You catch them taking each other's blood pressure. We were eating lunch at mom & dad's house Sunday and dad noticed that my niece and nephew were on the couch taking each other's blood pressure. :-)
Parental Warning
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
You know your kids are spending too much time at their grandparents' house when....
It looks like Daniel gave Laura a good report!
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Poor Balto. Two weeks ago yesterday (Saturday), he went to the groomer. Apparently The "Balty Dog" either has a skin allergy to the shampoo that was used OR he felt itchy in the area where he received his"sanitary shave". Long story short, he developed "hot spots". I have since read that this is a very common issue with Retrievers. He did it to himself by licking....(lesson learned; we now have an e-collar for him)
Due to unusual circumstances at work last week, I was unable to take any time off. I asked Scott to please take Balto to the vet on Wednesday. He didn't think Balto needed to go. Then, I asked him to please take Balto to the vet on Thursday. He didn't think Balto needed to go. So...we spent Thursday night at the Emergency Veterinary Clinic (cough, cough). Here's what he looked like when we brought him home. I even remember thinking at the time that this picture didn't truly show how red his behind was.
Our sweet boy was in misery. Despite being on antibiotics, painkillers and a cooling spray, no one slept in our house Thursday night. In fact, Balto RAN around the house for 24 solid hours. He wouldn't sit down or drink water. He did, however, have a great appetite. When I came home from work Friday, he stood in front of me, and all of a sudden his eyes started rolling back in his head and he started to fall over. I wasn't sure if he was passsing out, falling asleep or even dying from dehydration. Thankfully, he was falling asleep. Scott was able to get a prescrption from our vet for xanax and we just knocked him out for 2 straight days so he could rest.
Today our boy is feeling reborn! He is the happiest doggy around & wants to play constantly. Life is good again.
(Picture taken 30 seconds ago)
Sunday, January 11, 2015
I'm sitting at my desk staring at the monitor wondering what on earth to write about. Beside me are two sleeping, yet clean, dogs. Blossom and Balto went to the groomer pet spa yesterday. Here's Balto sporting the froggy bandana given to him by the groomer.
Blossom kept scratching at her rose colored bandana so I took it off before I could take a picture. I did take one of her with my dad last night.
My 5K training is going but I have a lot of room for improvement! I only worked out 3 days last week. And....while my diet was better than December, I took the weekend off and ate greasy restaurant food on Saturday and Sunday. Baby steps I guess.
My house is still a mess....I have made NO progress on that front. Our new Sleep Number mattress arrives on Saturday so I will need to get ready. We have to break apart the bed we have now and move it to another room.
Greta is still hating her fluids every night but as soon as she gets them she runs around like a kitten. Within 5 minutes she is purring on a warm lap, happy as can be. Since this post would not be complete without a picture of Greta, I found her sleeping in a spare bedroom and snapped a pic. You can tell by her face that I turned on the light and woke her up.
Wednesday, I start a Marriage Enrichment class at my church. The interesting thing about that is that Scott isn't taking it with me. I keep teasing him that my side of the marriage will be richer than his. I'll let you know how it goes. Have a happy week! My goal is to start posting 3 times a week....we'll see how that goes!