Beowulf
Beowulf is a jerk head
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 | Beowulf | No Comments
OK, not really. He can’t help that he has an electrical storm phobia. But that doesn’t mean I like it when he keeps me up until about 2am.
We had two storms go through last night. The first one make him whine from about 7:30pm-9pm. I gave the calming treats right around 7:30pm when he started. They didn’t help.
The second storm seemed to start around 10pm and went all the way through to 2am. To his credit, Dan tried to go out and calm him down (it did work the night before…) but it only helped for about 5 minutes after he stopped, and then the whining resumed.
I guess it will be a great week. I think we’re expecting storms most evenings. Sad.
Random Stuff
Thursday, April 1st, 2010 | Beowulf, Indigo | No Comments
Facts for your Thursday…
It takes about 3 miles in 80 degree weather to get Indy tired. I added a 4th for insurance.
It takes about 3 blocks in 80 degree weather to get Beowulf tired…
Both walks took almost the same amount of time.
More on those calming treats…
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 | Beowulf | No Comments
I think they do actually work to some extent.
The cleaning people came over this morning and Beowulf was totally whiny. You’d think a storm was approaching from the way he was acting, but it wasn’t. So I gave him two treats and within about 10 minutes, the whining stopped! He still followed me around a fair bit, but in addition to the lack of whining, there was no shaking or any of his other nervous habits.
Perhaps these treats are worth buying again.
They are not cheap.
Follow Up
Monday, March 15th, 2010 | Beowulf | No Comments
Yes, I’m bad. I was supposed to follow up on Friday regarding the Calming treats I gave Beowulf. I’m doing it now instead. I will go hang my head in shame and stare into the corner for 15 minutes.
So here’s the scoop. I’m not sure if the treats worked.
Beowulf stopped whining within 20 minutes of eating the treats, but the storm seemed to go away as well. So it’s really inconclusive at this point. I guess I need to wait for another storm and try again.
Not what you wanted to hear, I’m sure.
Spring Storms
Thursday, March 11th, 2010 | Beowulf | No Comments
Oh, how I love them. I enjoy watching them from the safety of my house or office. I’ve been known to hang out on my front porch and watch them during the day. I do enjoy them quite a bit.
For the most part.
Until I remembered that one of my dogs (cough cough Beowulf cough) gets very nervous with storms. It’s not the noise. I think it’s the barometric pressure. Between him and my knee, we usually know about 2 hours before they hit. So I’ve been dealing with a whiny, nervous basset for the past hour or two.
And then I remembered one of the other things I picked up helping Indy with her anxiety. They’re called Pet Naturals Calming Soft Chews. So I just gave Beowulf a couple. I’m hoping that within an hour or so, he calms down and we can all sleep soundly through the night.
Except that I’m guessing nobody will go outside to the loo tonight.
Tune in tomorrow. I’ll let you know if they helped.
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.
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