Starving Pups

Digging for Food (Sonata 13 wks)

Questioning Why there is no Food (Sonata 13 wks)

Apparently I starve my dogs.  Even though I feed them at 6am, at noon, and again at 6pm, they both inform me that I am being cruel and am starving them.  Sere, who was only being fed twice a day is taking advantage of the situation and starts ringing the bell to inform  me that I have anywhere between 20-30 minutes until their next meal time.  She rings the bell for the whole duration, until the food is placed in front of her.  Sonata on the other hand begins a great food search 3 hours after she is fed, and does not let up until the food magically appears in her bowl.

Pinkeye

Sonata (13 wks) and Thomas

Yep, you read right, my puppy has pink eye.  Pink eye.  Yes, apparently dogs too can get pink eye (vet has assured us that canine conjunctivitis is not able to cross over to humans). So, all that worrying about the puppy class just disappeared, like the morning fog.  There is no reason for her to go to puppy class, since she will have to miss two classes.  Sonata is not allowed to be near any puppies for the next ten days.

We have already checked, the kennel club has not cashed the check, so we are going to call up the credit union and cancel payment on it.  The kennel club down in Medina does a class by class puppy socialization get together.  They are about the same distance out, but with less traffic.  Hopefully I can contact them and find out when they are doing puppy socialization, and also find out what puppy S.T.A.R is all about.  Anyone have any clues? 

Pink eye.  My four legged toddler has pink eye!

Of Skunks...

Last night around 4am I woke up to a horrid stench.  I heard Sere get up and move to the bathroom, to collapse on the floor in there, and figured that she has let loose a real doozy, and tried to stealthily move onto the next room.  Then the smell, instead of dissipating, seemed to become even more intense.  I lay there thinking do we have a carbon monoxide detector?  If so, when was the last time I tested it?  Wouldn't it be down in the basement?  Man it STINKS!  I tried slinking down under the covers, that didn't work.  I tried pulling my shirt over my nose, and glanced at Thomas to see if he had woken yet to the stink bomb.  He hadn't.  THEN I sat there glaring at him wondering if HE was the culprit of the current situation.  Finally I stood up and opened the bedroom door to see if the smell was throughout the house.  Sweet air came wafting through the door.  Without a seconds thought I grabbed my pillow and made a run for the couch.  Curling up in my compter blanket, I was all ready settle in, when suddenly Sonata started to make gagging sounds. 

Sonata 13 wk, Will Not Stay Still for Camera

Now, I agree, the smell was bad, and she was now downwind of the smell, but it wasn't vomit inducing.  Just headache inducing.  Worried, I leaped off the couch and ran over the kennel.  I sat there in front of her doing MORE worrying.  This time it consisted of all the areas that we have traveled over the past few days, what she might have been exposed to, and then remembrances of Sere at the same age throwing up in the kennel.  Cursing fate that at 13 weeks Berners start vomiting I opened the kennel and pulled my puppy out.  Then I took the towel that she was sleeping on, and quickly started to clean up the inside of the kennel.  It was while I was doing this that I found the reason why she was gagging.  Apparently at some point earlier in the day she had gotten a hold of a hair tie (Thomas believes that the cats once more tried to assassinate her), and tried to eat it.  Thankfully she puked it up!

Feeling sorry for the pup, and relived at the same time, I put the leash on her, and took her outside to potty her.  When I opened the door the strong odor of skunk hit the nose.  Apparently, the skunk had sprayed in the backyard, making the bedroom stink.  Having discovered that the house was NOT filling with Carbon Monoxide, I carefully scanned the area, and took the puppy out to potty.

My Phone

Serenade and Sonata (13wks)

Sonata found a new toy today, my phone.  Yes, my Hero has now been puppy tested.  Thankfully it looks like most of the damage was done to the outer plastic bounce shield that I have on it, and not the phone itself.  However, there are now some toothmarks in some rather obvious places.  I need to run some more tests on it now that the slobber has finally dried on it.  Hope that it is all in working order!  Otherwise it is a $100 payment for the insurance.  At that cost I might as well get a new phone, considering that the current phone that I have is a first generation android that we got just before (a week in fact) the new one was released.

Sona (13wks) Chewing on Sere's Groomed Mane

I haven't' really done much with Sonata this week, and I really should.  It has been so hot that she runs outside, does her business, and runs right back up the stairs to get back inside.  It is supposed to be in the ninetys for the rest of this week, and then on Sunday it is supposed to drop down to 68.  Fun times for the sinuses!

Puppy Class

Sonata 12 wks, Comparing Growth to Flip Flop

Well, Friday we went to puppy class.  Apparently our shot records were not up to par, so I have to back into the vet's office and get them to actually write out what shots she has had, and when.  They won't take the check marks that are beside each named vaccine.  Oh, and I was told, "If you don't have the shot records, then we can't let you into the class.  We take the health of our puppies very seriously."  Hrm?  Was that an implication that I don't take the health of my dog seriously?  Yeah, I was a tad bit erked, still am actually.  So it appears I will once more be bothering the staff up at Doylestown.  They will have to write out all her shots for me I suppose.  When I asked the lady what more she wanted, she told me a computer print out of Sonata's upcoming shots.  When I informed her that my vet doesn't use a computer, she was rather disbelieving.  Ah well, I may be getting my check back this Friday.

Sonata 12 wks, Under Foot (or Desk in this Case)

Of course, during the puppy class, it turns out that Sonata is one of the largest pups, and that she is also one of the youngest.  She was terrified of the other puppies, and went to go visit all the humans sitting the chairs, while keeping a wary eye on the activity around her.  I hope she gets over this fear.  I want her to have fun! 

She turns 13 weeks tomorrow,  and last time she was weighed (on Friday) she weighed 21 pounds.