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Thanks for the info @shanaber I'll look in the book. I put him in Maggie's harness and got him a doggie seatbelt. I'll get him a nice padded one for car rides. Eric and I took him to petco today. The new command is "shopping". He was sceptical at first but loved the free treats and everyone petting him. I had a ~10 year old boy give him a treat and pet him too. Everyone loved him and I thought that was great for socialisation. Dh thinks it makes him less protective 🙄. I assured him it won't. DH named him benito. I got him a tag just in case he gets lost. Before we are out of the store dh mentions that its benito for now... c'mon... ya killing' me. So hes Benny, or dookie; usually Dookie. Sir Duke Benny (aka D.B.) had a good outing. The petco employee gave us training tips that aligned with what you said @shanaber, treats treats treats and gave us some samples of the tiny ones.
Here are some quick puppy pics. Tell your Dh that Hobbs HAS to have a buddy, and you need to have a puppy training refresher to help me 😉I'll try to get some more. He a Cori have been playing quite a bit. This little guy is quite smart. He will bring back both toys you throw simultaneously.
Duke
Cool cat Bear
Maggie- who has bath tomorrow and grooming appointment the 29th.
Proud doggie daddy
Favorite "chewy"
When he smells something interesting his nose goes straight up in the air like a cartoon dog.
He's doing good with sit, outside, and today we also started "up" (aka beg), in addition to shopping. He's still fine in the crate and did better today pooping in the yard. He still wants to poop by the cat box. I mean, that's fair... I should clean it.1 -
Sweet pictures @swenson19d . Socializing at that age is very important. Glad he got along so good.1
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That is awesome @swenson19d - the socialization is so good for them. If you can, I would take him with you everywhere so he gets used to all the situations and different people. Hobbes has a padded harness and seatbelt thing in the car. I always use it, Dh can't be bothered so a bit of a mixed message but Hobbes doesn't seem to mind either way.
Love all the pictures - he is adorable! Maggie looks so sweet too. Love Beary on the motorcycle - looks like he is going to take it out for a spin!
I took Hobbes for a run today and coming back he had hives all over his back and sides. I was going to give him some Benadryl but he zonked out on his bed as soon as we came in and didn't move for most of the day. I am hoping it isn't a sign that the Mast Cell is flaring up somewhere.2 -
Oh no @shanaber . I hope Hobbes is okay.0
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I'm up at 5am. Going on a family trip for a few days, DH has an art exhibition in a town 2hrs away and we are going over for installation. I'm looking forward to the family time.
I'm working on an article for publication. Kinda exciting. Its about to be submitted for peer review! Just making a couple of minor tweaks and resubmitting it.3 -
Good morning folks!
@redmobile Thanks for the insight. You are right, I will probably never know what happened in that kids mind. One thing the Sherriff did mention when I asked why? how? did the kids dad and uncle get down here (about 2 hour drive from Fresno), so quickly and what did they plan to do? He said that his mom had actually called them and told them she was worried about the kid (maybe he just took off?) and the kid was on a family phone plan and they tracked him via "find my phone". It is unclear if they knew what he had done. It really does sound like this kid was raised in a criminal environment, maybe coupled with some mental health concerns.
It was a decent weekend! I find myself much lazier with DH around LOL. I got my flu shot on Friday and most folks said it seemed to have a bit of an extra kick to it this year. I felt fine Friday night but Saturday I woke up with a horrible knot in my back/neck, my arm was so sore, and I was just tired. We ended up going to the ranch and getting the victrola and got it home in working order. We walked around and marked things we want to get out of there still. We decided to do a big push next weekend to get the window a/c out, the tankless water heater, I want to get a bunch of the stock gates out (those are freaking heavy), and then tools that are laying around need to get moved b/c the orders are to make everything disappear.
Sunday I skipped my run (again) and I had a hair appt. I treated myself to thrifting, well I told myself I was going for myself b/c I don't know what to wear to court and I am 13lbs heavier for my 2 pairs of slacks. Found some decent stuff. While I was there the tree guy called with a question, I guess he forgot to tell me he was working Sunday, ugh people. But since I was in the area, I went up there and he has made a lot of progress.
The vet called, this lady is a saint. Makes her crazy fees worth it. When we took black cat in for his chemo a week a go, I mentioned grey cat's breathing and I didn't really expect anything. But she called and said she reached out to the cardio doc and wants to see him right away. Wish my doctors were that good LOL She also already figured out and got us our next round of chemo. So grey cat has an appt at 5:30.
Nothing exciting at work. Boss was actually in a pleasant chatty mood.
I need to run this afternoon before grey cat's appt. Test is on Wednesday and I never run well after a long break. I got up to 16 verrrrry sus push-ups last friday...hopefully it works out...and this knot is not in my back still.
Very busy week!
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Just got a call that the tree guy left a main water line on full blast all night...I am dying inside right now. That is probably going to be a $1,000 water bill...and a fine.3
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@avidkeo - very exciting for your husband! Hope it goes well and gets lots of interest in his pieces!
@cmorning99 I guess the tree guy wanted to get those trees some water... doesn't help when you get the water bill and fines though! I hope the answer on grey cat is something positive that they can address if not fix. So good to have good vets for our buddies that can't speak for themselves!
Hobbes is ok - he has that surgery on Thursday so I will mention to the vet about the hives. It is the 2nd time recently and this was much worse than the previous. We are going to agility tonight so we'll see how he does with it.
Also our flooring guys came today and they already have the new floor in our big living room! Granted it was probably the easiest room to do because it had carpet. I haven't been over to see yet but dh seemed pretty excited about it!2 -
@CMorning99 Ugh perhaps the guy that left the main open will be held responsible for the bill, at the very least he should split it with you. Although, it is his fault.
@shanaber I hope Hobbes is okay, poor guy. how did agility go?
@Avidkeo WOW! an exhibit! are you gonna share some his work with us? When that article gets published, I want to read it. Congratulations both of you!
Puppy update.
He had a vet visit today. I asked 100 questions and dh accused me of being chatty. Benny aka Kevin is likely 10 weeks old and he is 17.6 pounds (he was 13.5 according to the foster the day we got him...5 days ago). He was chipped today and given his heart worm preventative and has a stool culture, he's not wormy. Said I should feed him twice a day and watch the treats, keep giving him the yogurt as well to help with the soft poo. Maggie was bathed and got her shots updated. yay!
here's a few pics of Kevin from today
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@Avidkeo By art exhibition, do you mean he is showing his own art? I didn't realize he was an artist. You'll have to share pictures of some of his art. Congrats to you on getting the article published. That's amazing! Enjoy your family time!
@CMorning99 Glad you have a vet you trust and like. Sorry about the water though. That stinks.
@shanaber Glad Hobbes is okay and the renovations are going well!
Glad you got Kevin to the vet today @swenson19d . Love his fact in the second picture. It amazes me how fast they grow.0 -
Yeah he's an artist. His degree was fine arts and he hasn't really done anything in about 15 years but picked it up again when we moved to New Plymouth 2 years ago (wow that's gone fast)
Here is some of his work. Very contemporary lol
You can also visit his Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ianlewis_artist/
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@Avidkeo the colors in his work are beautiful! Has it really been 2 years since you moved? Wow!
I posted this in the challenge about agility class tonight:
Then we had agility class tonight with a very fast course. There are times that I just can't keep up/catch up to Hobbes the Vizsla and he definitely loves running and jumping as fast as he can. There were parts of the course that I just couldn't get too in time, need to work on those distance commands. He is now crashed out in his cave bed and not moving at all...
What I didn't say was when we got there Hobbes didn't want to go, a first. He hid behind me and pulled back toward the car. When we got inside and he was on his mat while we walked the course he started whining and crying. I told our trainer I would try with him but if he wasn't up to it we would go. We dropped him down a height and repeated some short sections initially and he just lit up. Like a different dog. So fast and having so much fun. That said we got home and he climbed on top of me in the chair and zonked out before getting in his bed. I hope he is ok.
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@Avidkeo Those are very contemporary pictures. I love the blue one. I hope the show goes well.
@shanaber I'm glad Hobbes enjoyed the course, once he got started. I hope he is okay too. Not acting like himself is a flag, as you know, to watch him closely. I keep comparing kids to dogs and dogs to kids, but they are a lot alike. Yesterday, at day care, one of the little girls that normally takes a good nap woke up early, crying like she never does, was hard to console, said her nose hurt. She didn't have a fever or anything obvious, but we alerted her mom who came and got her and took her to the doctor. She has an ear infection. So, when something just doesn't feel right, it's good to have it checked out. You said he has an appointment soon, right? OR, maybe he was just having one of those days like we all have where we are dreading our workout and really don't want to do it, but once we get started we have so much fun that we are glad we took that first step.2 -
Good morning folks!
@shanaber Hope Hobbes is just having an off few days. I have learned with my sick kitties that sometimes they need rest and are tired and then they bounce back. If they go 3 days of light food, then we discuss with vet.
Ugh, I just cant stop thinking about what that water bill is going to be. It ran for 20 hours! The meter dials were spinning so fast you could barely see them. I sent a message to the tree guy and reiterated that valves are off for a reason and to check the meter after he does anything.
Yesterday flew by, I must have been busy but I really don't know what I did LOL I am pretty sure I was not productive at work. I have 2 things I need to work on at work today. Mundane things. It took 2.5 hours to get up and back from the ranch. I picked up 40lbs of avocados from the trees that are pruned, they are going through the chipper today if no one gets them. I was planning on eating healthy and even tried to start logging for the day but the trip ruined that and I only had time to grab some tacos on my way back to work. I was only at work for 2 hours before I left for a run. I really had to convince myself to go, I was tired from DH snoring. I managed to hold a 9:44 pace for 2.5 miles, it was NOT easy. I need to hold a 9:15 pace for 1.5 miles for my test tomorrow. I tried to do 20 push-ups, they were bad, I hope they count them.
Grey cats appt went well. Vet took $300 worth of x-rays. She is just checking for fluid and infection. She said there is not much we can do based on his life expectancy. She doesn't think he is uncomfortable. We ordered Thai on the way home and even though I said MILD several times, DH and I got wicked hot...
DH slept on the couch last night and so I got a really good night's sleep. I was so tired. I still have that knot in my back that is giving me a stiff neck. I have PT this AM and I am going to ask if they can do something for that vs my lame exercises LOL
Well, I best get to it today! I am all alone in the office, I swear the 3 y/o kids at the daycare are going to be the downfall of the AF...they can take out half the work force as close contacts overnight.
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@CMorning99 That's a lot of avocado's! I hope the water bill isn't as bad as you think it will be. Has the tree guy responded yet? Glad you got a good nights sleep. I bet your adrenaline kicks in tomorrow and you'll kill that run. Hahaha about the daycare. It's tough. I find there aren't any really good guidelines as to what daycares and others should do when someone tests positive, especially since some people are fully vaccinated. Where I work, at least 20% of the class has to come down with it before the class is closed...and just that class. If one of the staff that is in various rooms during the day has it, they will close the entire center for the 10 days. We had a child test positive last week. I had been in the classroom, but only around her briefly, so felt safe enough. The CDC says if you are exposed to someone and have been fully vaccinated, that you don't have to be tested or quarantine unless you start showing symptoms. It's just really confusing to me. Anyway, thankfully, the mom tested this child again and this time it came back as strep and no CoVID. The center is having her test again before she can return to the classroom, thankfully.0
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Good afternoon!
Passed my fitness test this morning! 40 sit-ups and 16 push-ups (I laugh at that one, I have never done so few!) and a 13:48 1.5 mile run. My physical therapy tech was my test administrator and he said he was proud of me and he would fix whatever I broke today LOL
Yesterday was a slow day. My neck was still sooo sore and so when I went to PT I told the tech I couldn't move. The Doc asked me to move my head and said "ah so cute, you can't move" <eyeroll>. She looked at my back and said "holy crap! your trap is a giant lump on your back!". No *kitten* Sherlock. She did dry needling (ouch) and it did release the muscle a bit but I felt like she had diced my back with a steak knife, not a needle. Around 8PM last night though I sat there and suddenly realized my whole back had released and it was such a relief!
Nothing exciting here today. Food is meh. Just sitting at work writing evals trying to hold my head up.
Court for the next 2 days.
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Yeah for passing your fitness test @CMorning99 ! You did great, especially considering your neck issues yesterday. Hugs regarding court. Hope it isn't too difficult for you.0
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@CMorning99 - Congratulations on parring your test!
Hang in there with the court sessions. Hopefully it will be over soon!0 -
@shanaber thinking of you and Hobbes today & hoping for any news that's not terrible.
I've been on a quest for acceptable chewy's for the dogs. I noticed they like the dried watermelon and pumpkin rinds they find in the yard. So I've set Dh on the task of collecting a few. I'll bake and dehydrate them.
Kevin's poop is finally formed. I gave him the antibiotic Cori was prescribed for his paw since I didn't give then to him, I think he might have sprained it and it's finally better. I think after being wormy his guts needed a little help recovering. And he's had yogurt daily.
Be well Hobbes.0 -
Nothing sadder than a puppy who is sure there is a mistake and he needs to be fed 😁 I am sure that is why they have us bring him in so early.3
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We are having a bit of drama here. Mum bought a house here back in April and had it rented on a 6 month contract because she didn't know exactly when she was going to move here. When she decided to move she let the property managers know, and has been living in a hostel for the last 6 weeks. The tenants were supposed to move out by 5pm yesterday.
Well at 8pm last night they still hadn't moved most of their stuff and mum had to leave them to it. Mum's going by this morning to see what the place looks like, she's moving all her stuff in tomorrow (Saturday). I have a bad feeling the place is going to be full of rubbish. And they made no arrangements about leaving the keys!
So the next 2 days will be interesting lol.
And a BIG day for one of my students today. It's her final end of year test! I'm very excited and proud of her. She has worked really hard for this. I'm one of the testers and we have a lady coming from the University to be the other assessor. It's going to be a long day. My other 2 students are in a different situation. One has failed several tests so is not eligible to sit their end of year and is likely to be repeating the final year. The other one is unvaccinated so can't be back on placement till she's had her second vaccine!
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How ya doin’ Hobbes?
@Avidkeo ugh, dh had a rental and it was trashed. I think we spent 15,000 fixing it. That included a new roof and floors. The management company didn’t care who lived there. They didn’t pay for trash service and just burned everything in the backyard. It was a mess. Maybe your mum could get a tent and live in it until it’s cleaned up, haha! A hostel sounds rough. Kudos to your student!
Kevin has a play date with my nieces ~1.5 year old German shepherd today at the doggie park. Kev isn’t fully vaccinated and isn’t suppose to visit there per the vet. But, Atlas is vaccinated and I hope he can’t catch anything from the ground. I better google it. He and bear are slowly getting to know one another. Edit: oh dang, google says no. Kevin can catch Parvo from other dogs poo. Maybe Atlas will come over to play in the newly fenced in backyard (thanks to me).3 -
@Avidkeo I hope you are pleasantly surprised by the condition of your mum's house tomorrow. But, knowing renters who really don't want to leave..... You might have to change all of the locks, if she doesn't get the keys. Good luck to your student tomorrow.
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Sorry I have been away all day - such a long day! Hobbes did great with the surgery. They took off 3 suspicious spots for biopsy. Hopefully they all come back negative. If any are positive he will need to go back to have better margins. She thinks the issue at agility was that he really didn't feel well from whatever set off the allergies and next time he can have a Zyrtec.Dh and I spent the day moving furniture and cleaning. Took a huge load to Goodwill and have people lined up to come and get furniture on Saturday. Looks like the realtor's photographer will be here on Wednesday or Thursday next week so hopefully we will have things cleaned out enough to take some decent pictures even if we need to just move things around. I am hoping to give some of the furniture to a friend's recently married son and DIL and other stuff I have just listed for free.
Food today was terrible... so much saturated fat. I am really trying to get it under control but it seems like I am always way over. I never used to pay attention and I did ok on all my blood tests but the last few it has been the only one that is high.
I had a hair appointment thin morning for highlights and color. My hairdresser commented that she hadn't gotten to blow-dry my hair in a long time and we should do that, so she did. She was so excited! It made me laugh and she had fun. Dh likes it but not something I would really do at home unless it was a special occasion.@swenson19d - not sure how I missed your post and the pictures! Did the vet say how big she thought 'Kevin' might get to be? He is just so cute! His nose still looks like licorice to me 😁 I hope he got to play with Atlas and that Atlas didn't try to eat that cute licorice nose!
Hobbes got a Parvo booster today too and they want him to come back for a leptospirosis shot and a doggie flu shot. Apparently there is an outbreak of both here but they don't want to give them all at once because there have been reactions.
@avidkeo - hope the renter situation works itself out. We have renters in our house in Baltimore. Fortunately they have been great as were the people before them. Both have/had longterm leases and the current renters are now month to month but we see no reason to change.
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@shanaber What a cute picture of Hobbes. Bless his heart. I hope all the biopsies come back clear. I love your hair too! It's so cute! You look great! Glad you are getting rid of some of Hilde's things. I know that is going to be such a relief.0
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@shanaber love the hair! Glad Hobbes did well and is resting, really glad it was just allergies!
I didn’t take Kevin to the park. I didn’t want to risk him getting any doggie viruses. He’s still going in the house. He’s a sneaky little guy. I think I need to take him to the bathroom with me. Least we have formed stools and he’s going 2-4 times a day rather than 10 or more. Perhaps the improvement will be exponential in the coming week.
The vet said he’d be big. He should be 120-140. He’s ~20-21 pounds this morning (won’t sit still on the scale). I have to loosen his collar every other day. Im checking a few times a day for the loss of his first puppy tooth, vet said that would be about the 12 week mark for him. He should be closing in on 11 weeks. So vet in a week for more shots and official weight. His testicles are “riding high” and probably will descend. I guess that prob is an indication that his bday was incorrect. Idk.
He got a ‘tude with me yesterday over jumping on me and another time chewing and biting. He just sits and barks at me. Lol! Keep yappin’ pal, it’s still a no. Then we have the stare down; “come at me bro” and he yields. He tried to climb into the kitchen through the “window” behind the couch like the cats do a few days ago, dh reigned him in and only whined and frumped about it. He got on the end table and all I had to do was tell him to get off and he did. So I know he can take his stinky business outside rather than dropping it under the table or in dd’s bathroom. Anyway, he’s a hoot. I also realized that I can bake and dehydrate sweet potatoes for him.
He found a stick with a bunch of leaves on it and plucked them all off. He was very proud bringing that stick up from the woods.
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Awwwww to all the doggo photos!
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