Runners that need some nutritional accountability
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@shanaber I feel for you with the reaction! Did you have to have emergency meds for the allergy, or was it self limiting?
Booster shot Pfizer #3 is knocking me for a loop. I planned a rest day but I think I am taking at least two days. Woke up unable to lift my arm higher than shoulder level and I feel like something stuck to the bottom of a shoe, high heart rate and chills. Also, annoyingly, I have a sore calf muscle. Since I hiked a lot of downhills yesterday and my knee is also touchy I think it’s just an ordinary tweaked muscle, but with the booster and the heart rate I’m worried about blood clots. Since our ERs are still pretty full up with Covid patients I don’t feel like going into a hospital unless I have to, and I know a doc in the box is just going to look at it, wiggle my foot around, and send me to the hospital for ultrasound. Hoping it will resolve itself tomorrow.2 -
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@rheddmobile - I contacted my PCP as soon as I realized what was going on. I felt weird (dizzy, lightheaded, foggy) but wasn't having any breathing issues. She recommended the topical Benadryl but if I started wheezing or having any breathing issues to go straight to the ER.
I am wondering if I will have a reaction every time I get the flu shot now and if I will need to be careful next time that it could be worse. For sure I will not be getting this high dose shot again.
I haven't had too many friends get the 3rd shot yet, I think we all pretty much got Moderna, but I heard it could be a worse reaction than the 1st two.
Today it is really nice out - sunny and mid 50's this morning! Too bad I am just too tired to go out for even a walk and it is supposed to get hot again later today. Up to 90 again.3 -
I asked about getting the booster for the covid vaccination and was told it wasn't being given with the Jensen (Johnson & Johnson). I'm fine with not needing it but curious about the protection offered or if I'll just need to get a moderna or Pfizer one. Dh had his booster and was not phased, I think it was Moderna.
dogsI am almost over it haha! I have been near approved to take 2 dobermans 4 and 2 years old, a bonded pair. so... I am hoping they tell me "no", or dh does. I think Bear said "no", so I should listen to him, he's the best buddy. I mean,
my thoughts...
What am I gonna do with them? Play? well ya... Let them in all the time? sure... take them for walks? yup. might get me out to rehab some... take them on errands? heck ya!
Can't I do that with the dogs I have? play-yes, inside-no, they dont want in, walks- nope, not leash trained. I could work with them. car rides? ugh, no manners not trained (my fault). They are old 10 & 12, should I work with them? or just enjoy them as my backyard pups? Maybe I'm subconsciously concerned about losing them and moved to "replace"... in addition to it being a tangled Alex web.
I strained my hamstring and calf today.
Bear was being a nut and had to get on my study shelf to knock everything down. I'm fine with that, it's cute. I stood on the futon to reach stuff before it all got knocked down and lost my balance, cuz I have no strength in the right, and tried to compensate on a wobbly cushion... ugh. Sure a bit of rest and I'll be "fine".1 -
I think Purina Pro Plan is what we get Shadow.
I'm not eligible for a booster yet. I had Pfizer.
I heard J&J was requesting or looking at a booster. I can't recall exactly what I read.1 -
I think both J&J and Moderna are in the process of getting their boosters approved. Right now they are only approved for people with autoimmune issues I believe. I also think the initial shots of those two have much better/longer efficacy over time than Pfizer.. I think what I read was Pfizer dropped to 68% effective after 6 months while Moderna was still at 92%. I think J&J was somewhere between those but I don't recall the specific.
My doctor thought the Moderna booster would be available by the end of October. We are eligible based on our age. She also told me to get the shingles vaccine but to wait a couple of months after I get the booster so probably early next year. I am wary of getting it. I had a really bad case of shingles when I was already so sick as a kid with rheumatic fever (all the same virus) and hope I never get them again.
@swenson19d - I would worry about having 2 dobies with the cats unless they have been fully vetted with cats and don't have that normal prey drive to go after them. I have seen bonded dogs work as a team to go after critters - we had 2 that used teamwork to regularly go after and catch gophers in our yard.
I really want another Vizsla puppy too but then I worry about how Hobbes will feel. I know part of it is because I know he won't be around forever and certainly won't be able to run with me in a few, maybe 2 years or so. Part of me wishes I had gotten one sooner so they could have bonded and been best buddies. Complicating it all is that DH has no interest in us having a 2nd dog even though he loved having Beaux when we puppy sat him.2 -
I took whatever vaccine was available when I became eligible. Celiac disease isn't included in autoimmune issues for the shot because 1) if you are gf, you aren't considered compromised and 2) covid doesn't appear to be worse in those with celiac disease. Asthma is still one of those that I think should be covered. I was reading that most asthma wasn't affected by covid but exercise-induced is (which is what I have).1
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@shanaber thanks for that info. These 2 are suppose to be fine with chickens, but they don’t know about cats. Ima pass on the dobies. Dh was looking at vizslas, but I told him I really don’t need a dog, but we could go to the pound if he wanted to look.1
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If you’re not a consistent dog trainer I can’t recommend dobies. They are charming dogs but a little high strung and need calm, consistent handling and good training.
Feeling better today! Whatever was wrong with my calf has fixed itself overnight, too.2 -
I was wondering if you were feeling better @rheddmobile, glad to hear you are!
@swenson19d - Vizslas are great dogs but also need training and a lot of activity. They are so smart and will find things to do if not kept busy. They can be great with kids and other pets though and your dh would probably love having a hunting/fishing partner. He would need to start running again to keep the pup in line 😁2 -
I was wondering if you were feeling better @rheddmobile, glad to hear you are!
@swenson19d - Vizslas are great dogs but also need training and a lot of activity. They are so smart and will find things to do if not kept busy. They can be great with kids and other pets though and your dh would probably love having a hunting/fishing partner. He would need to start running again to keep the pup in line 😁
Ya, That's what I told him haha! He is looking at a boerboel mastiff he wants. I think I started something. ☺️
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rheddmobile wrote: »If you’re not a consistent dog trainer I can’t recommend dobies. They are charming dogs but a little high strung and need calm, consistent handling and good training.
Feeling better today! Whatever was wrong with my calf has fixed itself overnight, too.
Thanks for that @rheddmobile !!!0 -
Dh made a doggie decision…
The boerboel mastiff/Chesapeake bay retriever puppy. Pick him up Wednesday
https://adoptapet.com/pet/32661237-frisco-texas-mastiff
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What a beautiful pup! I am not real familiar with the breeds but he is gorgeous!swenson19d wrote: »Dh made a doggie decision…
The boerboel mastiff/Chesapeake bay retriever puppy. Pick him up Wednesday
https://adoptapet.com/pet/32661237-frisco-texas-mastiff
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I am not familiar with the breed's either. DH's cousin that just moved back has a 100lb pit-english bull dog thing and dh was impressed with it, tried to sell me on a pit. uh, no. Im a shepherd/hound dog lover. I do love the wolfhounds, deerhound and wanted a staghound so bad... or a small 10-15 pound house dog. I think dh is wanting to say "my dog is bigger than your dog". men...
According to the woman who has them, they are great dogs with a balanced temperament, protective, and cuddly- like velcro. This woman text and text and text... swear she text dh 100 times. I bought lots of stuff from petco for him, purina pro puppy, kongs (soft and bouncy), and dog beds for them all. DD and I noticed Jack is feeling a little more arthritic with the weather change. Petco had them buy 2 get 1 free, so 3 for 60$ seems like a deal. (we have a crate, I am sure in the shed to fetch).
Cori has a vet appointment today. He is limping, it looks potentially broken. yay, vet bills!
I need dog-u-cation (dog education). So feel free to give me advice. I hope to try my hand at training this guy as a service dog, for anxiety. I may have to reach out to folks for help. Dh said he's never successful house broken a dog and is leaving it to me to structure. I am sure I can train it. The hardest thing will be Bear and Beanie getting used to a doggo in the house. I have baby gates so they have safe space. Bear might go live with @rheddmobile if I screw this up. Dh has surgery (carpal/cubital tunnel) Wednesday, so he won't be much help, but I think I am going to close in the porch so the pup can go in/out safely and get acclimated with Jacks and Mags. Dh is also considering a fenced area. fine by me.
The day is short and my list is long... Be well.
ETA I changed Jacks (and Maggie's) food to the bill-jac salmon and rubbed coconut oil on his rump and his skin is better. Once this bag is gone I'll switch them to the purina. They are loving the better food and I'm taking the kibble and bits to the pound.1 -
That’s a beautiful puppy!
Our lifestyle is just not dog-friendly. We had a boxer in college and that lasted about two months before we gave her to my dad, who fortunately for us was delighted. Dogs are not nocturnal and don’t like people who swap schedules constantly! Lucky for us that cats exist and don’t mind swapping schedules at all.
BTW @swenson19d since you mentioned Kongs, it reminded me that you asked for an update on the Trouble Brothers, the raccoon family living on my property. I was looking on the internet to see if there was anything my raccoon buddies would play with and it turns out, according to people who raise orphan raccoons, they love kongs. Particularly kongs filled with peanut butter. So now our (very spoiled) trash pandas have a kiddie pool and two kongs. They are the envy of the neighborhood - literally, a second litter of raccoons from across the ditch comes over to play with them sometimes. They are almost full sized now. There are still four younguns, but their mother disappeared for a while and I didn’t know whether she had just weaned them or died. I found out last week, she had weaned them and gone off to have a second litter of two more tiny babies! I hope she knows what she’s doing, it seems awfully late in the year. She and the babies are living somewhere else, they come under the fence into my yard and her former litter run up and chitter and kiss her face. But the trouble brothers are still hanging out in the storage shed. I have talked to the neighbor about them to make sure she was fine with raccoons bouncing on her trampoline, and it turns out we have three houses in a row of people who are fine with them. Our other side neighbor sits on his back patio and watches them break in and eat his garden. Which he is fine with, since he had so many vegetables he couldn’t give them away. They love peppers and tomatoes.3 -
Omg @rheddmobile that is so cute! I’m glad mama is okay. Love those trouble brothers!1
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@swenson19d That puppy is adorable! You may want to hire a professional to help with the dog training. I was lucky with Tippy. When I got her, I wasn't planning on having an indoor dog, so for the first 6 months or so of her life, she lived outside, but I kept her in the garage at night, in her crate. When I left her with my dog trainer when I went to FL for a week, the trainer let her stay in her house. She said she never once had an accident in the house and always went to the door to let her know that she needed to go out. So, I really didn't do any house training. She just sort of knew by 6 months that was what she needed to do. The one thing I wish I had done better was training her to come and "leave it." Now, she does both if she feels like it. LOL I hope Cori is okay.
@rheddmobile Your raccoon family is so lucky to have you looking out from them and that the neighbor's don't mind.1 -
Don't get a pit if you like personal space.2
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I think this dog isn’t going to give us any personal space. The foster describes them as Velcro dogs. That’s fine really. I have cats that don’t mind being aloof.RunsOnEspresso wrote: »Don't get a pit if you like personal space.
Cori is fine.
Vet thinks it was a bee, scorpion, etc. dh is convinced it was a one fanged snake because I gave them toy snakes. Could be a snake though. He’s still limping but enjoying the babying. I might try to get a sling tomorrow so I can just carry him everywhere hands free. He got outside. I called him in and he came up walking with a slight limp, but as soon as he’s in it becomes impossible to bear weight. Hmmm.
Thanks @quilteryoyo. I’m trying to get Dh to get on a fence or at least close in the porch to help. He want me to do obedience training, which is fine. I think it was @shanaber who suggested the masters training classes. Which I found today. Seems like it’ll be very useful.1 -
@swenson19d - I recommend this book on training - 'The Art of Raising a Puppy' by the Monks of New Skete. I see they also have a new book out since I used that one for Hobbes. Puppies are like babies and need to go often. Depending on how old he/she is plan to take them out at least once an hour, even every 30 mins if very young. Tell them to go potty as they pee/poop, give a reward, rinse and repeat... Hobbes lets us know when he needs to go out but will also go on demand now. I recommend crate training. It gives them a safe place too and if they have to go to the vet or anything they know the crate is ok. Hobbes loves his crate and will go there on his own at times. We fed him in there as a puppy with the door open, and put him in to sleep at night. He slept in the crate for probably the first 4 or so years and still goes in the crate if we go out for any extended period of time. Not as important when we are at our home but now at Hilde's and when we travel it is necessary.
AKC has tons of resources online (their website sucks though) and I really recommend training where you and/or dh are involved. Doesn't have to be one-one but should be positive reinforcement based. Most of the classes we took used clickers which I just found annoying so we stopped using the clickers and just gave the treats.
I agree with @quilteryoyo on leave it - Hobbes tends to run away with whatever I have told him to leave. Tonight he found a bone, looked like maybe a steak bone and not chicken thank goodness but it splintered into little pieces all over when we tried to take it away from him. He definitely wouldn't 'leave it'. Also recall - 'come', we have that pretty well down depending on what else is interesting - squirrel, definitely not coming, interesting smell, well maybe but not if it is smelly beach seaweed yucky stuff...
@rheddmobile - I love that the raccoons are neighborhood entertainment! Glad that momma is ok but now with tiny babies to care for in the winter! Yikes!1 -
swenson19d wrote: »Thanks @quilteryoyo. I’m trying to get Dh to get on a fence or at least close in the porch to help. He want me to do obedience training, which is fine. I think it was @shanaber who suggested the masters training classes. Which I found today. Seems like it’ll be very useful.
You might take the pup to obedience class but make sure that Dh knows he needs to play by the training rules too or at least follow the same script. My dh didn't/doesn't and Hobbes generally doesn't listen to him at all... (example - Hobbes is trained to sit before going in/out the door but dh allows him to just run out as soon as the door opens even a little resulting in the screen door on our patio door to get banged into making dh angry).1 -
I ordered the book. Dh is usually pretty good at keeping with the do’s and donts. But sometimes he is dismissive.
Dh is about to go back for surgery then it’s doggie pick up. I’m nervous about bear being traumatized. But Cori is such a whiny bug, bear may love to have a dog who plays rougher.1 -
Good morning!
I am back and trying to settle into yet another new routine
The trip up to get DH was pretty easy. I drove up Saturday last week and DH let me go thrifting to my hearts content. He did a lot of the heavy lifting and after a few doubtful moments, we got everything into the back of the truck or his car and threw away what we had planned on. We actually got done earlier than planned and just checked out of the hotel and came home a day early.
DH took 2 weeks off before starting his new job and I am glad he has time to sort his stuff and unpack. He had "his" room all sorted and organized in 2 days, a bit jealous. Maybe he will start on the garage LOL
Grey cat is doing ok. Some days he is just an old man and other days he seems to be meh. We still have not started him on his blood thinners. The liquid made him gag so hard he puked, so I ordered $150 of chews and he wont touch them no matter how I try to mix/hide them. So do I order another batch of pills? That would be 9 months of these meds and he probably wont be around that long. I do need to start them soon so he does not form blood clots from low HR. Black cat is doing really well too. He got to see his new vet, weight went down a little but expected. We are all set up on chemo pills and hopefully we can get into the oncologist in a few months.
Had our meeting with the DA and ADA and sheriff, such nice guys. All of them drove out to mom's place and we talked. I didn't get any solid answers. The kids family has a criminal back ground so he is well coached per the sheriff on not to say anything. Still no in site on why he did it or his plans. Sheriff said sometimes you can't explain it, that their mental state is not "normal". He did say something along the lines that the kid was a bit into the conspiracy theory, antigovernmental mentality. His Grandfather (from stalking on FB) is the source of that. But it seems he "may" have had some sort of plan of wanting to live near the beach and "work the land" and be off the grid. Well, buddy you picked a weird spot for that...mom was not off the grid and good luck with the squirrels and the neighbors might notice. So we don't know for sure what his plans were, did he just plan for her to welcome him with open arms? Or did he plan to do some sort of hostile takeover? We agreed to accept the deal and so we go to court in the next week or so to see if a judge agrees. The DA felt that in the next 5 years in Cali, that anyone under the age of 26 will not be eligible for life without parole and those laws work retroactively, going to trial may be moot.
Work is work. I am out of touch and behind. One of my counterparts, her husband got hired for the civilian position I am in, so she seems content to take all control so she can help him. Whatever, I am fine with it. I hate the job LOL
Had PT yesterday. They think the shoulder has healed, but now I have a large knot of scar tissue causing a restriction. So now it is the painful break-up of that tissue via graston, cupping, and deep massage. I am black and blue each week. I have my fitness test next wednesday. I can do 9 sus push-ups ...hopefully I can get up to 15 good ones in a week.
Guess I should start in on seeing what I missed at work. Happy fall everyone!
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We taught Shadow leave it. It works 95% of the the time. She really wants to eat plants that can cause issues in dogs. We also taught her left, right, straight, cross. Very helpful on the trail. I also will sometimes do sit, wait, ok cross so when we cross busier intersections I can get her to wait and make sure no cars are coming.
She knows all commands but if she is in a zoom or being a stubborn *kitten*, she does what she wants.2 -
PupHe’s the sweetest thing. 11 weeks and 2 days, 13.5 pounds. Not boerboel or mastador weight. Hmmm. More like lab weight. I’m fine with him being a normal size pup. I just don’t want Dh to be disappointed. He has a healthy appetite. So, y’all think just lab mix? Those ears seem a little long for lab, and maybe he’s just more lab than mastiff. Or we been duped. I’m fine either way, his size actually is better for the cats, they aren’t as intimidated. I don’t wanna be a dingus that says he’s mastiff when clearly he ain’t. Again, not that I care. Mutt is fine. Mutt needs a name.
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Oh @swenson19d he is adorable. His little nose looks like licorice! Doesn't look like either boerboel mastiff, Chesapeake bay retriever but could be Chesapeake and Lab maybe... is his fur curly at all? Hobbes was about the same size at 12 weeks and he is only 45lbs now so maybe your guy will not be quite so big. How did the cats react to him?
I am no help on a name - sorry.1 -
Aw, he looks so much like the lab I had as a teenager!
Ours was a Christmas puppy - it was Christmas evening and I was driving over with my boyfriend to spend the evening at his house after spending the day with my family, and someone driving in front of us on a country road threw a pair of young puppies from a moving car. We stopped and one was dead and we took the live one home to my parents. And he was the best, dumbest dog ever, for most of my young life. Our dog was I think probably lab plus some sort of hunting dog, he grew up to have a more spaniel or hound shaped head than lab. It has never ceased to amaze me that someone could do that to a puppy, on Christmas of all days.
Anyway I don’t see mastiff, his head looks awfully pointy. But puppies can be misleading.2 -
Good morning!
@swenson19d What a sweet puppy face! Yeah, he looks like he has a solid amount of lab. Petco and the such usually have those DNA tests on sale on black Friday, would be fun.
Not much exciting here. It has been so nice having DH here.
I got a couple phone calls done and we have a few things on track. House demo, well. Tree guy is dragging, draftsman is dragging. Still need to find a mover for the mobile home. Got some work done too and stuff routed for signature. The Secretary asked me when I am moving up there, she seems excited LOL.
Trying to figure out if I need to take grey cat to the vet to see if he has an upper respiratory infection. I know it will be $500. He is coughing at night, only 1x a night at almost he same time every morning. It is super wet but productive. Could be the fluid in his lungs too. We FINALLY got him to eat one of the blood thinner chews last night. It is quite the production but I think we can use them.
Had my meeting with the therapist. She says I am am either doing better or my boxes have been reinforced. I am not sure. I feel better, not as sad lately. Just stressed. We talked a lot about how I have lost my identity. I lost my mom, I lost my job, lost my career, lost my coworkers, lost my home...I don't know who I am, what I am to do, I have no friends at work. I fully admitted that I have made no effort in trying to establish myself either.
Did my workout yesterday. My tech says I can run 1.5 miles in 14:57 hmmmm. I can do 10 push-ups. hmmmm. I think I will pass the test, but not with my usual scores. I think I can run faster, but that just may be my head saying that.
Today I guess I need to wrap some stuff up at work and I guess continue working on building the program. No appts, so I guess that is it.
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@CMorning99 - it is hard to lose all the things you identify with as being 'you' but they are just external. You are still you and you are making a new home. I got to the point with work that it was just a job, honestly since I was no longer doing what I loved and had based my career around. It was a good job and the people were nice but we were all remote or in Dallas so no long term friendships. It is hard making friends as we age too and I suspect once you settle in to your new home you will make friends with the neighbors and other in your community.
Hope grey cat does better now with the blood thinner and there isn't any infection.
I am still posting things on OfferUp and getting no where. Not sure what we are going to do with all the furniture. It is too nice to just put out by the side of the road and most of the charities won't take it. Maybe having an estate sale on a weekend is a good idea once we are out of here. Sell what we can immediately and pay to have someone take away what is left...
Food has been better - I am making a conscious effort to eat better. Made a huge salad yesterday with apples, walnuts and blue cheese - so good. I also bought cheese which I love but probably not the best for me.
Lots of non-exercise movement. Going through cupboards and cabinets... May try to get in a strength workout this evening with some actual weights.
Has anyone heard from @Avidkeo lately? I have seen her post a run once in a while on Strava, just hope everything is going ok for her.1
