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A month or so ago, the hubby I and joined the rest of my family in Southern Oregon. I stayed for a week, the man stayed for three days. We shared a house with my sister and her family and at their heeding, were forced to leave Murphy the Wonder Dog behind. After much back and forth, I couldn't get her to budge - something about the house being a corporate vacation house that my brother in law was accountable to adhering to the "no pets" policy. Rubbish, I say, I think they just don't like our dog because we spoil him.Anyway, we gratefully left Murphy in the care of one of the hubby's friends who also has a dog. When we came home, Murphy had a new trick...drinking out of the toilet. Hmmm...that part I'm not so grateful for. Now I am trying to retrain a husband and a dog. The former needs to learn to put the toilet lid down and the latter needs to learn that the bowl of water next to his food is where he can quench his thirst...or from the kiddy pool we have for him in the backyard. Said pool is one of the unjustified reasons my sister thinks we spoil our dog.Earlier today I heard Murph the Wonder Dog drinking from the toilet (just so happens to be the bathroom next to the hubby's office...deductive reasoning tells me who left the lid up). I've been trying to break this licking from the loo habit for more than a month, and have realized that when our baby comes, he will imitate all the bad habits that his friends display, which is why I've decided that I shall home school my child, and personally screen all of his playmates for appropriate manners. Hubby tells me he'll end up a sissy, that may be true, but at least he'll be well mannered.