I’m officially obsessed with Game of Thrones. I’m definitely not getting out enough. This puppy has taken over my life. So I’ve made my life about getting him potty trained and watching men fight ’til the death. The potty training isn’t going as well as Thrones binging. But I have to remember he’s only 9 weeks old and we’ve only had him for a little over a week. But it’s frustrating when he holds it for 7 hours at night then during the day, he does what he wants when it comes to urination. Not poo, just urination. He’ll go to the bathroom twice outside, then as soon as he comes inside, he goes again. Right on the carpet.
So I understand the small bladder thing, but if he can hold it for 7 hours, there’s absolutely no reason for him to let it go 5 minutes after already going. He even hopped up on the couch and pissed on a pillow right next to me. Straight up. Do you think it’s some sort of dominance thing? Or hatred for me thing? I don’t know. I don’t get it. I feel like how my parents probably felt when I was a teenager. Just at a loss for what to do. I even cried the other night out of frustration. I keep trying to listen to all the advice and be a good mom, but it feels like it’s not working. We take him out all the time, we reward him with a treat and say “good boy, potty outside” every time he does it outside. He even looks to us for a treat when he goes outside, so he knows he’s doing something right. But it doesn’t seem to be enough. Today I’m going to go get a bell for us to use every time we go out so he knows to ring it. I’m hoping that’s the miracle to all of our potty training issues.
It was funny the other day when someone said that babies come after dogs. I feel the complete opposite now. If I had questioned having a child before, there’s no way now. If I’m stressed out by a dog that pees about a tablespoon full of liquid, how could I ever handle a child? Impossible. I don’t understand how parents do it. I think I’ll just stick to trying to master raising a puppy and understanding what they are saying on Game of Thrones.
So back to that show. I’m obsessed with it, but I’m not 100% sure that I love it. It’s pretty effed up. I mean, when you kill animals and children in a show, it’s pretty bad. Adults, whatever. It happens in pretty much every show. But horses. Don’t ever kill a horse. I have to cover my eyes every time something frightening like that happens. I’m not really into death. But I’m super into the dragon girl. I can’t wait until her dragon messes some bad people up. I’m jealous of her dragons. I bet they were easily potty trained.
Easy Chocolate Almond Butter Cups
- Yield: 8-10 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup smooth almond butter
- 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 tablespoon honey
- pinch of salt
- 1 cup Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips, melted
Instructions
- Place almond butter, coconut, coconut oil, honey and salt in a food processor and puree until smooth and well combined.
- Add a spoonful of the mixture into 8-10 mini muffin tins then pour melted chocolate on top of each spoonful. (no you don’t need to grease the tins)
- Place in freezer for 30+ minutes until set.
- Use a sharp knife to pop out each almond butter cup. Store in freezer and remove 5 minutes before eating to help soften the chocolate.
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I made this last night for the first time and think they turned out alright.
You definitely don’t need more than a scoop of the almond butter mixture. When I made them last night, it looked like a scoop wasn’t enough so I added more (ended up being too much). I also decided to not use the shredded coconut. I don’t mind coconut but I’m not a huge fan. And I actually forgot to add the salt.
I do have a question though: is there a need (besides taste) to use the coconut oil? Could you get away with just making these with almond butter, honey and the chocolate chips?
the coconut oil helps harden the almond butter in the freezer
Great, thank you!
This is the yummiest Paleo treat I have tried so far! Don’t seem to like any other treats I have made, but these are great!
Hi Juli,
I presume SunButter may be used instead of almond butter?
yes
This may sound like a dumb question but do you heat the coconut oil up before adding it with everything to the puree mixture?
Yes
I scrolled through the comments but didn’t find a substitute for coconut oil?? I haven’t converted yet 🙁
you could use butter or ghee
HE DOSENT WANT TO SPLASH HIS FEET THE CARPET ABSORBS NO BRAINER BEEN DOING THIS A L O N G TIME HOPE YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL CRATE TRAINING!!!
Can you use regular peanut butter?
Surely! Just won’t be strict paleo since peanuts are a legume
one helpful tip I found when potty training our puppy was to NEVER EVER give him raw hide bones to chew on. the reason being is that they make the dog extremely thirsty making the dog drink more than they are supposed to and thus peeing everywhere…I have found this to be true for both of our dogs…seek and find natural chewing bones at a quality organic dog food store or online.
I just made these today, and they were delish! I loved the almond part of it. My toddlers loved them too. It’s a great little recipe because you can tweak it to taste – i added some extra shredded coconut between the two layers, for extra texture. You could also add ground nuts, dried fruit, anything really. I put mine in a silicone muffin tray, and they popped out very easily. Great as little homemade gifts, and esp for Easter – i’ll be using my Easter themed silicon tray to make bunny and egg choc-almond chocolates. :))
Does it have to be smooth almond butter or is that just a preference?