Beowulf
Let them eat cake!
Friday, February 26th, 2010 | Beowulf, Indigo, Litter Mates and Swissy Friends | No Comments
Birthday’s require cake. And lucky for us, the Barkery makes them. Great, because I’m not entirely sure how to make a dog cake. (Note to self, look into cake.)
Indy was a goof for a change. She daintily picked at it in her bowl…
Then proceeded to spread it all over the floor.
Don’t worry, she cleaned up after herself. No crumb left untouched.
We shared with Vasey, of course. Her name was on the cake too! I’m not sure she’s ever had cake before. But she was happy to eat it.
Beowulf being the pig that he is decided to show the ladies how one should eat cake. By putting the entire piece in your mouth at once.
His silly ears get in the way of the pictures. Darn ears.
Finally, we tried to pose the girls for a picture. They were not really in the mood…
Well, maybe just Indy wasn’t…
Happy Friday!
Sisters
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 | Beowulf, Indigo, Litter Mates and Swissy Friends | No Comments
There’s nothing better than sisters, right? Ms. Vasey has been staying with us since last Wednesday. Her first few days were quite hectic because she was adjusting and we still had Basja here. She’s pretty much adjusted now, and she’s having lots of fun.
This is what goes on most days.
And a little of this.
Throw in a touch of this.
At least 30 minutes of this.
Still more of this.
And then a smidge of this.
And then a pinch of that.
Fun!
Role Reversal
Thursday, February 11th, 2010 | Beowulf, Indigo | No Comments
As I mentioned the other day, we have Basja the Dane staying with us for a couple of weeks. Her human mentioned that she might not eat every meal, especially at first, and I believe it’s resulted in a role reversal of sorts in our pack.
Indy, the chow hound Swissy (well, not in comparison to a Beagle, I guess) has been skipping meals. Seriously. At first I thought she wasn’t feeling well or perhaps there was something off with the food. But then I examined the situation and determined that Dan’s assessment was likely right. She is unsure of her place in the pack now because she thinks Basja is here to stay, and it’s affecting her eating patterns. Or she’s emulating Basja. Or she sees Basja’s model-like frame and decided that she’s too heavy (she’s not) and is going anorexic. Either way, she eats when she’s hungry, so we’re good.
The odd thing is Beowulf, mister picky eater who normally takes 10 minutes to eat 1.5 cups of food, has been chowing down. He’s eating fast. Seriously fast. And then he tries to go to the other bowls, Indy’s in particular, to help out. Dan suspects he’s trying to go all beefcake for the new lady in the house. I don’t know what’s up, but it’s rather amusing.
I wonder how things will change next week.
We’ve got a visitor!
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 | Beowulf, Indigo | No Comments
February is the month of dog visitors. Our house is Camp Simon, I guess. We get the dog, their humans go to Hawaii. Doesn’t seem fair to me, to be honest. But it’s nice for us to have dogs for Indy to play with. Like Basja.
Indy and Basja (pronounced Baaasha with the long a) have been going crazy. Nucking futs about covers it, quite frankly. I got home Friday night (late because work stinks sometimes) and it was snowing a bit. I went outside with them to get them to play, and they rampaged for a good 20 minutes. And I mean really rampaged. Not some little fake play, but running everywhere. Indy got rolled a few times in the snow, but appeared to enjoy it. But she has the added bonus of being able to taunt Basja from under the deck because she is just short enough to be able to run around.
We convinced them to play tug with the 4 foot rope on Saturday.
I really need to figure out where I put the Flip camera, because a picture is just not going to do that game justice.
They played for at least an hour on Monday night. After they had calmed down, I went to survey the damage and had to put a fair amount of the furniture back where it normally is. I do believe mister “darn kids get off my lawn,” aka Beowulf, got in on the action last night.
I am so glad they are enjoying themselves.
Sorry, I’ve been a slacker
Monday, January 25th, 2010 | Beowulf, Indigo, Random Stuff | No Comments
I know there haven’t been many posts lately. I could say I’ve been trying to leave the posts about charity stuff up front longer. I could say I’ve been super busy. I think the truth of it is my heart hasn’t quite been in it since we lost Gryffin. But I’m working on it.
To further illustrate my slacker-ness, I’m going to post pictures from our play date two weekends ago. I can’t deprive you of cute pictures, right?
Basja and her human were in town, so we had a get together. I’m enjoying these more than normal (and I’ve always enjoyed them) because since we let Gryffin go, we’ve had to provide more exercise and mental stimulation for Indy. Gryffin did a lot of this for us in the past. So having a few dog friends over (Basja the Dane, Reggie the Saint, and Vasey the Swissy) is good in many ways.
Disclaimer: We had really crappy light. I edited these pictures best I could, but I can’t fix everything!
Here’s Vasey, checking out the scenery.
Basja prowling.
Then the games started.
And they kept going.
Basja likes to catch snow.
I had a really great airborne shot of her, but someone decided to step in front of me while I was shooting. So part of the shot is blocked. Sad.
More running around like crazy dogs.
You’ll notice that Reggie is not usually in the running around pictures.
And of course, we have to make Basja look for squirrels.
And one more shot of the pretty girl because I love her.
That’s it for now. I’ll do my best to try to be interesting this week.
Happy New Year!
Friday, January 1st, 2010 | Beowulf, Gryffindor, Indigo | No Comments
I’m such a mean human. I made the dogs pose with hats and tiaras last night, then left them to hang out with the neighbors.
Gryffn did not like his hat, but Beowulf did. Indy did not seem to mind her tiara. Either way, you benefit, right?
Happy New Year, everyone! May 2010 treat you well.
Winter Pain
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 | Beowulf, Gryffindor, Indigo | No Comments
The dogs love the snow for the most part. At least the Swissies do. But they are not always a fan of the ice or the cold, and sometimes they end up injuring themselves. Usually it’s on the way up the stairs to the back door. Or it’s unhappy pads on the paws from the snow, ice and salt.
So, what do I do, you ask? Great question, if I don’t say so myself.
I’ve learned from past experiences that keeping the steps clear from snow, unless I’m going to continuously salt them, is not always a great idea. They frequently end up full of ice, which means a higher likelihood of someone slipping. I’ve salted back there, but no matter how plant or animal friendly the product claims to be, the dogs pads are super irritated, or the bushes and other stuff back there ends up brown and dead in the spring. So, I tend to leave the snow there and only clear it if it becomes a large block of ice.
I learned last winter that Musher’s Secret is great on paws. It helps with hot or cold pavement, gives them a little extra grip (IMO) when it’s icy, and helps protect against the salt. At this time of year, all the dogs in my house are getting it applied to their pads once a week.
But, inevitably, someone tweaks something. A muscle is pulled, a nerve is pinched…you know, the stuff that makes you wonder if they are hurt bad enough to take them to the vet.
Case in point-Sunday night, Gryffin is hanging out on the stairs near the gate (we keep it up so we don’t have to go find Indy when it’s crate time) looking weird. I thought he might want more water, so I removed the gate and started downstairs. But he wouldn’t come with. He went all the way up, turned around, took two steps down and started whining. After some poking and prodding, it appears is if his front and rear passenger side was tender and caused more whining. We maneuvered him slowly down the stairs and got him on a dog pillow, gave him a nice massage, and a small bit of peanut butter with one buffered aspirin inside. The next morning, the whining was gone, but he was not jumpy like normal. Same with last night and this morning. So we’ve been continuing with the single, buffered aspirin at meal times plus one in the middle of the day. If he’s still having issues in a few days, we’ll make a quick trip to the vet. I don’t want to give Mr. Sensitive Belly aspirin for more than a couple of days, because it will cause other issues.
But this brings up another point–aspirin. Yes, aspirin can be safe for dogs. Not for puppies or cats, though. Most vets recommend approximately 5-10mg per pound of the dog’s weight during a 12 hour period. If you want to be safe, start out with the lower dose, 5mg per pound, and see what happens. If you are uncertain, call your vet.
Snow!
Monday, December 28th, 2009 | Beowulf, Gryffindor, Indigo | No Comments
Sorry I’ve been so quiet lately. There’s really not been much of anything dog-related going on.
But…we did get a lot of snow here this weekend, which makes for happy dogs. (At least for now.) It started on Christmas evening and went through Sunday morning. I’m guessing we had about 6-8 inches total, and it was the fluffy white stuff that the dogs love.
I’ll stop babbling and give you some pictures now.
It’s always best to stop and smell the snow from time-to-time.
Even if you have to shove your nose right on in.
Cautious Basset is cautious. Snow is slippery and girl dogs are sneaky.
As usual, Gryffin loves to pose for pictures.
Gryffin and Indy started to play a bit.
But for the most part, Indy just had the zoomies.
She had them for a while.
My hands started getting numb because she had them for so long.
She finally calmed down.
Which is good, because the old guy was tiring of her antics.
I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday weekend!
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