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05/15/10 |
         
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My time at the Grandparents
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I slept until seven this morning. I
enjoyed the rest. They keep me up in the afternoon and evening.
But, they're walking my paws off. We
started with a two mile walk this morning which wasn't too bad.
Then we went to Simmons fruit and vegtable market (where some lady
heaped praise on me) for some peaches and corn. We came back home
and then around 1:30, she gets the idea we should walk around the
Peters woods lake. It is a pretty lake with a small path that
meanders through the trees (more like a forest). I had to jump over
tree branches and big twisty roots. All told, I'm guessing it was
about 2 to 3 miles to go around. Whatever the distance, I've had my
exercise for the week.
I think I'll take a nap now.
"T"
I only thought I had my exercise for the
week. Today we went for another 2 3/4 mile walk. A lady stopped to
talk to me. She is owned by a Shih Tzu. This her 2nd owner. The
first one died. She said I looked beautiful. Her husband came
jogging up and she called for him to came say "hello" to me. Their
owner is 12 years old. Both said my breed is a great dog. And yet
another stopped to say hi and comment about how cute I looked. All
in all, I'm not letting it go to my head, even though I know they
speak the truth.
Last night I was so tired, I went into
my kennel at 9 pm. She then gave me a pretty big bone to chew on
and that kept me up until 9:45. Then he took it away and to bed I
went. I'm still sleepy this morning.
"T"
I'm not sure what to think... It was so
horrible, I can't remember what happened except for the pain.
Let me back up. He took me to see the
vet (he said call him Greg). When I got there a fairly old dog was
sitting with a elderly couple. I really wanted to go up to him and
play kissy-face but he wouldn't let me. I just had to get to this
new creature. But no, he flipped me over and rubbed my belly gently
and you know what that does to my intentions. Anyway, that dog was
called in and after a bit they wanted my weight. I stepped on this
scale and it read 4 lbs, 8 oz. I think that's a good weight for
me. Shortly after they took us to an examination room. And then
Greg came in.
After he started to look at me he
started laughing about my tongue sticking out. He asked if I always
did that and He said pretty much. Greg thought it was funny. When
asked if that (the tongue sticking out) wasn't normal, he said it
was a-typical. He hadn't seen it before.
Anyway, he swabbed my ears, looked at my
eyes, had his hands all over me and listed to my heart with a
stethoscope. He pronounced me in good health and nothing appeared
of any concern. He then took off the leash and said he would come
back with me after I had my shot. Once he carried my into the next
room, my mind's a blank. I do recall squealing once but that was
it. He brought me back into the room and that was that. I got a
metal tag that says I've had my rabies shot.
He said I should reach full size between
9 and 12 months. I could go up to 12-14 lbs. Maybe a bit more,
maybe a bit less. But I've got to starting putting on the lbs if
I'm going to reach my full size in 9 months.
Not much to report today (so far). He
took the car to get inspected and left me home. I was disappointed
but he left me with a bacon bone. So all in all, it wasn't too
bad.
We were going for a walk when he came
home (he was gone about 1 1/2 hours) but it started to drizzle and
he didn't want to get his fur wet. So we're enjoying one of those
"I could have slept this morning" mornings.
"T"
Every day, something new to throw me
off. About 11 0'clock he decides to go for a walk. Three miles...
I made him pull me for the first half. Then a nice lady walked back
with us. She asked all types of questions about me. She said I'm
the type of dog she intends to get. No I'm worried about being
abducted.
Mom talks to me all the time. She acts
like I'm a grand child.
This morning the Township workers are
out to pave Brookdale Road, so after Norma left we walked to the
entrance and looked at all the big equipment. Then a big worker
walked up to us. (He weighed about 280, had a bandanna [bikers
style] under his hard hat. Wore a T-shirt that said vote yes for
the union workers... get the picture??)
Anyway, he asks if I'm a Shih Tzu. He
said yes. The guy says he knew it because he has one. His is about
6 years old. He said they are great dogs. He gets his hair cut
every month. (By the way, one of his ancesters weon the AKC
Westminster Kennel show.. price for his was $1600. His wife worked
with the owner, otherwise it would have been $3000.) Another worker
came up and he said, "See, I told you it was a Shih Tzu". About
that time the asphalt milling machine started up and we walked back
to the house.
P.S. Today will be day 4 of no
accidents.
Every day I feel like I can't believe
what happens. This morning we wet for another walk. I didn't
want to go, so I "resisted for the first half mile and we turned
around and I still resisted. That will show him who's the boss.
Unfortunately, he took me back to the
car where he had a towel (it had recently rained again) whereupon
he vigorously rubbed me dry, threw me in the car and we came
home. I promptly took a nap.
This afternoon, when she came home, I
went out and didn't want to come in. They forgot my leash was
off. I ran out into the driveway (where it was raining) and still
wouldn't come in. he had to track me down in the yard on the
side. He was upset with me.
Apparently to get even, they gave me a
bath in the stationary tub. First the wetness, then the shampoo,
then the rinse, then the conditioner (for thicker fuller hair) and
then cold vinegar and another rinse.
I'm still regular (I had BM's 3 times
so far, I tell you that so you know they are feeding me although
when I do get a taste of "real" food I like it. I had a teensy
scrap of steak last night and a blueberry (which I played with
before eating after it fell on the floor). Tonight he was having
smoked salmon and didn't know there was liquid in the pouch. It
spilled on the floor and I got to a lot of it first.
I do have to admit I tinkled on the
floor downstairs in the family room last night ( I didn't want to
go out in the rain). He took me out anyway and then promptly put
me in my crate. I slept until 6 am.
"T"
I'm attacking the white battery dog as
he types this for me. All in all the last 1/2 day was win some,
lose some. For example, I did sleep last night... that's a win.
but I had to go to the potty at 4:45 am. I guess that's a loss
(from their perspective, not mine).
Then this morning the gave me a taste
of her blueberry tea cake. That was a yum, yum win. Only one
piece, that was a loss.
When she left for work, we went for a
walk down on the path. I partially cooperated on the mile up so
that was a loss. On the way down, he said I did really good. I
walked beside him for most of the way and didn't need to be
pulled. So that was a win.
During our walk we met a BIG Golden
Retriever who was slobbering all over the place. Meeting him was
nice ( a win for neighborliness). But having him slobber on my
nice clean hair was a bummer (loss). I also met a REALLY BIG
dog. He was down on all 4 legs and his rump was still higher than
me. I think he was a BIG Great Dane. He was nice and didn't get
upset when I nosed him in the face. That was a win. I did get
the usual... "oh how cute" from a group of 4 girl runners, a
single girl runner and several elderly couples. I also got a few
smiles and grins from others. All in all, a win for the start of
the day.
"T"
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