animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

play date

Ralphie and I met up at the Windber Rec dog park with one of my coworkers/employees and her dog yesterday. They ran around like a bunch of loonies for about two hours. They had met before at the office, so we knew they’d play nicely together. When we were getting …

it’s always something

Sylvia had been throwing up for most of a week, so I called the vet and they wanted me to bring her in. The vet could not find anything wrong with her, so he gave her an anti-nausea shot. She did much better after this, but then started throwing up …

supermutt

I had Ralphie’s DNA tested through Wisdom Panel and his results were rather surprising: 25% Australian Shepherd 12.5% Basset Hound 12.5% Bulldog 12.5% Golden Retriever 12.5% Labrador Retriever 12.5% Mastiff 12.5% Siberian Husky I was guessing German Shepherd/Beagle mix. Maybe with some Collie thrown in. But that wasn’t even close.

not broken

Ralphie had his neuter surgery yesterday. He did well with it and didn’t seem too out of sorts last night besides a lot of whining (he’s normally a whiner, but this was a lot more than usual). I figured he’d conk out early and I was kind of tired, so …

pupdate

Things are going great with Ralphie. I took Monday off work so we could get acclimated and then I worked from home on Tuesday. The two of us went into the office the rest of the week and he did really well there. He and Esme got along well, as …