Soo okay.. no picture to go along with this post (you will thank me). My first bit of time off work in a long time as well as my first Thanksgiving at my new house has gone well. Today is the first day in the last 4 days that I have been able to get out of the house. I have been *SICK* (a lot of good that flu shot did me). I will spare everyone the details but I was just short of going insane from cabin fever (and probably regular fever too).
My sweet (ahem) little puppy has really been a ton of help making sure that I don't ever get too comfortable. Despite that I was too sick to go into work Rags stills needs to be let out at 3 am to pee (I am pretty much used to this little fact of life now). She is also used to having at least one good sized walk during the day at some point. It has been nearly a week since I have been well enough to get off the couch much less go for a high energy walk. So she has been trying to entertain herself (un-successfully IMHO) for the last few days. We sound wonderful together. I hack and cough, she whimpers because I am not playing enough. So to compensate for not being able to take her for a walk, I have been letting her spend more time out in the backyard where I assumed (wrongly) that she would stay out of trouble back there and let me have some time to myself. She learned the fine puppy art of hole digging. Yep. A nice mud-drool covered puppy greeted my less than optimum spirits at the backdoor earlier today and after a short (about 5 second) investigation I discovered the source of the mud as being a grave she was digging for her tennis ball. A bath and related mud cleanup chores ensued and now a very grumpy flu-ridden Kristen are hoping that the bored puppy shenanigans are over for the time being.
ARGWTFBBQ?!
Friday, November 27, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Awwwww
Here's a cute update:
As you can see she is adorable. That bone didn't last more than an hour from when that picture was taken. She definitely didn't need any training on how to work through that bone. I have given her something more difficult (a Kong bone) that is posing more of a challenge.
She hasn't eaten any more of my things though which is the important bit.
Who can resist the cuteness?!
As you can see she is adorable. That bone didn't last more than an hour from when that picture was taken. She definitely didn't need any training on how to work through that bone. I have given her something more difficult (a Kong bone) that is posing more of a challenge.She hasn't eaten any more of my things though which is the important bit.
Who can resist the cuteness?!
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Rags
So I got a new friend today. I came to the conclusion that my life was not complicated enough or expensive enough so I adopted a dog. I love doggies and have been wanting my own for quite some time. I had been searching the shelters and humane society web sites and visiting them for a couple weeks and today I met Rags.
The one year old Shar Pei was just to cute and too lovable to leave and I had to have her. In typical Oregon fashion it was raining like crazy outside and surprisingly crowded inside. The under-staffed Oregon Humane Society people were very helpful but things went very slowly. A few hours after arriving though I had my new best friend and we were on our way home.
She slept most of the way home and was a perfect angel while we were around her. She doesn't jump up on people, seems to be pretty well house trained and was otherwise a big cutie.
I needed a lot of pet supplies (not knowing before then what sort of dog I was going to adopt I didn't buy anything before hand) and a trip to the pet store was in order. The problem was, what to do with Rags? The people at the humane society suggested not taking her with me until she had a few days to adjust to her new home and people and she was so sleepy I decided she would be ok for a short while so I could buy things like food, toys, and a kennel (emphasis on that last on there).
Upon pulling back into the d
riveway I noticed she had not been sleeping the whole time I was gone. She undoublty did not approve of my leaving and decided to let me know by eating my window blinds tearing up my door frame and leaving a big pile of poo in the kitchen.
Needless to say, I regretted the decision to leave her alone with free reign of the house and put together her new kennel. She isn't fond of it but she tolerates it well when I have to leave now. I gave her some food and toys and planned my attack on replacing the now somewhat sad blinds. A trip to Lowes was in order! I kenneled the dog much to her disappointment and then proceeded to lock myself out of the house. Yep. As if my day wasn't complete enough I locked myself out.
Fortunately, I had given someone a spare key and they were able to get it to me to get back into my house (after spending $$ at Lowes on new blinds) and I was able to spend a nice relaxing evening with my new friend, a cordless drill, and new window blinds. She is now currently back to being adorable and a couch potato.
Awwwww aren't they cute?
The one year old Shar Pei was just to cute and too lovable to leave and I had to have her. In typical Oregon fashion it was raining like crazy outside and surprisingly crowded inside. The under-staffed Oregon Humane Society people were very helpful but things went very slowly. A few hours after arriving though I had my new best friend and we were on our way home.She slept most of the way home and was a perfect angel while we were around her. She doesn't jump up on people, seems to be pretty well house trained and was otherwise a big cutie.
I needed a lot of pet supplies (not knowing before then what sort of dog I was going to adopt I didn't buy anything before hand) and a trip to the pet store was in order. The problem was, what to do with Rags? The people at the humane society suggested not taking her with me until she had a few days to adjust to her new home and people and she was so sleepy I decided she would be ok for a short while so I could buy things like food, toys, and a kennel (emphasis on that last on there).
Upon pulling back into the d
riveway I noticed she had not been sleeping the whole time I was gone. She undoublty did not approve of my leaving and decided to let me know by eating my window blinds tearing up my door frame and leaving a big pile of poo in the kitchen.Needless to say, I regretted the decision to leave her alone with free reign of the house and put together her new kennel. She isn't fond of it but she tolerates it well when I have to leave now. I gave her some food and toys and planned my attack on replacing the now somewhat sad blinds. A trip to Lowes was in order! I kenneled the dog much to her disappointment and then proceeded to lock myself out of the house. Yep. As if my day wasn't complete enough I locked myself out.
Fortunately, I had given someone a spare key and they were able to get it to me to get back into my house (after spending $$ at Lowes on new blinds) and I was able to spend a nice relaxing evening with my new friend, a cordless drill, and new window blinds. She is now currently back to being adorable and a couch potato.
Awwwww aren't they cute?
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