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Are you enjoying your Thursday?D:D:D:D:D
I hope you are in the studio making beautiful stained glass:) What a wonderful way to create and nurture the soul. My easel has been packed away in the basement for too long. I never have the time to paint anymore.:rolleyes:
Back to the old grind:mad::mad::mad: I sure am glad tomorrow is Friday, it was hard leaving the pups to come back to work.:eek::eek:
How is the house painting coming? Did the painters ever show up?
Oops, phone ringing, back to work.
Hugs,
Addy
Hi Addy-
Not one word from the painter. I'm not pushing it because my idea was to do it in cooler weather anyway.....which we missed when we still did not have a final decision regarding color. So-maybe instead of the week following Memorial Day we can see that it gets done the first week or two in September.
Got a hair cut today.....or as Bob's area says......"Got my hairs cut today." It's always nice to get it shaped up.
Went to the foot doc. I am still having some problem with the left big toe, but he gave me some instructions and said I am to call him right away if it comes back. We have set up the right foot op for October 5th. I'm not entirely sure I want to do that then. We'll see. It's a toss up between having to go through all that again vs. getting the last anticipated surgery over with. He says this will be easier because the big toe is not involved. We'll see. He also told me before the first one that it was a 6 week recovery and it turned out to be 12. :(:mad::(:mad:
Well-we're off to doggie class. We still aren't doing our job regarding homework. Maybe my knuckles will get smacked with a ruler!:rolleyes:
Love,
Susan
Happy Friday!!!!!!!!!!
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:cool::cool::cool:
We just paid $128 for Cortrosyn .25mg per vial
$73 for ACTH Stim test
$50 for IMS recheck
$43 for renal panel
$29.00 for blood collection
Grand total $323 OUCH
Thanks for checking on me Sus. How is Bailey? I hope you have a great weekend!!!!!!!
Love ya,
ME
Hi Addy-
I'm looking back at Palmer's records and this is what I find....
ACTH $125.37; exam $62; Cortrosyn injection-follow up (this was every time we had the ACTH)$114.50; IDEXXNSAID panel $64.38. That comes to $366. I don't guess that makes you feel any better (or less poor).
If we ever got out of there for less than $250, it was a "cheap" visit. They'd charge us $40 for taking blood pressure. They charged us for the staffer taking poop samples in. I guess the $ you spent makes me feel less bad about what I had to spend....they are not that much different.
By the way-Palmer's "date" is August 5th. I think it's going to be pretty heavy.:(
Well-the island is cleared and cleaned and ready for stained glass. I'll keep you posted if there's progress. I tend to try to hurry projects which takes all the fun out of it. I am hoping to be more relaxed about it. Did I ever tell you that I made a stained glass fireplace screen for Ryan? It is made of this really cool glass. The problem, I realized too late, is that there is no light behind a fireplace screen. The glass is not tempered so you can't leave it in place if you have a fire. We wound up buying some of those electric candles that are on timers. That works pretty well. The "next time" I would use opaque glass. That think really burned me out. It was one huge project.
Well-I'm told there are chips and salsa downstairs. I hope you're getting to enjoy your pool.
Take care.
love,
sus
Chips and Salsa sound good to me:D:D:D:D
Our grocery store just started making their own sweet potato "chips" with sea salt. YUMMY:D:D:D They make them right there in the store.
Free shaping. My version of it I learned when I took Zoe for clicker training which she did so well at and still does. Example, I take an empty box and sit in on the floor and wait. If Zoe looks at the box, i click and treat. If she goes toward the box, I click and treat. If she jumps in the box I give her a "jack pot" and praise the heck out of her. A jack pot is like 10 rapid fire tiny treats given to her which impress the heck out of them. Next time I bring out the box and put in on the floor, I don't say anything and Zoe runs and jumps in the box. Jackpot again. She has now learned a new trick she figured out on her own.
Another version we do is sit on the floor with the clicker and treats and wait for her to give me a behavior I like and then click and treat it. Same principle as the box. She learned on her own to drop to a down and count with her paw three times. She gave me that on her own, trying to figure out what she had to do to get me to click and treat.:D:D
Once you start it they give you all kinds of great behavior they think up on their own and you can fine tune it into a cool trick.
I LOVE IT. Zoe is much better at it than Koko but she had more clicker training. He had traditional training to start.
Have a great weekend!!!!!
Love,
Addy
Hi All,
Now I know what Free Shaping is. We have a clicker from a class my husband took with Maddie. That sounds like fun.
I love sweet potatoes beer batter french fries and chips also. What is a chip without salt especially like sea salt because I feel like it is better for you---haha!!!
Susan I hope the trip goes better than you plan. At least you won't be staying too long with those people. Haha!!! You will survive and it won't be forever. Just when you think you cannot stand anymore you are home!!!:p
Have a wonderful week!!!!
New pictures, laddies...........
Hey Marie!
How is it going with Miss Ella? I'm about ready to sell Bailey.....or pay to have her taken away.;) I have always been able to go out in the back yard, or at night in the front yard, without any kind of leash. She has always "hung around." No more. She is off never to return until trapped. She is so dang strong willed. :mad: She won't come when called. :mad:You can't catch her to discipline her. :mad: She still hasn't figured out to scratch or ring the bells to go outside. :mad:And now she has started crying and we can't figure out why. :confused:Our only guess is teething....and yet she takes kibble, which has been out for awhile and is hard as rocks, and eats it. I just don't get it. This is not the rose-y picture I had painted for myself. A guy in the neighborhood-the one with the springer spaniel, asked how old Bailey was now and then laughed and told me I had at least 6 more months of this stuff to go through.:(:(
She gets spayed one week from tomorrow. Gees-I thought it was two weeks away. I feel so bad. First they chop off her tail and now I'm getting her reproductive parts removed.
More when I'm in a better place.
Susan
I think the new mom needs a vacation from the little one. This trip to Canada will do you both a world of good:D:D:D:D:D
A bit of separation, fun for you, she'll be missing you, it is a good thing;)
OR
You and Marie can buy those plane tickets to Sas and Yunah for the juniville delinquints!!!!!!
It will get better, Sus, it really will, all of this will be a distant memory.
Did I ever tell you the New Years Eve story? I'll tell it tomorrow and you will be loving your pup.;););)
Love ya,
Addy
Some thoughts on some issues....if I may :)
"I have always been able to go out in the back yard, or at night in the front yard, without any kind of leash. She has always "hung around." No more. She is off never to return until trapped. Prevention is the key here :) Take her with you outside on a long leash and let her do her thing. Don't try and call her etc but just keep her on the long leash. Don't even pay attention to her...she's on a long leash, she can't go anywhere ;) The more she will succeed with this behaviour, the stronger it will become and the harder to "correct". She is so dang strong willed. She won't come when called. You can't catch her to discipline her. She still hasn't figured out to scratch or ring the bells to go outside. My personal opinion on this...don't invest any energy in trying to teach Bailey to ring the bell. If she doesn't even master the basics, you can't expect her to ring a bell to let you know she needs to go out :) She is old enough to be capable to do her business during several walks a day. There really is no need for the "ringing the bell trick" at this moment. Dogs need walks and she can do her peeing and pooing during those walks. Walks will also help with the bonding process :) "
In general, you cannot expect Bailey to understand or know certain things/commands/behanviour, if she doesn't master them. And mastering them, is something that needs to be trained and taught with patience and consistency :) If I were you (from what I read) , I would start from scratch. Very simple, very easy. And don't get mad or frustrated over things she doesn't master yet... Try to decide what is important for her and start there. And what's important for Bailey to know may differ from what you might feel is important she knows. If you take for example the "here" and the "ringing the bell"..."here" might be a life saver one day so thats a pretty important command for Baliey to master. Ringing the bell...is a totally unneccesary command (from Baileys point of view) so just forget it, for now anyway. Once she is mature and masters all the important commands, you can add the "ringing the bell" just for fun. But it's a command that right now had really no importance what so ever. So try and think of the things you really need her to know (for her own benefit and safety) and start over with those commands. Do some bonding with her. Bonding is not having her lay on your lap and cuddle..eventhough that's very nice ;) Bonding is about being active with her, going for walks, train, play and have fun. Don't mind her "mistakes" but just have fun and focus on that :)
Saskia and Yunah :)
Thanks very much, Sas. I was about to say we have bonded "too" much-and then you explained what you meant about bonding. I have not, not sure why, gotten mad with her. I did swat her behind last night and that got her attention and got her to settle down. I don't want to do that very often.
Bob has been really frustrated with her on walks, so I guess that's another reason for me to take that over. What do you consider to be a "long" leash? How do you feel about flexi leashes? We've had much better luck with the flexi leash.
And then I guess you would say,that for now, we do not need to concentrate on the loose leash bit.....or having her stay by my side-which wasn't happening anyway.
Thanks for your input. I was hoping your were still there keeping an eye on things here!:D
-Susan
Susan,
regarding the long leash, that would be a rope about (training rope) at least 32/33 foot long. (here's an example of what I mean) You can attach one end to her collar/harness and you could attach the other end to a pin in the ground or something else steady and strong enough to hold her. It will give her plenty of room to wander about your yard without you having to try and catch her :) Of course you have to stay with her so she won't get tangled up in it. But other then that, let her roam, don't pay any attention to her and once she is used to it (but let her wander about for at least a few days) , you could start by calling her over...and reward her with a treat and praise and the usual fun things if she comes ;) Call her just once, with a happy voice, lower yourself to her level and clap your hands when calling her to you. If she comes, reward and then let her play and wander again. Next day, you do this again, and if she responds to you calling, let her go wander off again on her long leash, wait a few minutes and call her over again :) (and later on, when Bailey does a reliable recall in your yard, you can take her on walks with that training leash and work on her recall outside in a forrest or so...it's a handy training tool)
And a very quick and easy way to teach her how to walk on a leash....Put the leash on her, grab a huge hand full of treats and start walking. Every time she looks up at you, give her a treat. Don't praise verbally, just give her the treat, nothing else. No talk, no stopping and petting but continue walking. With this method, you may have to decrease her food quite a bit since you don't want her to become overweigth. But if you use this method, I guarantee you she wiil walk beside you, paying the utmost attention to you, in no-time :) Of course, once she does, you make her walk and watch you for longer periods of time before you hand her the treat :) But just walk, make turns, walk faster, walk slower...don't use your voice at all, it's her task to focus on you, to watch you and to follow you around. You should not have to watch her to avoid stepping on her :p
Please, do not use a flexilead, they are sooo not right for leash training nor for casual walking. A dog that knows how to walk on the leash, doesn't need that extra space a flexilead gives them, they walk beside you and a normal size leash (5 - 6 foot) gives them still enough space to pee or poo in the bushes if they like :)
This should get you started..if not, let me know :)
Sas and Yunah :)
Thanks again, Sas. I have, but have not used, a cable and stake. It's called a tie-out here.
I'll try that plus the walking /treats idea. I'll keep you posted on how it's going. I'm also having problem with Bailey's eating, so the treats should not be a threat for obesity. The vet told us she should always have a waist....and she does. We haven't figured out the food thing. Now I leave out some kibble and she seems to munch on it as she chooses. I also put down her regular food, but it's not uncommon for her not to touch it. She'll sniff it and then walk away. She used to really like it.....and several others that we have (moist food.):confused:
Thanks!:)
Susan
And oh, I forgot.
"I did swat her behind last night and that got her attention and got her to settle down. I don't want to do that very often."
She may have given you the impression that swatting her back helped...but it never does. The behaviour you saw (the result of swatting her back) was more likely due to her feeling "bullied" and as a result she "crawled into her shell" so to speak instead of her understanding what that swat meant and what she was supposed to do because of that swat. Swatting a dog (or child for that matter) never teaches them anything...it's simply us letting out our own frustration (and in my eyes always unacceptable). If you want her to settle down, you need her to teach what it is you want from her...that takes patience, repetitions, a sunny mood and voice, rewards and praise, never swatting :)
You can swat a dog..or tell it "no" or pull on the leash for example...but the dog has no clue (from the swatting or the word "no" or from you pulling its leash) what it is supposed to do instead. So our goal is to teach them what we like to see in our dogs. And we do that by making it fun and letting the dog know how happy we are with what we see...not by telling them (either verbally by saying "no" or by actions like swatting) a certain behaviour is unacceptable. (Let's say you have a 3 year old child and all it does is scream... You can tell that child "no screaming", you can swat its back....what does it teach the child? It doesn't teach the child what IS expected of him...and therefore, all things "negative" either verbally or by actions, is counterproductive. What you probably would do instead is tell the child, listen, I don't really appreciate you screaming but I understand you have the need to get rid of some energy....so why don't you go run a few laps in the yard or we could go play ball together. You don't discipline, you help guide the child into showing the behaviour you want :) )
Hope I explained this in a way you understand what I am trying to say here...
Sas and Yunah :)
Hi Susan,
I noticed you asking about home cooking on another thread and wanted to jump in. ;) Puppies are growing and changing so rapidly, it is best to keep them on a high quality commercial feed for the first year of their life. Nutritionists and consultants work their tails off keeping on top of home cooked meals for puppies for this reason, making it quite expensive to do as well as taxing for all involved. It is never a good idea to start cooking or feeding raw ad hoc but it is particularly vital to have either a nutritionist or consultant involved with a puppy diet. Unless there is a health reason, commercial feeds are best for puppies. ;)
Unless there is a problem, when Bailey gets hungry she will eat her food as long as she is not given treats between meals. "Between meals" is an important distinction - puppies need to be fed several times a day for a while gradually cutting the number of meals down to 2X/day, morning and evening. Free feeding can lead to obesity as an adult. Changing feed often can lead to pickyness so find one that she likes that provides the best nutrients and stick with it. Not only are you training her behavior, you are training her body and health for the future as well. ;)
Hugs,
Leslie
Sas-I had not clicked on your link before. I like what it says about that leash so I have ordered one.
-S
Thank you Sas...and Leslie-
Regarding the feeding....she just now ate (11PM) and did not eat anything all day long. We have left the food down so she could eat when she wanted to. We don't give her more than a certain amount each day. I know we're supposed to pick it up, but since she's so tiny to start with, I worry when she is not eating.
Sas-I understand perfectly what you are saying and I appreciate your comments. There have only been two swats-and there will be no more. I don't believe in spanking kids and we raised our son without spanking and he turned out really well, even if I do say so myself.:D
Tomorrow is a new day and a new chance. Thank you for all of the support.:)
Susan
Hi Susan, did you start the "walking on leash" training yet? With all the constant treats involved? I have never seen a dog not learn very quickly what's expected of him, using this method ;) Try to do this exercise 3 till 4 times a day for short periods... Stop the exercise when she's doing REALLY well, unleash her, and only after you unleashed her use your voice, be happy and play some :) This will also teach her that after a walk on the leash, something nice will happen, often making dogs more eager to please you during the walk since they will anticipate something fun :D
Just remember, do not use your voice in any way...during the walking-on-leash training. I'm pretty sure that after she received 3 or 4 treats (for looking up at you) she will understand what's expected. Please let me know how she is doing :)
Saskia and Yunah :)
p.s. At this stage, it really doesn't matter where she walks, left, right, criss-cross....all you want right now is for her to look up at you, to pay attention to you :) And remember to make turns, walk faster, slower...as diverse as you can make it. And if she stops, sniffs...you continue walking, you do not adjust to what she wants....she has to adjust to what you want :D
Hi Sus,
I actually have been working that very way with Koko this summer to try to get him to focus on me rather than everything else and then eating everything he can find in the street. It really does work, but you do have to go slowly at first and usually lots of tiny size treats, something really yummy Bailey does not get any other time works well. Koko is really improving.
Do you have anything fun planned for the weekend? Theheat wave finally broke today. i am hoping I can take the pups for a ride tonight.
Love ya,
Addy
Hi Sas-
Bob tried the walking with the treats and it was unsuccessful. :( Last night we had puppy class/graduation and Bailey did very well.....she always seems to in the classes.:confused: Today it got to 103 I know-maybe more,:eek::eek: so we are hiding and exercising indoors. I don't think the weather is expected to break until Sunday at the earliest. I will keep you posted and I will try it myself.....not Bob.
Thanks for following up.:)
Susan
Hi Addy-
We are going to neighbors tonight to play dominoes. Do you know how to play? It becomes quite addictive.
I don't know of anything planned for the weekend especially with this heat.:eek: The house a/c is struggling to get to 79. :(We will be in the poor house soon! The electric bill for July will be one whopper.:eek::eek:
Last time it was this hot we went down, got into the ocean and stayed there for several hours....just bobbing up and down. It was the only thing to do. :) Maybe we'll try that this weekend....although we usually try not to move a car on the weekends. The tourists are massive on the weekends.
Nice hearing from you.:)
Love,
Sus
Sorry, Sus, looks like our heat wave headed over to your house and it is a bad one.
Today it finally is high 70's and less humidty. Stay in the house, hopefully this weather will now head your way and the heat wave willl go in the Atlantic;):p
Love ya,
Addy
Hi Susan,
I'm a bit confused :confused: If Bailey is doing very well during puppy class, then how come she isn't doing well at home? Who is taking the classes with her, you or Bob? And what method are you using for walking on a leash, during puppy class? If she knows how to walk on a leash, during puppy class, she should be able to do the same outside the class :) Are you practising outside puppy class with Bailey? And (assuming) you are the one taking the puppy classes with Bailey, do you share/show Bob how he is supposed to do things?
It almost seems to me there must be something very "inconsistent" going on. When you say Bailey is doing very well during puppy class, I assume she knows how to walk on a leash there. That would mean she should be able to do the same at other times as well. Could it be that Bob walks her "one" way and you another (as taught at puppy class?) That inconsistancy could cause huge confusion with Bailey resulting in her not walking properly on a leash since she doesn't know what is expected. With you she has to behave/walk a certain way and with Bob another? Did you ever ask the trainer why Bailey would do well during class and not at home? And if so, what did the trainer say?
It's exactly this reason why it is important that the one person doing the classes and the training, shares everything with the other members of the household, so everyone does things the same way. And preferably, there's only one person doing all the classes and training and walks, etc...untill the dog is pretty stable and knows what is expected. Then, the other members of the family have to be "trained" on how to go on walks, etc.
Anyway, just wondering :)
Saskia and Yunah :)
Hi Sas-
I cannot help you with your confusion....it's the same as mine. We have both been going to classes and sharing class time. We both walk her at home, but Bob does it more often.
The trainer is going to come to our house after we return from our trip to Canada. She will walk where we walk and hopefully see what we can do differently.
The long leash arrived today and I took Bailey out back and threw the frisbee for her. She seemed to really like having that kind of space to run around in. Once the weather breaks we can spend more time out there.
The harness we have has the little metal loop near the base of the neck. Do you know of other harnesses that might pull more from the middle of her back? I looked around here and they are all the same as the one we have.
-Susan
Hi Susan,
I bought Zoe and Koko's harnesses from Up Country on line. They are the only ones that fit Zoe, she is always in between sizes. The harnesses have a leash ring strap that can be adjusted. It ends up being about 5" from the neck but I could probably adjust that strap shorter if I chose. I have had to really fiddle adjusting the harnesses to fit the way I want.
HAPPY MONDAY!!!!!!!!
Love ya,
Addy
P.S. Koko has been doing well with his walking and today a dog went by barking at him and the rest of the walk was a challenge. He wanted to eat every stick in the street and it took a long time to get him to refocus. I had to go back to treating almost every six feet:rolleyes: for 2 blocks:rolleyes::rolleyes:
YIKES:p:p:p:p:p:p
Hi Addy :)
I took Bailey for an extended walk today and it went pretty well. She however has no idea about treats and looking up. If I can get her walking well without the treats, that's okay.
Bailey loves picking up sticks, leaves and especially pine cones. That is until the heat starts to get to her. Once the heat gets to her, she just lies down....right in mid-step. :confused: Once we get back inside, she is pestering me to throw balls or tug on rope.
I got the 50 foot leash that Sas spoke of and it's wonderful. It has one huge clasp on it, but that doesn't seem to bother Bailey. We have started throwing the frisbee and she just loves how it lets her run and run around the yard and I just love how I don't have to chase her on other properties.
I told Bob this afternoon that I think she has settled down a good bit in the past week.....unless that's just from the heat.
Thursday she goes for her surgery. Hysterectomy, hernia repair, microchip and checking out a little bump we found that's about the size of a pea. That will be one long day for me. She also has two incisors on one side of the jaw and I'm going to ask if they think they should pop the baby one while she's there. They are both fully in and squished up against one another. And whichever one is the baby one isn't budging one bit.
We have to get going with the tooth brushing. Are you doing that? Fat chance that will go easy.:rolleyes:
Happy Monday to you. Please send cool weather this way. At least this weather has brought us some thunderstorms. :cool: We needed the rain. I need to get out and feed my plants but it's just way too humid. I think the "feels like" temperature is hanging around 120.:eek:
Love,
Susan
I am sorry to report that Bailey is spending the night in the ER. There is a possibility that she injested a medication pill. For her it would be lethal. The vet had us give her peroxide to make her throw up. He then said to take her to the all night ER....that she might have convulsions, lose her sight or a host of other things.
The ER closes @8AM so we will pick her up and hopefully bring her home, or take her to our vet, if she is showing symptoms.
-S
Oh no Susan, how awful! Please let us now how Bailey is doing. Will be thinking of you and Bailey,
Saskia and Yunah.
Susan,
Hope Bailey makes a speedy recovery and is soon home again.
Linda
Hi Susan,
I hope Little Miss Bailey is better this morning. I was dealing with a flat tire on my car last night and first saw your post this morning.
Let us know how our sweet little girl is doing.
Love and hugs and prayers,
Addy
Any news on Bailey....?
Sas and Yunah.
Hi Sas-
Bailey did consume one of my pills. After making her throw up at home, we took her the 45 minute ride to the ER. She got carsick and threw up right before we got there.....poor baby. They checked her out initially and told us what they would do to treat her. When I called later to check on her, the doctor told me her BP had spiked to 220 over ? He gave her medication which brought that down. At 6 AM we went back to pick her up and take her to our vet. The ER vet closes @8AM....they are just an after hours hospital. She again got car sick....they would not let us give her the Dramamine at the hospital. The vet kept her 5 hours for observation....she needed to have normal BP for 12 hours. The vet gave her a shot to help with the motion sickness an hour before we went to get her. We got her safely home. She spent the balance of yesterday sleeping-she was really wiped out. Today she is back to her usual self.
The scary thing for me is that it was Bob who knew to call and find out what to do. I did not think she had digested the pill.....and that she had lost it, even though we could not find it....it's this teeny tiny little pill. Bob only knew because he talked to neighbors recently about their going through this. I just never thought through any of my medication causing her a problem...but because of her 9 lbs. it's really serious. Any time she were to ingest anything-even my vitamins-we'd need to check it out. It was a very frightening experience.
Tomorrow she goes for her spaying, hernia repair, microchip, and for pulling 3 teeth. Her incisors (the big ones) 3 of the 4 have both baby teeth and now adult teeth. Rough week for her.....and me!
The walking is going better. The heat has dropped a couple of degrees and the humidity is much less, so it's tolerable to go outside for short periods of time.
When I know how tomorrow goes, I'll let everyone know.
Thanks for asking.:)
-Susan
BIG SIGH OF RELIEF AND MANY, MANY HUGS
Love you,
Addy
Susan,
glad the "pill adventure" ended well! :) And now, we'll be wishing you and Bailey all the best for today. We'll be thinking of you...
Saskia and Yunah :)
My little girl is in there and feeling woozy. I tried to get them to give me some of that, but no go. Spay, 3 teeth pulled, hernia repair, microchip............she's going to look like a game of connect the dots!~:rolleyes::(:eek:
Fortunately the staff there absolutely loves Bailey. Tuesday-when we had to leave her there for observation-someone who did not know she was there exclaimed "Bailey's here??? Oh I've got to go see Bailey!" They greet her like I would and they've been known to put her inside the opening in their smocks to keep her warm and to cuddle her.
They've said they'll call when things start and then when they finish.
I miss my little pup. Long day today.:(:(:(
-Susan
Oh Susan,
I know the feeling.....:o Yesterday morning I was going with adoption again, but then they are so cute. Ella has the high pitched bark with the nipping and jumping that drives me nuts and the hubby. This morning I now have two wonderful teeth scratches on my left arm and wrist and then the cute card is pulled again. I just do not seem to have the patience. I know what you mean about, but they use to....seems like Ella now has selective stay power when before I could tell her to stay and she did it and a few other things. Last weeks training class she wasn't the star--oh no...
We are at the 4 mos old stage so she is trying as hard as she can to be in charge--I hate this phase. She is putting her front paws up on the dinner table and going for anything she can get a hold of. Yesterday she spend the most time in her Condo that she has on a continuous basis because of our working schedules. She wasn't very happy about that, but like my husband said it doesn't hurt her; so don't feel so bad. I just wish she could spend some of that time in the backyard, but the STUPID neighbors!!!!:mad:
I think I read somewhere that even though they are teething a dog will still eat hard kibble--it is a dog thing. It looks like Ella is starting to lose some of her front teeth, but still has the sharp big teeth.
We will get through this even though we think back on what we had, well they are not Palmer or Maddie and once we get through this we will look back thinking why were we thinking of giving them away??? LOL I think it is because we are older, have less patience, and we just want to get stuff done and not have little feet or teeth in the way. We want calmness back even though we like the puppy cuteness we want the trust factor back with them. This is my opinion.
As they say dogs live in the moment so Bailey won't be mad about you removing a little part of her. She doesn't have a clue now she doesn't have a tail. I really don't think the process even hurts them. I think they use a piece of string tied off to make the tail fall off. I saw this on a few breeder's sights for Aussies.
Keep positive thoughts--yeah looks who is giving you advice. A friend just told me about Wellbutrim and I think I might think about trying it to see if it will help with the blues and stress of life and job.
Have a great day!!! You might be on your trip or soon!!! :):)
Everything you guys are going through is so normal and pretty soon it will all be a distant memory and you will look at the two juvenile delinquents turned great pups and say "thank goodness I stuck it out 'cause you were so worth it"
Next week Koko will have been with us 3 years. i can't believe that it has been that long. And I was going to give him back that dreadful New Year's Eve so long ago.:eek::eek:
I kept every pillow he chewed the corners off. They are my "badges of courage". I look at them now and smile.:eek::D:D:D
I think we may need another group hug. Who needs hugs????
I DO:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Love,
Addy
Count me in on the hug!!!!!:D:D
Well-Day #2 and I have a totally different puppy from yesterday. The surgery etc all went very well. :) When we picked her up she was pretty "wiped out." We got home and I had her on my lap or beside me on the bed for the rest of the night. This morning she was something else. All puppy like and rarin' to go. How come it took me 6 weeks to recover and it takes her 18 hours???!!!:confused::confused::confused:
We have medication to give her for pain, but I honestly don't see her suffering at all. We are giving her the medication anyway because it really slows her down...for 4 or 5 hours. Then the puppy returns.
Marie-I would not go back to 4 months for anything. It's kind of the equivalent to the terrible twos and then the feisty fours. I certainly know how you feel....and how I still feel sometimes. I was thinking about this yesterday-Palmer could be pretty independent or stubborn.....but I could get him to cuddle at least for a little while. Bailey is more stubborn. We've had three dogs now and each one has been more independent and/or stubborn than the prior one.
Tonight I watched the movie Marley and Me. I had read the book and so enjoyed that. It was not good timing. It's a week now to the anniversary of Palmer's death. In Marley and Me the guy had to put his dog down...due to age and frailty. It took me right back to the vision of my last moments with Palmer. It's still very fresh.
Best wishes for a wonderful weekend for everyone. We don't have any relief from the high 90's in sight for at least a week. This looks like it's going to be the hottest summer on record. :eek: We've already broken many daily records.
We leave in two weeks on our trip. Oh goody.:rolleyes::rolleyes:
Hugs
-Susan