So we spent our 4th of July in the basement with the dog. He was completely freaked out from all the fireworks so we settled into the basement and popped Smashmouth into the cd player to help drown out the noise. It was a long, long night. Of course, it was super hot yesterday & he drank a ton of water but refused to go outside. So Kevin, wonderful guy that he is, set the alarm for 2am to take him out for a potty break. Only problem was, at 2am, Artie took one look at pappa and said no way, I ain’t moving. After 15 minutes of coaxing, Kevin gave up and crawled back into bed. Ungrateful dog. When we woke up, however, Artie was sitting by the side of the bed staring at us. He was trying to use his Jedi dog powers on us. “You want to get up…..you need to take me for a walk……you want to get up.” It worked. We are such suckers.