OMG What have I done?
Rather suddenly, in nine days we’re going to have a puppy. Right now his name is Purple.
Read MoreRather suddenly, in nine days we’re going to have a puppy. Right now his name is Purple.
Read MoreHe walked out of the crate at the airport and saw a hundred friends and a million interesting things. Not a moment of doubt in his mind about anything.
Read MoreIt’s official – I’m just as tired sitting in the car as I am if I’m driving. It’s been a long 3 days for Spider, on the leash all the time or in his crate. I took him for a walk as soon as we got home…
Read MoreOld Stitch walked in, shrugged, and told him that he better not sit in her chair. He spent 10 minutes being a dick to Syn but she finally made him yelp and he became suddenly very polite.
Read MoreRon said “I made a paper airplane for him and it was lots of fun until he caught it…” I’m thinking it was lots of fun AFTER he caught it, too!
Read MoreLoved on the staff, loved on the vet – and she had a couple of tongue-depressors worth of CANNED CAT FOOD OMG to reward him for being present.
Read MorePlease note that I’m aware of how I switch tenses all the time. Sometimes I’m talking in the present, sometimes I talked in the past, and I switch with no apparent reason. I’m sorry.
Read MoreRon reported this morning that Spider went out both dog doors after Syn and Stitch this morning. EE HAH. That’s a HUGE step.
Read MoreHe has the Gator thing figured out, no problem. As long as he stays out in front of it following the ladies where I can see him, I’ll follow along and he can run or walk or collapse in a heap or sniff or chew.
Read MoreWhen Syn and I were done, I Released The Hound and he followed Syn back down to the water. With a wiener I got him to walk in far enough to float.
Read MoreI decided to try grinding his nails while he was lying down instead of sitting him up in a death grip. And he lay, and he stayed loose and calm while I did all 16 nails. Good boy!
Read MoreI learned – remembered, actually – an important husbandry point this morning. When you have a Giant Schnauzer you have to buy what we here in Saskatchewan would call the “Hutterite colony size” peanut butter, not the puny little single-family size.
Read MoreAnother great day. From the living room, kitchen, and carpeted TV room, he’s going through the dog door out to the dog yard to pee without being reminded. What a lovely person he is!
Read MoreThe good – Ron reports that Spider and Syn were out rolling and wrestling in the alfalfa...
Read MoreSpider still has zero cares about what people look like, smell like, or wear. He loves them all. He loves their children. He loves their dogs. He loves loves loves goose poop.
Read MoreGiants have such big jaws, and such big heads which are apparently completely empty, that when they clop their jaws together in a particular way, it echoes. His first CLOP. Baby’s growing up!
Read MoreWhen I came back into the living room I realized that there’s really only one place for a wet puppy to be… in my chair.
Read MoreAnd… he’s not exhausted. Unfortunately, we are going to have either a real fight, or a serious Come To Jesus.
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