Beowulf the Basset
UGH!!!!
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 | Dogs | No Comments
Guess what happened to me this morning?
Come on, guess!
OK, I can’t hear you, so I will just assume you’ve thought about it for a second.
I. STEPPED. IN. DOG. POOP.
WITH. BARE. FEET.
I can’t come close to describing the horror of this morning. After stepping in loosely-formed dog excrement, I hopped across the house on one foot to the kitchen, wiped off my foot with paper towels, hopped into the bathroom there and started the shower. Lucky for me we have a removable shower head, so I was able to clean off my foot (it got between my toes) without requiring a full shower.
I did seriously consider going back to bed until tomorrow to start fresh. But honestly, I’m not sure that would help wipe the horror from my memory.
*SIGH*
Words
Friday, April 16th, 2010 | Dogs | No Comments
I read this morning that dogs can learn about 250 words. I’m not sure if that’s true for Indy, but I started thinking about it. I think Alex understood full sentences, but the others definitely know words. I feel compelled to list them for some reason.
Food
Eat
Walk
Truck
Down
Sit
Stand
Come (well, maybe)
No
Good
Bad
Treat
Quiet (again, debatable)
Out
Stay (on a good day)
Ride
Paw
Hmmm, that doesn’t seem to be 250. I guess you can add their names to it. Then maybe some phrases. I’m not sure how many of the words they know, or if they understand the cadence or tone.
Do you wanna go for a…
Who wants to eat
Who wants a treat
Sit pretty
Time for dinner
Kennel up
I’m curious what other people’s dogs know.
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!
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