Mindless Chatter - thurs

You know Julie dogs can be a bit like children. He could be acting out a bit because of Lily. He needs adjustment time too. Don't worry too much about it, just keep working on him. Don't show frustration.

I sat on 3 horses last night. I haven't swung my leg over that many in a LONG time. I loved it. I rode the pony Rain, then got the opportunity to ride a nice kids horse Candor. Then I sat on my Petie and walked him around for about 20 min. I think we will be trotting this weekend.

This AM on the way into work I heard the song by Garth Brooks "The Dance", I love that song but the opening verse and chorus made me think of Sayler and the tears just started streaming down my face. Of course now I have to deal with protein deposits on my contacts all day as a result. He sneaks up on me still from time to time and I can't stop the flood waters. Most of the time I smile and remember him, but there are times I can't get over he is gone.
 

 Can't recall how old Neiko is but it could just be adolescence kicking in or just reversion because Lily is younger and less trained.  I think you said he's an Omega type, you probably know more about that than me but he could just be morphing.

This week is killing me too, time change, early pollen explosions, beautiful weather but 27* in the morning and 70* in the afternoon and a strange schedule that means up at 6 the latest and lots of clients wanting 8pm or 9pm sessions.  I am totally a morning person so these sessions are really difficult for me, I need to spend 30-45 minutes after them writing them up or at least sketching my response.

Bugsy's tail is better YAY! but I think he got some chicken the other night and he is an itchy scratchy mess.  There are days I wish I didn't have to do something to help him feel better.  That said he's had me cracking up all morning and has just collapsed next to me.

Max's Mom I know that song and can see how it would get to you - I'm so sorry for your loss 

 I can just imagine how happy you were on those horses last night. The weather was awesome all day and if I hadn't had a bad headache I would have been out enjoying it like you were.

I'm not sure what to think about Neiko right now. He is 14 months old - Lily is 11 months old. Lily doesn't listen like Neiko does (or used to) and I think that Neiko is picking up on that. The world used to revolve around me in his eyes and that is slightly changing. I need to get that back by re-developing our "team" mentality. Not only did he run off with Lily when we were supposed to be playing frisbee but when I was loading them all in the car, he was just about to jump in when he changed his mind and took off to the neighbors year. He stayed just out of my reach too and would not come or listen to any command. Maybe he is testing me and now is the time to get him back in to obedience.

 He has been doing a lot of humping of Lily and Dakota though lately. I tend to think that is him trying to move up in the pack but he's still the most "omega-ish" when it comes to doggy language
 

Dakota is acting weird today. She refused to eat her kibble until I put wet food in there (we have gone a week without wet food!). She couldn't get up off the kitchen floor yesterday when I got home from work (that was hard to watch - I thought that I was going to have to help her up). She didn't sleep in the bedroom last night (very odd for her) and was just moping around in general this morning.

Oh and Lily peed right in front of me in the basement this morning.

Not a good day for me and the dogs! 

Jewlieee

Not a good day for me and the dogs! 

Sounds like an understatement!

I bet these changes with Neiko are adolescence + new dog/change of pack.  Formal training (again) will likely be of good use for him and for your relationship with him.  I am taking Bugs to a class that starts next week because I started to see some changes in him that I wanted to stay on top of - mostly it is a late adolescence and maturity have increased his boldness like he needed that! He is such an independent thinker that it is a constant battle to make sure he listens.

Anyway I hope you feel better today and the dogs give you a break.  I hate hearing about Dakota's ill health 

Not to rub it in, but I slept beauuuutifully last night. I didn't wake up once!

Today is going to be rushing around day. I am working where I am right now, entering the data on tax returns until 1:30, or maybe I will skip out 15 minutes early. They are keeping my mom in the hospital for a few days. She had a blood transfusion, and has internal bleeding coming from somewhere. I'm not sure if they determined where it was coming from last night or not. Anyway, I dropped her off there yesterday, but she wanted me to get her somethings, so I didn't get a chance to go back out there to see her. I have to make it out there sometime today to see her and bring her the stuff she asked for. I also have a meeting I have to go to this afternoon, and I am probably skipping another one this evening, as I think that is when I am finally going to get out to see my mom.

Also, I am feeling horribly jittery today. I took a medication I have taken plenty of times before, but I am now taking the regular stuff, and not the extended release. On a positive, and sort of negative, I am typing in hyperspeed. I entered 7 returns in less than an hour. I usually do 5-6 in an hour. At least when I'm typing, I'm not moving around as much in the chair. I feel like I could concur the world in terms of getting stuff done today, and I would love to take advantage of that, though I am not sure I really like this all that much. When it wears off, I think i'm going to be exhausted. At least I don't really have much to do tomorrow. Maybe I am just doing this to keep my mind off of other things though. I sort of hope that's what it is, otherwise, I'll have to consider whether I want to pay more for the extended release, or stop taking it all together.

Julie, Salem started acting the same way starting at about 1 1/2 years. All of his training went completely out the window. He did the oposite of absolutely everything we told him. He also got really into running away and playing "catch me if you can". He even regressed in his potty training. He was absolutely infuriating! It didn't last long though. We just worked on training, and by 2 he was my good boy again. It's probably a mix of his age and a new younger playmate. Salem had a little regression when we brought Cheza in although it wasn't as bad as when he hit adolesence. I'm not looking forward to when Cheza hits that age.

Sorry to hear about Dakota. I know that has to be really hard for you.

Salem lost his limp now, so he seems to be on the mend. Good News! DH for some reason thought it would be smart to feed Cheza some pizza when I wasn't around so I was up with her again last night. I'm looking forward to the weekend. I really need to catch up on sleep.

I think we should all just skip day and try again tomorrow. I forgot to add earlier that I am expecting Max to explode at some point today. My dad left the gate open to the upstairs, and he took a bag of Jolly Ranchers. I have no clue how many he ate, but he didn't want to finish his food last night, which was not good, because I was trying to get him to eat some pumpkin, so at least if he does explode, it won't be too horrible. I was going to give him a tums or something this morning, but I couldn't find it.

So yeah, let's all go to sleep, and try again for a better day tomorrow.

 We got 4" of snow last night. I'm so ready for spring.

Poor Dakota--she's my favorite on here.  I love hearing about her.  Maybe you'd be up for trying the z/d cans and see how that works for her?   Willow is extremely fussy and as you know has a lot of issues and is doing really well and eating well on it. 

We hiked today and now I'm off to get ready for work.  I'm late already. 

Hopefully, I can get out early.  I'm really sick of working and ready to put in for a vacation. 

Hope everyone has a great day today!

Lori

I took Dakota back to the vet and actually got a vet that knew about nutrition! yay. Too bad it was just a visiting vet filling in for someone. Anyhow, she suggested that since Dakota isn't losing weight that maybe it is an ingredient intolerance. So she put Dakota on Steriods and Iams Low residue food for the next few weeks. Cross your fingers that Dakota will even eat this stuff!

*I'm sooooo sick of cleaning up my basement! 

She's so beautiful, I hope it helps her.

Me too! Thank you for the well wishes 

Julie, each of my dogs became pushy adolescents between 13-18 months.  Shooter is still in that stage now.  Some days he remembers every command, other days he just looks at me, gives me the finger, & continues to do what he wants.  I'm hoping that he's still in that pushy stage, & not just in a$$hole dachshund mode.  On days that he's being a jerk, we work harder on obedience.

Ann, there will come a day when you hear "the dance" and resist the urge to cry, though you will likely always think of Sayler when you hear that song. 

My horse & I had a minor disagreement today.  I thought that we had agreed to go over a jump, & at the last second, he reconsidered.  He refused the jump, & I flew over his head, & landed on a rail.  My poor shoulder is aching right now.  We have our first show next weekend, & currently, we are nowhere near prepared.  Ohn well, we'll just have to work a little harder. 

BF & I are getting married.  He asked Sunday night  & I said yes.  I freaked out a little, at first with a few fears & concerns, but after some guidance from a few god friends, I'm really excited.  A friend sent me links to all kinds of cool wedding sites, so I've been checking them out.  I *think* that I want a destination wedding.  I really like a few places in the Bahamas, & there is one beach in The Grenadines that looks gorgeous.