IKEA and Dog Pee

This weekend we went north to visit Keith and Emily. Jeff helped his brother with his basement that he is finishing and Emily, Hayden and myself went to IKEA. I have been wanting to go there since seeing how a lot of the shows on HGTV use furnishings from this store. I did find a few things that caught my eye and would like to go back with Jeff. Found a great picture for the basement and am still searching for a black sofa table for downstairs as well. The majority of IKEA is super contemporary and doesn't necessarily go along with the rest of the house. It was HUGE and neat to see. We had a nice time visiting with Keith and Emily. Hayden did great and I wish I could say the same for Linus. Needless to say this was his last trip anywhere that has dogs. He does great at my parents and as long as no other animals are around he is a good dog really. But my word he was AWFUL this weekend. Whining and crying the entire time except for when he was marking his territory. Yep that's right he was PEEING all over the basement. At least it wasn't finished yet and it was on concrete but still. No one wants a dog urinating all over their house. Talk about embarrassing and frustrating. Small streams of urine over 2x4, shopping bags, hammers, nails you name it he was marking the place up. They were super nice about it but man he was irritating me and he's my pet so I know how they must have really felt. At least we learned that we won't be taking him anywhere else. He didn't use to do this and actually has been to there house before. This is something that has happened in the last year. He doesn't do this at our house and now I know we certainly can NOT get another dog or else we'll be living in a litter box. On our way home just 3 miles before our exit a wreck involving a rolled over SUV shut down the interstate. It happened just ahead of us. We could see the police lights and were parked on the interstate for about 45 minutes. We were on "E" and managed to fill up after police redirected traffic to the shoulder. We were thankful to have made it home safe despite a grumpy Hayden and whining Linus. I pray that those involved were with only minor injuries as it looked pretty bad. Makes you really think about your mortality ..... how in a blink of any eye your whole world can change so a little dog pee really doesn't seem like quite the big deal it once seemed.