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He’s such a cutie pie and a joy. I feel bad ’cause I have to leave him alone fairly frequently throughout weekdays, but I’m hoping that’ll maybe help him with his separation anxiety as well. Leaving him be for short periods of a couple hours at a time might be good for him as a puppy, so he learns that I do return and that he’s ok by himself. My biggest concern is if he cries too much and disturbs the neighbors…

I’m the first person to praise IKEA to anyone who will listen - its fantastic customer support, reasonable prices and easy-to-assemble furniture is just too much for me to resist. But this is getting ridiculous.

I bought the 8 drawer Hemnes chest a few weeks ago, thinking it’d be a hott addition to my soon-to-be attractive bedroom. Well, I started putting it together, and one of the pieces were missing. No biggie. I called the ever-helpful customer service, and they were more than willing to mail me a replacement. I continue trying to put it together, only to discover that TONS of pieces are missing. And not only are pieces missing, but I have tons of extra pieces as well!

I love you IKEA, but you’re making it REALLY hard to keep it up.

And not only do I have the lemon boxes from hell, but they aren’t willing to ship me the pieces for fear that they’ll get damaged in transit. Really now. REALLY.

Grar. I don’t want to say mean things, but IKEA, you’re totally pushing my nerves to the brink.

Hoorah! Today is the day (July 11, or 7/11) when 7-Eleven gives away a limited number of free slurpees! I’ve missed it every year due to one reason or another, but this year, I am determined to make it happen… I will keep you all posted.

Well, I’ve never been successful at crate training, so of course I’m trying once again. I think the problems in the past were that our pups were from pet stores (I know, devil’s advocate, but we looked at it as “all dogs need a good home” so…).

So last night was his first night here. When I first got him into the house, I was about to die I had to pee so badly, so I literally just threw him down in the bathroom with me while I went. Then I was told to feed him, so without thinking I headed to the kitchen, where he promptly squatted to pee. I thought, “Ack!”. It was totally my fault for not letting him out to go first. I proceeded to pick him up as he was squatted, and tossed him outside (almost literally), where he finished and I praised him profusely.

He then proceeded to pee outside twice more, but didn’t poo once. I was concerned I’d wake up to a dog covered in poo in a crate as I have in the past, but he hadn’t pooped at all! I woke up, let him outside to pee or poo, fed him, played with him a bit, then let him out again when he pooped a tiny bit. I mean, he’s small, but I’m fairly certain he’s got a little more in him than that… I’m hoping he’ll go once more before I have to go to class.

He really is a bundle of joy. He cries when he’s in the crate and he can’t see me. He’s a bit of a whiner as well. He’ll cry a bit before I scold him if we’ve been playing and we stop, or if I’ve been petting him and I stop. Such is the life of a puppy, though; he just has to learn that I’m in charge. It still makes me want to appease him. Sad puppies make me sad!

Another problem I’ve never seen before is puppy humping, which he will do on occasion, but patting him on the bum and telling him no stops him.

Sorry for the long rambling on his training! I’ve never had a dog in my sole possession and responsibility, so it’s exciting and a little nerve wracking!

As much as I love this company, I’ve had BUTT LOADS of troubles with them. Actually, it’s mostly just been one piece: the Hemnes 8-drawer chest.  I bring the honkin’ boxes containing all its pieces (or so I thought) home, and prepared to start putting together everything. I get to step 4 and realize, wait, I’m missing an integral piece!

I called customer service, who immediately informed me that I could come back up to IKEA (a 45-minute drive) and pick up the piece I needed. Which seemed more convenient than waiting for them to ship it, so I agreed, and off I went - just to find out they didn’t have it in stock, and wouldn’t until 2-3 weeks went by. I made a case with customer service, which they said they’d ship it as soon as it was in stock.

Fast forward to now (two weeks+ later) I’ve finally received the piece in the mail (from the Atlanta store because the one in Sunrise was just taking too long), just to find that the pieces (not the replacement piece) do not align properly. WTF?! I’m so uber-annoyed. I love the furniture, and the customer service has been great, and I understand this whole process is NOT flawless - but I have to say, IKEA’s weakest link is their manufacturing. The packing, the making of all the pieces, is where their achilles heel is.

Figure it out, IKEA! Until then, I’ll suffer without your beautiful furniture and just shop within 15 minutes of me at Bed, Bath & Beyond and Target.