed to rewrite it lol.

The thing to remember with rewriting - don't get so attached to what you've already written that you can't delete it.

Anyway, that's that. Now I'm gonna go see what I can get accomplished on my day off.

Song for the day:

Losing Sleep - Parachute.