going bye-bye

Well I had to go to the drs on Saturday, and so when I went to get my prescription I thought Merlot would want to go bye-bye. So off to Fred Meyer we went... She seemed to do ok on the very short drive, we had to wait in the drive up window for about 10 minutes. She did well there too, except when a couple of people walked by she barked, glad I was stopped because WOW was that bark loud. It turns out she peed her kennel and had to sit in it.

Next day bye-bye, we went to a store farther away and right out of the gate she peed so I came back to the house and changed her blanket for a towel. We went to the store, this time I went inside. She seemed to go better this time, laying down and playing with her toy when we were at stop lights, but standing when we were driving. We get home and I discover she had peed again.

Now she is with Bob for a drive downtown, so we will see how she does with the truck instead of my SUV, thank goodness for the kennel.

Happy Thanksgiving

We are thankful for family and friends. Thankful for our health, thankful for a lot of things.

bathroom...

This morning 5:30 the big potty bell rang in Merlots head except she woke me up to potty at 5:00 and by 5:30 I was in the shower and she was in the bathroom with me and well, going the bathroom in the bathroom, I guess tomorrow I will bring a book outside to wait for the 5:30 bell to ring again...

Happy Thanksgiving to all

a visit from a friend Patrice

Patrice came over for a visit and took some candid pictures, Merlot loved the camera.

almost doubled in size...

Miss Merlot loves the vet and the treats that they have. She stood still for the parvo shot, only winced a bit. She now is a hefty 20 lbs, no wonder I'm tied of lifting and taking her outside for potty time at 3:00 am.

The vet is a little bit concerned over a heart mummer that she heard, we will know more next month when we take her back for another booster shot. Puppies that grow fast sometimes have a mummer that goes away or it might have been Merlot panting at the wrong moment.

Bob was able to get a "sample" of big potty to take into the vets for a worm check, she shouldn't have any, the breeder is pretty much a fuss about deworming.

Bad morning with Merlot

Well I had a hell of a morning... I wanted to take a shower w/out
Merlot, yesterday she muscled into my shower while it was on... So
today I wanted to shower w/out her. Into the big Kennel in the dinning
room, she really hate that one... anyway the wails and howling began,
anyway I enjoyed my shower and came out to a smell that almost knocked
me over... POO, the kennel was coated and so were her feet, a quick
feet cleanup in the kitchen sink then to get the POO blankets, bed and
toys out of the kennel and to the wash... well Merlot is under feet
and now stepping back into the POO again... I need help at this point,
Bob works overtime and wont be home for 2 more hours. I can handle
this she is only 20 lbs or so - back into the Kitchen sink for feet
wash again... Growling like momma dog I removed the POO stuff from the
kennel and to the wash. now to clean what I can, at this point minutes
are ticking and I need to leave to get my car to the shop to get the
shuttle to work and only be a little late... sigh

I cleaned what I could but those wire kennel have some many cracks and
crevices I don't see how I will be able to get it all, man did she do
a number on all surfaces high and low... front, back, sides and roof,
who knew she could already reach the roof of the big kennel already!
I'm going to have to break the kennel down and put it in the back of
Bobs truck and go to the car wash and hose it down... its to big to
move w/out breaking it down to move to the garage. Do I really want to
break it down and move it before I'm ready to touch POO again... Yikes
parenting sucks when your in a hurry...