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Tenzo Gram Day 2
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I'm not sure what went on over the last
18 hours. "Aunt" and "Uncle" came and I was on my best behavior.
They even commented on my disposition and politeness. Mostly I just
laid on a piece of carpet in the hall and watched them chat in the
living room and then I turned around and watched them eat in the
dinning room.
However, I had a bad night. I had to
keep whining to get them to take me outside. I get back in my
crate, the lights would go off and I would start again. I must have
had them up 3 or 4 times last night. No one got much sleep.
It must have affected me too, because I
peed on the just washed carpet in the kitchen (again). She was
really angry about that.
The good news is how many babes stopped
to call me cute and rub my hair on the path this morning. I had to
stop 3 times today for them.
We went 3 miles and he says I'm getting
bigger (and look longer too).
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Tenzo Gram Day 3
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Boy, from penthouse to dog house a quick
as I can hunch down.
They kept me awake from 4:00 pm to 10:30
pm and I slept all night. Yipped around 3:30, but no one came so I
went back to sleep.
Went for a walk this am, but tired out
around the 2 3/4 mark. We came home and he wanted to send an email
so I pooped on the carpeting (the soft kind that got on my leash in
two places and left remains on the floor that he had to wash off and
scrub. What does it mean when he says "I hope you can go home
sooner than September"??? He keeps telling me I'll get mine today
when I visit the vet. What does he mean?
"T"
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Tenzo Gram Day 4
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Well, we didn't go for a walk this
morning. His nose is stuffy. I could have told him that.
I stayed wake from 3 pm until 10:15 pm
and then slept the whole night through.
He claims my BMs are getting more
predictable. 6 am, about 8 - 8:30, 4:30 - 5:00, and then around
9:30 - 10 pm. Usually I eat about 6:30 am and 6 pm.
I am looking shaggy with longer hair.
The black seems more pronounced.
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Tenzo Gram Day 5
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What a day... I can hardly keep my eyes
open. In fact, I'm going to take a nap and have him finish this
update for me.
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Well, Tenzo enjoys a nap in the
morning. Today we left for the groomers at 8:30 and I picked him up
at noon.
When we went in, there were 3 standard
poodles (black) and another black dog that could have been a mix of
Retriever and/or something else. All were big dogs. Tenzo's head
wouldn't touch their bellies if he walked under them.
He didn't bark or act nervous. Easily
went to the female groomer.
When I came back to pick him up, the
groomer was holding him and another girl were "talking" to Tenzo.
When she saw me girl #1 (the groomer) said what a cute dog he
was. #2 agreed. They asked if they could give him a dog cookie. I
said okay and they fed him a bite at a time. I asked how he behaved
and they said he was fine. Even the male groomer commented on how
cute he was and they all wanted to play with him. They also thought
he was cute with his tongue sticking out. She trimmed around his
paws and said he was done and brought him to me. He wanted to stay
with them. I paid the bill ($29) and out we went. I put him down
outside the door and he wanted to go back in.
When we got to the car, I picked him up
and tried to put him on the passenger seat. He wanted to stay with
me. He settled on my lap with his head buried in my elbow and slept
on and off, the whole way home. Had a tinkle outside, came in and
flopped on the floor by my seat and the table and closed his eyes.
However, if I moved out of the room he woke up and watched to make
sure I didn't go to far.
Right now he is sleeping under the
computer desk.
He looks better with the shorter hair,
but I'm not sure if the cut was such a great job. His hair looks a
little rough to me, like a bad cut might. On the other hand, maybe
the washed hair provides that look. Sort of like the young male
stars look today.
P.S. He stayed awake until 10:15 (with
my help) and slept until 6 am when I turned the lights on.
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Tenzo Gram Day 6
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Tenzo Gram Day 7
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Boy what a couple of days. Friday
started off normally, that is I woke around 6 am and did both my
things then came back in the house. Then around 6:30, He went
to shave and shower (most unusual). With nothing better to do,
I decided I wanted to have another BM. Again she missed my
signal because she was reading the paper, so I left another BM
on the small carpet in the hall between the living and dinning
rooms. She shrieked and said bad boy, but everything was cool.
She left around 7 and then He and I went outside but I just
didn't have it in me anymore (ha, ha).
But, then he put me in the crate and
left. He didn't return until noon. Later in the afternoon it
rained and we had lots of lightening and thunder. They left me
again for about 1 1/2 hours and then we were together until
bed-time around 10:00. I slept until he went with me outside at
7 am so I could relieve myself.
About 9 she took me outside for
another double feature and then we went to the path for a walk.
They stopped at one mile for coffee/tea and muffins. Quite a
few people stopped by including some nice kids from Erie. A
couple of ladies stopped us on our walk to run their fingers
through my hair and say nice things. He kept saying to her "see
what I mean about women stopping to talk to Tenzo"?
Anyway we went to feed the car (gas)
and then stopped at the grocery store. He walked me down to the
post office (where several times ladies stopped us to talk to me
and tickle me. We walked back up to the store to wait for Her
and again, several more women including a cute 18-20 year old,
wanted to know my name and gave me an affectionate squeeze if
you know what I mean. A young maintenance worker nearby asked
what kind of dog I was, what was my name,etc. He then offered
the thought that I was a chick magnate and the young man said
"yea, I just saw that girl come out of the store and stop to
chat with him. Maybe I should get me a Shih Tzu".
Then we came home and did some
pruning of the bushes next to the porch.
I think we're going down to the path
tomorrow too.
"T"
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Dear Tenzo;
I'm not sure it's going to be safe
for you to come home. I caught Mom calculating the earliest
possible date that she can have you 'fixed'. Don't be fooled
by the word, it doesn't 'fix' anything, in fact, it actually
breaks something.
I found this cabin in the
woods that you can hide in starting in October. You can go up
ahead of me and get everything straightened out. Mom seems a
little to obsessed with this 'fix'ing and I'm guessing that I
may need a place to hide in June.
Take care and keep sleeping on
your stomach.
John
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