Bailey and Friends

Hi Susan,

that sure sounds like a wonderful puppy shower...:)

I just wanted to comment a little on the housebreaking thing. If you see Bailey pee indoors, a simple "no pee" is enough (no loud voice, just calm and decissive), you pick her up and put her in the yard. When she sits down to pee, say calmly "good pee" (or whatever word you want to use for it). When she's finished, make a fuzz about the "good pee", do a happy dance, cuddle her, give a treat....let her know she just did the most amazing thing ever ;) But use the word (pee or another one) often and every chanche you have. She will come to connect the word with the activity :)

And training her to use a bell....that has to wait till she is 100% housetrained. Right now, she doesn't seem to have a clue yet and adding ringing a bell will only confuse her more at this point. She doesn't seem to know yet (not surprising at all) that peeing is an outdoors activity. So she isn't capable yet of connecting a certain behaviour to ringing the bell. First she needs to be fully housetrained, then the bell training can start. She needs to understand wich behaviour she needs to connect to that bell... and as long as she doesn't master the behaviour (peeing outdoors) training with the bell is asking for trouble :)

If at all possible, pick her up as often as possible to carry her outside and stay there (no playing and such since that will distract her) till she pees. The less accidents you will have indoors, the more likely she will pick up fast on what is wanted of her. And then you can play all you want of course. But pups are not supposed to play and run etc for more minutes then the weeks they are old. So a pup that's 9 weeks old, should not play and run around longer then 9 minutes in a row. I know they are adorable and all the visitors will want to hold and cuddle with her, but you have to protect her somewhat :)

Give het a hug,

Saskia and Yunah :)

Hi Sas-
Thank you! I will stop the bell for now. I have been taking her out no less than every two hours. She has been good about waking me up when she needs to go out during the night. The number of accidents inside the house is really very few....but when we had one last night it hit me that I hadn't done anything to let her know that was not what we wanted. I don't want to scare her, but I do want her to get the message....and I have been praising her when she goes outside. She definitely knows "Tinkle now."
I never heard that play/weeks old idea. She wants to play for at least an hour when she gets up in the am. Then, on a general ho-hum kinda day, she'll play for an hour and then crash for an hour or so and repeat that pattern throughout the day. She has boundless energy. It is really funny because she just practically goes limp when she crashed. It's like someone turned an "off" switch. During the "shower" I did pick her up periodically to let things settle down a bit. I think it went well. She crashed right before the last two left.
Thanks for your input. All ideas are welcome!
Hug back at ya!
-Susan

THEY THREW ME OUT OF THE TRUCK!!!!!! HOW MEAN IS THAT??????:mad: I missed Bailey's party and everything. Hey, how come she gets a computer:eek:????????????????
I was just looking out the window (as I always do:)) and someone rolled down the window and threw me out. So now what am I supposed to do?And that trucker's girlfriend was a dork.

Dang Carroll, I couldn't figure out where you went, I fell asleep and when I woke up you were gone:eek: You were probably breathin' on them again. That trucker and his girlfriend were carrying on like you can't believe with all KINDS of mushy stuff, so I crawled in back cause I couldn't handle that x rated hanky panky. That girl had body parts pierced that I didn't even know existed:eek::eek:

Your not very good at hitchhiking; guess I'll have to send you bus money.:rolleyes: At least you aren't in them thar hills anymore.

Mom bought me a red sweater to match Bailey's;)

Hugs,
Addy

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DIDN"T KNOW WHERE I WENT? I WENT RIGHT OUT THE FRIGGIN' WINDOW!!!!!!:eek::eek:eek:
I WASN'T breathing on them. That guy smelled so bad, I could hardly breathe in never mind breathe out:p

Right now I'm sitting in a ditch. Had breakfast with a raccoon family - those guys need to get a life - they spend more time washing the darn food than eating it. What's THAT all about:rolleyes:
AND HOW COME MOM GOT YOU A SWEATER LIKE BAILEY'S? WHAT AM I - CHOPPED LIVER.
OOPS! Gotta go......................

Hey Susan,

"Trapping season" is over! :D:D

I have been peeking in to see how our Bailey girl is doing and am still so excited for you and even Bob. LOL The shower is such a sweet thing for your friends to do and the first time I ever heard of such! :cool: I think it should become a standard in the doggy world! :p

Squirt was probably the easiest dog I've ever worked with to housebreak. We went out after every meal, every time she drank, immediately on waking, and every two hours in between...if that much time had passed which seldom did. I carried her out for months but then I carried her every where for months! :p Of course, there were accidents but I did as Sas said and simply said "no", picked her up and carried her out afterward. When she did her business outside, she got massive praise, lovin's, playtime, a bite of kibble, and, once she was a bit older, MILK BONES instead of kibble!! :D Oh, she looooves Milk Bones! ;) I don't think it took 3 weeks and she was going to the back door on her own. :) Such a smart girl!

She never did learn to bark or scratch or anything else, tho. She just sits at the door and stares at you...intently. If you don't pick up the wave length, then she starts to growl real low. If THAT doesn't work, she starts to groan and moan and growl - all rather loudly like, "For cryin' out LOUD! Are you DEAF or what?!?!" :p She is the Queen, after all, and expects her subject to act accordingly. LOL

When you wrote that Bailey curled up on your head like Palmer used to, I got all teary eyed. There is no doubt in my mind that he told her about that little trick to let you know he is happy you have another baby to give your love to.

Keep having fun with our Little Miss. Oh, what adventures you have ahead of you! :)

Hugs,
Leslie

PS. You think I should try to trap Carrol? She may have gone to the wild side on us...hangin' out with 'coons and gripin' about clean food???? I bet if I put a french fry in there that would work, huh? :p

Hi Leslie-that's more or less how we trained our two previous dogs. Just take them out, take them out, take them out. Palmer taught himself to scratch at the door. I can't remember what Peaches did.
Bailey can now go up the front and the back steps!!! :D:):):cool: She can't do the inside steps yet, they are a higher step, but it won't be long! I found out by surprise. I carried something up the front steps, turned around to go back down and get Bailey and there she was!!! It's like a baby's first steps!!!

She weighs in at 3 lbs today. That's a 50% gain in a week........that's cool. :) It doesn't seem like she eats a whole lot, but she must be getting enough.

Is there an age at which it is easier to try to train the puppy to walk with a leash? A neighbor-the one with the Springer Spanial who is 6? months now says she didn't attempt it until 3 mos.

Hugs,
Susan

Addy-you were told not to tell Carrol about the sweater.:mad::mad: Now look what you have done. :(:confused:
Carrol-you must have been on some kind of drug...:p.....windows haven't
"rolled down" in many moons. Bailey gets a computer because Bailey is so dang cute! You should see her work that mouse.
It's a pretty day here, but VERY windy. Addy and Carrol-don't you get whisked away by trying to fly your kites.:rolleyes:
Love,
Bailey's Mom (who doesn't have a red sweater either):(

Picture of shower cake is here..............

Hi Susan,

Leash training should start right away. But a common mistake is that people will put on the leash and go walk outside right away, that’s asking for trouble. For some reason people seem to think that dogs should be okay right away with harnesses and leashes and just need to learn how to walk without pulling the leash. But this is not the case. Dogs first need to learn what it is like to wear a harness and then they need to learn what it is like to wear a harness with a leash attached to it. Once those are familiar to the pup, you can start walking outside.

So, you start with getting the dog used to wearing a harness. You do this by putting the harness on inside the house and then go play with the pup so they get distracted from this weird thing around their body. They will usually get adjusted to the feeling pretty quickly. Once you notice the pup is comfortable wearing the harness, you add the leash. You start by clipping the leash to the harness and let the pup run free…so no holding the leash yet. You have to supervise the pup with the leash dragging along so it won’t get stuck behind something or the pup won’t chew on it. So again, the best thing is to play and distract the puppy. After a few minutes, you take the leash of. You repeat this procedure except for the fact that you leave the leash on a little longer each time. A good way to help the pup adjusting to a leash is by putting the leash on right before they get their dinner. This way the leash will be connected to something fun.

Once the pup is used to the leash and it doesn’t bother him, you move to the next step. You put on the leash and you get hold of the leash and you follow the pup around. Make sure there won’t be any pressure on the leash because this might scare the pup. So you follow the pup around instead of the pup having to follow you (what we want in the end) Do this for short periods of time and slowly increase the time the pup s on the leash, with you holding the leash. Make sure you praise the pup enormously while on the leash.

Once the pup is comfortable to be on the leash indoors, you can go into the yard. Place the pup on your left side so she’ll get used to walking on your left side and move towards the area where she always goes potty. If she doesn’t move, don’t drag…just bend your knees and lure her towards you with sweet words, happy voice, clapping your hands and if necessary a treat. Praise her lots and lots when she moves into your direction. Get up, take another step forward and try “talking” her into following you, happy voice, clapping your hands, etc. And this is how you slowly get her adjusted to walking on a leash. Once she knows how to walk on a leash, you can start going out on the street. The distraction level at the street is so much higher, therefore you want to practice and teach the pup walking on a leash before she has to deal with all these distractions. You can imagine, if she is supposed to learn wearing a harness, walking on a leash and having to deal with all the outside distractions, it’s an almost impossible task for a pup to do all that at once. So start indoors, then go to the yard and only then, when she’s fully adjusted to her harness and leash, you can start walking her on a leash in the street. Unfortunately most people skip all the previous steps and start in the street and they wonder why the pup isn’t walking properly… But once they understand that the harness is a new sensation, the leash attached is an even stranger sensation and with everything going on in a street (cars, noises, sounds, smells), they understand that learning a pup walking on a leash in the street, is not the right way.

Another thing I wanted to mention is that young dogs, whatever breed, are not supposed to walk steps or jump…till they are at least one year old. It’s too hard on their joints when you let them walk steps before they are a year old.

Good luck with the leash training!

Saskia and Yunah :)

Hey, Carroll, for some reason Mom hung bells on your bedroom door:confused:


Hugs,
Addy

BELLS SHMELLS!!!...I almost drowned...those darn raccoons thought I was lunch and were washing the heck outta me (personally, I think I have never looked so good:o) and they kept dunking me in the water.

Soooooo....I hopped on a passing train but it was a CIRCUS TRAIN. They've got me test driving the high trapeze and those clowns are really nasty little critters.
HEEEEEELLLPPP!!!! MOMEEEEEEEEEEEE:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
I love you, Baileyxxxooo

Hi Susan,

I think the Addy and Carrol Adventure is hilarious!!!:D:D Makes me smile--who would have ever thought Bailey's thread would have a comedy show on it.....:p

How wonderful to have a puppy shower--Bailey is soooo lucky to have you--as my husband says "Bailey won the lottery!"

Enjoy!!!

Hi Sas-and thank you for the input. :)
Is there a particular reason why the left side? I've always walked my dogs on my right side. :confused:
The stairs------wow....I had no idea and I don't know if she'll wait a year. I will carry her whenever we go stairs, but sometimes she goes stairs before I know what's happened. That's what happened the first time on the front steps. I carried a planter up to the porch, turned around to go get Bailey and there she was at my feet. :eek:
We have already tried the harness in the house....but we've not kept up with it, so I'll get that going again. The leash in the house makes sense and then the next logical step would be the back yard.
Bailey has not been pooping in any specific spot. I know our other dogs have....and I expect with time she will as well....although Palmer kind of went anywhere and everywhere.

Thanks for keeping an eye on what we're doing!:D
-Susan

Thank you Marie....for your kind words. Some people have said that about our other pets. The lady next door once said "When I die, I want to come back as a Spengler pet." "Spengler" - that's us.
I too am thoroughly enjoying the comedy show and surprised at how it has grown. Just between you and me, there are some wacky people out there.;);)
-Susan

( I just realized I've skipped part of the show.....I have to go to find out what those kids are up to!!):):)

Carrol-come down off that swing right now!! What is WRONG with your nose??? How could you NOT tell that it was a circus train?? Get outta there and try another train. Maybe you'll run into Red Skelton. Perhaps you'd be more safe if you caught a bus. You know-those long stretched out machines that carry many people? I want you to leave those raccoons and Timbuktu right now. Catch the 7:47 headed east. I can catch you as you go by.....and then you'll be home....with bells on your bedroom door!!
I love Bailey too!!!xoxoxoxo

Susan,
the left side is used basically because when you do obedience, or show your dog, the handler is always on the right side and thus the dog is to the left, sort of a general "rule". Apart from that, since most people are right handed, it's nice to have your preferred hand free to shake hands, open doors, etc. Eventhough you carry the leash in your right hand, when the dog is walking to your left :) And also, if you have to walk along a road or bicycle path, you are supposed to walk in the opposite direction of the trafic for safety reasons and with the dog on your left side, it's always on the safe side of you and not at the side where the traffic passes directly :)

Unlike human babies, puppies are born with joints that still are partially cartilage instead of bone. And apart from genetic factors and malnutricion, letting puppies play too rough, play too long, walk too long, letting them jump and climb stairs are a major factor in developping hip- and elbow displasia (and other skeletal and soft tissue problems). Your pup's joints are stil "soft" and over a period of approximaltely a year, they will turn slowly into solid bones. But as long as they are still "soft", you should prevent too much excercise and overuse of the tender joints. So no stairs, no jumping, not playing rough, not walking for more then the amount of minutes as they are old in weeks (per walk), no slippery floors, no chasinggames where they make a lot of sudden turns, etc. And endorsing rest time. Pups will want to play and frolic too much for their own good if you let them so you have to give them mandatory rest :)

Oh, and that toy she uses to hump on? I would take it away. Remember, any behaviour you can prevent from happening, is good behaviour :) It's easier to take the toy away so she won't hump it anymore then to end up with a pup that will hump everything and everyone..because she was allowed to and "learned" that is was okay :) Preventing is easier then to have to delearn a certain behaviour.

Sas and Yunah :)

I think you need to put bells on the window too!!!! Don't let Carrol out again--she gets into too much mischief!!!!:D:D

My NOSE?? OMG, what IS wrong with my nose??:eek: Hey, you dorky clown down there, what the heck is the matter with my nose and WHO MOVED THE LADDER? HEEELLLPPP!!!

How am I going to find a bus when I'm stuck up here???:mad: They, apparently, have kitty cats here. They keep them in these HUGE cages with LOCKS on them. Well, tomorrow I'm letting them out and I might even bring one home (if I can fit him on the bus):rolleyes:

Gee, I'm getting hungry......should have stayed with the raccoons.......
Hmmmm, I wonder what this cord is for..........:cool:

Carrol-
You see that net below you? The white string that's all in squares?
Hold your nose, jump and hang on to yourself! When you stop boinging and boinging up and down, you can catch the 9:47 bus. If you come home with one of those "cats", you might just as well keep going. :p We don't accept no cats here. We are not a cat friendly residence.:D
If you miss the 9:47, go back to the raccoons for breakfast and a bath.:)
Sweet dreams.

-Mom

(How did I get to be the Mom??? I want to be a kid!!)
I still love Bailey, xoxoxoxoxoxo

BOO, Hoo, Hoooooooooooooo

Oh, you're not going to believe this.......
yesterday was my birthday and you all forgot :mad: Anyway, I was stuck up on that little platform all by myself and those dorky clowns ate all my birthday cake and I had to watch them. I said "Hey, you stupid clowns, stop eating that cake!" but they just kept on eating it.
So I thought now what? So I closed my eyes and grabbed the pole and SLID ALL THE WAY DOWN YEE HAW!!!:D Then I went to find the kitty cats. Those kitties were so angry to be locked up like that and they just kept roaring and roaring using their outside voices. So I just unlocked those cages and let them out. WELL...........you'll never guess what happened next....one of those kitty cats ATE ONE OF THOSE DORKY CLOWNS!! (He couldn't run very fast because he had eaten most of the cake and I guess he looked nice and pudgy to the kitty:)).
SOOOO..........

THEY THREW ME OUT OF THE CIRCUS. :eek::eek::eek:

I guess a few of them kinda liked that dorky clown.
Now what am I gonna do??
Mom, how can I take the bus??? You know what they say about an American Express card - never leave home without it. SO WHERE IS MY CARD???? Hmmmm...maybe I'll buy car...yes, that is what I will do - a nice big shiny, red one. Can someone tell me how you start a car:confused: OK, I'm goin' to look for a car.......
HEY, ADDY, MOM SAYS SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE OUR MOM.....just Bailey's Mom:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

Carrollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll....don't you know red cars get more speeding tickets??!! And isn't your allowance already spent?? Don't you know - especially since you are one of them thar Caly for knee ans.......big cards use the most gas? And don't you know that gas is now over $4 a gallon? And where are you going, to begin with, anyway???!! I'm soooooooooo confused.:confused::confused:.....

Your American Express card is in Las Vegas. What's in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas. You had it taken away from you when your gambling debts hit the 9 figure mark!!


-Susan:)

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What's in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas. You had it taken away from you when your gambling debts hit the 9 figure mark!!

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So if we send Carrol to Vegas, she will stay in Vegas? Hmmmmmm, and then I would have a room to myself? And I could play with Bailey all day long?

I would probably end up missing her a bit. I think Sas could help us train her. Carrol, I mean, not Bailey. We could teach her to walk on the left side and heel and ring those bells on her bedroom door when she has to go potty.:p

She'll probably have to go to the fumigator after living with raccoons and circus animals. And then there is the matter of shots for her. Lord only knows what she has been exposed to:eek:

Hello gang!
News of the day-we have found two of Bailey's teeth-not in her mouth!! Isn't this too soon? She's gonna hafta gum her food. One was really tiny and the other was pretty good sized. They must have come from the uppers....we can't find any empty spaces in the lowers.
Her great record of not peeing in the house is starting to look shoddy. :mad:Three pees on our bed cover,:mad: three pees on Palmer's bed,:( one pee on the carpet.:(
HOWEVER-there was not a whimper last night when it was time to go nite-nite in her cage. (Her room.):)
She definitely knows "No!" Still doesn't seem to have her name down. We're carrying her over the stairs, but she really wants to herself. Some dog barked last night and she looked like she was shot out of a cannon as she headed to the steps to come back in.:p
Today, I placed a turtle in front of her-one that sits in the garden....it's made of plastic or something and is almost as big as her....and she barked, and she barked, and she barked!
Gorgeous day here, even if a little chilly.
Hugs,
Susan

Hi Susan,

When we adopted Koko he was about nine minths old and our vet at the time said some dogs can get all their adult teeth in as early as six months.

I hope you enjoy your Sunday. It is going to be 80 in Milwaukee today!!!!! Bad news is we may have severe storms later.

Take a picture of Bailey with the turtle!!!!:D:D:D You have really nice photos of her.

I think Carrol's bus might have been highjacked or it stopped at a Gaming Casino!!!!!!!!! I know, lets tell her Bingo starts at noon!!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Love,
Addy

Yoo hooooooooooooooo....Carrol???
Was Thursday really your birthday? Which one? I'm asking because I need to be sure you are old enough to have a driver's license. If it was your birthday-----Belated, Happy birthday!!:D:):eek::cool:
Slow day at the OK Corral today. Bailey is not feeling well. She has not eaten but 5 or 6 pieces of kibble all day. We even tried rice.
I think, if I can believe the scale, that she weighed in at 3 lbs.....but she seems bony again. Maybe that means she's grown? I can't tell. We got her nails clipped this AM. They were just too long and sharp. They're all black, as were Palmer's and Peaches. I've tried this clipping thing before....I'm not going through THAT again!

Addy..........80? How dare you? We're at 58 and I'm way further south than you............Not Fair!!!:mad::mad::mad:

love,
Susan

(Hi Sas!)

[Okay, if you come home Carrol, I will share my new red sweater that matches Bailey's. Since we both have red hair it will look just as good on you as it does on me.;)

Now we can't have people in town talking that you ran away to join the circus, I mean really, think of Mom and Bailey's reputation:eek:
I can take the heat, but Mom is closing the drapes in the living room and it is only NOON:rolleyes::rolleyes:


Love,Addy

Hey Sas-or anyone else who has experiences with harnesses..........
I have a nylon strap harness for Bailey. We have had her wear it around the house before with no problems. Yesterday and today she won't leave it alone. I'm wondering about trying one of those vest harnesses. Any better?
-Susan

Okay-time to put it out there. I am concerned Bailey is going to wind up being teacup size. That's not the 15 - 20 lbs I said I wanted. She is in her cage and crying, crying crying. I'm going to go get her. I may be too old for this new puppy thing. Bummed out.
-s

Rough, rough day..........without Palmer.
-s

Oh Susan, I am sorry you are having a rough day. It is hard being a new Mom. You get stressed and have interrupted sleep. They don't want to eat, they get sick. It is like caring for a human baby. Then you start thinking "what did I do? I can't do this!!" It is the stress talking, that and then exhaustion.

If you need to keep her harness on durring the day, perhaps the vest harness will be more comfortable for her. I have never used one, I use a regular harness but I don't need to keep it on all day. Puppies will be puppies and she just might get at that too eventually.

Would you love her any less if she stays tiny? I know you miss Palmer and Palmer was just the right size too and did not cry and cry or eat harnesses. When I first brought Koko home at one point I sat and cried and cried because I felt like I had no time for Zoe. Koko took all of my time. I wanted things back, the way they were!!! I was tired, stressed out and stuck in the house and was having a hard time with two sick dogs one new, not trained, eating and chewing on everything!!!!! We even had to take him to the vets and have vomiting induced because he chewed metal buttons off my boots:eek: I am living proof there is a wonderful life after puppy!!!

You are just tired and stressed out, dearest friend. Perfectly normal.:)
Anyway hubby can take over so you can go out for some alone time? Something you love to do for a few hours?

Love,
Addy

Oh Addy-I am so glad to hear from you and for what you have to say.
I know I won't love her any less if she stays tiny. One look in her eyes and you're gone!
I was trying to keep the harness on so she'd get used to it....so we could start working on walking.....so I could get OUT!!!
I think maybe I'll "take Palmer" and go for a walk. Leave Bob and Little Miss to enjoy themselves. I've just had most of the "looking after" both today and yesterday. Plus - it's a Monday. Palmer seems to return full force on Mondays...don't know why.
Thanks friend. One day we'll have to meet. Wanna come over for lunch tomorrow??:D:D
Love,
Susan

Susan, I, too, am sorry to hear you have the "baby blues". I remember those - what a nightmare. But, remember.. this is the investment you make for a lifetime of love. You are little Bailey's world and i am sure she is hurrying as fast as she can to get out of this baby stage for you:D
Think back to the all the excitement you felt beforehand and see if you can round some of that up again. Addy is right. Take some time for yourself. I'm not sure what there is around you but a trip to the mall with lunch, a few hours at a spa, medicure/pedicure or even an afternoon just visiting a friend. Make plans to do this once or twice a week to get the old Susan back!!;)
Whatever it takes, my dear friend....
Love & hugs,
Carrol

I, for one, think it great you are having "Palmer time". He was and is a real part of you, perhaps put on "the back burner" during all the excitement about Bailey. Maybe it is a little bit of guilt about Bailey being here and getting your attention now. I think Palmer comes back to tell you it is okay and to let you know he will always be nearby. He knows that nothing is going to take away that part of your heart that is his. He must be so proud of you to honor him by caring for and loving another little soul. What a tribute to memory. That is how you also keep his memory alive. When we hear the tales of Miss Bailey, we cannot help but remember Palmer and the wonderful furbaby his was. We love him and miss him too, all in our own way. It is all part of the grieving process, but you know that Palmer is only a heartbeat away.
Lots of love & hugs,
Carrol

Susan,

Let me share a little secret....

Size does not matter, and I know this because for some reason, maybe a medical miracle, regardless of the size of the dog they have limitless love in their hearts.

As two legged animals we can just be amazed at how much love a dog's heart can hold and maybe even ponder how we got to be so lucky be able to be a part of their lives.

Jenny

Hi-
Bailey has had loose stools/diarrhea on average about every 45 minutes since 2AM. It's now 3PM. I did not get any sleep. I've called the vet and the "other" vet is supposed to call back. Her spirits are great-she doesn't know she's sick.
Your thoughts are very much appreciated. I kept thinking it was the potty training with Palmer when I can remember saying to Bob-I forgot about this part. (of puppyhood)-I'm now thinking I was referring to just the whole ball of wax. She will stubbornly sit where she is if I say "come." She is too fast to catch. She is in need of so much attention and is almost always on my chest.
Gotta go, here comes Bob.
Love,
Susan

Susan, if Bailey truly has had a dozen episodes of diarrhea today, I would make sure that she is actually seen by the vet today prior to their office closing. So if he/she does not phone back in time, I would go ahead and take her in. Given her age and tiny size, dehydration is such a serious risk. And since she has not yet completed all of her puppy vaccinations, there is always the risk that she has contracted something that needs immediate attention.

Marianne

Thank you-just had another episode. I'll head on over now.
-s

Waiting to hear about our Bailey.
Love & Hugs,
Carrol