Brittany got herself caught today when she was being naughty. I was watching a show on my laptop and paused it to go to the bathroom. While I was in there, B. went into an area where she knows she is not supposed to go, which also just happened to be near where I left my paused laptop. Somehow, she accidentally touched the laptop and unpaused it, and the show I was watching started again. I made it back just in time to see her jump two feet in the air!

Our dog likes to snuggle with the grand baby and is very protective of us all. Our dog is no special breed. He’s a rescue dog and we hope to get him involved in our healthcare as a medical dog. His name is Oliver, Olly for short. He goes everywhere with us and he enjoys being off his leash. What dog doesn’t, right? :)

I'm so sorry! Did he get into something he shouldn't?

My sweet moon baby is terrified of storms. And we had a wicked one last night and milder ones today and unfortunately she is in panic mode. I had to give her anti-anxiety medication last night. It’s interesting how she knows a few hours before they’re going to come.

Turned 4 yrs old....
 

What a gratifying age to be for Ms Sasha!

She has overcome the anxiety of the local emergency sirens every Monday at 12pm noon-(loved to howl at them).

She has overcome the need to expel urine when greeting new comers and old comers alike when they visit-(bladder surgery was not an option).

She has overcome the need to chase the critters: furry and feathered alike-(they can eat and drink under her watchful eye though).

She can reserve her desire to devour all things edible-(Her reservation is a trait I could learn from).

Ms. Sasha has overcome living with her totally obsessed owner/caregiver/housekeeper who will forever be grateful that she is in her world for better or worse!

Happy Birthday Ms Sasha :birthday:

Love ya girl :dog:

Ks-

Brittany has gained 22 pounds. She weighed 57 before; now she weighs 79.

I didn't believe her vet's office when they told me I had ordered the wrong size of Nexgard for her weight. I took Brittany to their office and they reweighed her.

I don't know where she has put it though. That's a large percentage of her body weight. She doesn't appear to have any fat, though. She didn't seem underweight at 57 pounds either.

I thought she was about two years old when I got her, but maybe she was younger and she has just grown into her adulthood. I will have to ask the vet next time we see her.

Brittany had an upset tummy today. Not sure why, we haven't given her anything unusual. I hope it's over.

Brittany turned my mattress pad and blanket into her new bed. I suppose it's my fault for leaving them on the floor after I stripped them off the bed, instead of putting them in the laundry right away. She swirled them around on the floor until they were to her liking, and promptly went to sleep. Now I kind of hate to take them away from her; she likes them more than she likes her doggy bed. I think I'm going to look and see if I have some old ones in the linen closet for her to have. If I don't find any, I'll see if Amazon has some less expensive ones.

Brittany is home from the spa! (That's what we call the kennel.) I think they overfed her or gave her more treats than I had approved, because she was not interested in the celebratory French fries I had brought her.
But she was so excited to see me! And when we got home, she had to check out her yard first, and then we went inside and she got excited all over again to see the boy. She then took a nap under the kitchen table. (She has a bed under there, and there's also an air vent down there that she likes to snuggle up to.) All was right in her world, and ours too.

I bought Brittany a weird new present:

https://i.imgur.com/6yqMXWwm.jpg


This is what it looks like unrolled:

https://i.imgur.com/efsfiUMm.jpg


It took me 14 minutes to roll up all of the ribbons with a treat in each one. Brittany looked at me dubiously for a few seconds after I gave it to her, but once she sniffed it, she figured it out pretty quickly:

https://i.imgur.com/Isr1L7jm.jpg


Now she is studiously unscrolling it in the hallway.

Brittany had an upset tummy again today. I have got to figure out what she's getting into and get rid of it. It has to be something in the yard. But nothing identifiable "comes up". Maybe she just has a sensitive tummy.

Spent her last day in doggie boarding school. I'm back from our vacay and will pick her up tomorrow. I missed her so much!

Brittany played quite a bit today. She also napped a lot. This evening she watched game 2 of the World Series with us.

Brittany was "at attention" when the delivery guy brought the groceries, but she was not straining to get away or lunging. She's so good!

Two of four pups enjoyed keeping me company on the cedar swing in the sunshine.

Blade's pup has watched football with him all day.

My senior pup is doing good on her new meds and has rested comfortable today.

The youngest 2 pups played hard today and crack me up how much they adore each other.

Brittany started learning how to catch things that aren't thrown straight at her. She's already good at catching things that are thrown high, but not so good at judging how to move from side to side. By the time we finished, she was starting to get it. She had the concept, just not the moves yet.

Brittany is sick to her tummy. She hasn't been able to keep any of her dog food down for two days. Today I just fed her a banana, and when she did okay with that, I scrambled an egg for her. So far, so good. I will give her a little bit of pumpkin and some rice tomorrow and see how she does with that.

Brittany has been doing well for three days with increasing amounts of egg, banana, pumpkin and chicken broth/rice. Tomorrow I will start adding small amounts of her regular food and see how she does with that.

I'm also going to start feeding her three times a day with a slow feeder bowl (instead of twice a day out of a regular bowl). Slow feeder bowls are on sale at Chewy!

My cats are being lazy freeloaders. A friend of mine got me "cat crocs" and I tried to do a photo shoot with them wearing the crocs but they gave me a hard "no". Now they are sleeping next to their abandoned shoes.

Brittany has continued to not be able to keep her dog food down, but we tried it again today - just a half scoop, with some pumpkin, and chicken broth rice with some pumpkin for another meal. I also gave her half a banana and an egg for another small meal. She kept it all down so here's hoping.

I caught her trying to eat paper twice, and I got to her before she swallowed any, so that may be part of her problem. She loves to make confetti. I had no idea how much paper was in my house until I had a dog who could find it anywhere.

Dog food warning - AND, Brittany's fine
 

We finally figured out the source of Brittany's tummy problem; I had accidentally bought her the high protein dog food instead of the regular. The labels for Purina One are very similar, and I had ordered it delivered by Kroger, so I did not have a chance to closely inspect the bags at the store.

I told my sister about the problems Brittany was having, and she said the same thing happened to my niece's dog. Her vet explained that it happens all the time when people get the high protein version of their dog food. (And hers was Pedigree, not Purina One.)

So we threw out the high protein food, got the right food, and started giving it to her in small and then ever-increasing amounts along with her "sick" food (rice in chicken broth, pumpkin, egg). For a few days now she has been completely back on her regular food with no problems, and she's had a few small Pup-peroni pieces as rewards, and she's had a couple of half bananas. She's doing just fine.

I really want to spread the word about that high protein food, though. There may be some hard-working dogs who need it, but it seems like it makes an awful lot of dogs sick.

I probably shouldn't be thinking about changing Brittany's diet so soon after we got her tummy straightened out, but have any of you tried an air dried kibble, like The Pet's Table? I did try Brittany on Dr. (somebody's) dog food once and she liked it, but it was way too expensive. The Pet's Table is about the same as what I spend on Purina One. Do you have any experience with it?

I often give B a single knotted dish towel with treats wrapped up in it for her to untie and get the treats out. But today I double knotted the towel. She gave me kind of a dirty look. and it didn't take her very long to figure out how to unknot it. I didn't think it would, but I was afraid she might not even try. No problem, she went for those treats!