We run a tight ship here in the Brier Patch. With the arrival of our new puppy Stretch, we've been forced to protect our assets. Depending on who is home at any given time, we've developed and tested the following configurations.

Configuration #1:

Stretch has access to his room only.

Configuration #2:

Stretch has access to his room, the kitchen, and the dining room.

Configuration # 3:

Stretch has access to his room, the kitchen, the dining room, and my office.

Configuration # 4:

Stretch has access to his room, the kitchen, the dining room, and the living room.

Configuration # 5:

Stretch has access to his room, the kitchen, the dining room, the living room, and our bedroom.

Configuration # 6:

Stretch has access to his room, the kitchen, the dining room, the living room, and my office.

Configuration # 7:

Stretch has access to his room, the kitchen, the dining room, the living room, my office, and our bedroom.

We have from time to time had to modify these configurations, but he will never have access to the glass room or the guest bedroom.

How long is a puppy, a puppy?

He can move through these five phases in the blink of an eye, in no certain order.

1. Asleep
2. Charming Romeo
3. Terrorist
4. Bulletproof
5. Invisible

He is something else.