Hound dog
Nana's are Beautiful
I'd have none at all, I swear.
easy child has been working a LOT of overtime, which of course means I've been working a LOT of overtime as well. The hours I now have the boys makes it impossible to get the dogs to the vet on the days I have them. So Maggie's spaying got put off..........and I worried. And it got put off.........and I worried.
Then as I'm walking her I notice Rowdy's suddenly more interested and perky in her presence. As she's walking in front of me.........I realize she's terribly swollen *there*. That was several days ago. I called the vet knowing he probably wouldn't spay her but figured it didn't hurt to ask..........and no, got to wait 3 wks. D@mn. I have a male in the back yard, unfixed.
Bad enough that Rowdy has sired endless litters. First with the rottie one street over, lost track of how many litters with her......they were "married", I swear those two loved each other like no other two dogs I've yet seen. Rowdy never (or rarely) went to her, it was the other way around. She roamed freely, he was either on a stake or in his kennel. And once pups were old enough to follow mommy.......she never failed to bring them once a day to meet/visit daddy. Never seen anything like it before, I swear. lol He had a litter with our basset Precious due to Nichole's carelessness, which is where Betsy came from.
Last thing in the world I need is a litter of pups. Not that I wouldn't find each and every single one a good loving forever home (I'm responsible like that), but I can neither afford them or have room for them........and Maggie is a baby herself, last thing she needs. ugh
Poor Rowdy now has to stay locked in his kennel except for his walk. This blows major as sister in law and Travis and Darrin worked hard to repair the fence and build a new 6 ft tall fence in front with a new gate so he'd not ever have to be locked up again, he'd have the whole yard to roam. That will have to wait at least 3 wks. Due to arthritis I don't figure Rowdy is too up for contortionistic mating through the kennel fence. But I'm not counting on it either. Maggie goes out under "guard" to do her business and chase her frisbee because she can't take walks until this stupid heat is over.
Totally blows. Lemma tell ya. Rowdy is an amazing dog in his own right and is literally a "hero", having run for help regardless of his own injuries when we were run over by that truck. I have no doubts his many babies by Sheba the rottie were wonderfully amazing dogs. (she was pretty great herself) Betsy is the biggest love dog on the planet....very protective now that she has her "own" family to protect without Molly there......but is still a bit doofy due to Precious' gene pool. Under different circumstances, money wise, Maggie older more mature......I *might* have considered a mating to carrying on Rowdy's genes in combination with Maggie because the two of them together........well.....now that would be something. Not to mention most of the pups would be kept by family due to that alone.
But no. I want Maggie fixed. No pups. I do NOT want pups. Rotten timing. Maggie much too young in my opinion. Too expensive. Well, I could come up with a list of why not. I've already warned Nichole she's not allowed to put Maggie into the yard at all during her visits. There will be no "I forgot" excuses this time around. phht. And no, I don't trust Nichole when it comes to this sort of thing. Not when she is already doing the but ohhhhh they'd be fantastic dogs. sheesh One moment of weakness and I've got a mess on my hands.
Three wks from now Maggie will be fixed. easy child's over time will be over by then too, so scheduling shouldn't be an issue.
A shame in a way though. I know Rowdy and Molly won't be with me very much longer. I will be stunned if Rowdy survives the winter, although we're doing everything possible to make it as comfortable for him as we can.
Maggie continues to show me how smart she is. Connor still has major sensory issues with her. She figured out all on her own that when she got excited and "jumped" around or mouthed him that it made him cry. So all by herself she stopped jumping up in excitement (now she just wags so hard I'm afraid she'll split in two) and she'll pick up a raw hide or toy and hold it in her mouth so that Connor will see she only wants to play and won't put her teeth on him. Much to her frustration, it doesn't seem to help much. She gets so excited when he approaches the baby gate to the kitchen that she hops up to greet him wagging wildly with a toy in her mouth. Makes him stand there and scream. So I noticed yesterday and today when she gets that reaction she's starting to lie down in front of the gate as close as she can get to it, which stops his screaming. Poor baby, she wants Connor to love and play with her so very badly. She's determined to win him over yet. lol
easy child has been working a LOT of overtime, which of course means I've been working a LOT of overtime as well. The hours I now have the boys makes it impossible to get the dogs to the vet on the days I have them. So Maggie's spaying got put off..........and I worried. And it got put off.........and I worried.
Then as I'm walking her I notice Rowdy's suddenly more interested and perky in her presence. As she's walking in front of me.........I realize she's terribly swollen *there*. That was several days ago. I called the vet knowing he probably wouldn't spay her but figured it didn't hurt to ask..........and no, got to wait 3 wks. D@mn. I have a male in the back yard, unfixed.
Bad enough that Rowdy has sired endless litters. First with the rottie one street over, lost track of how many litters with her......they were "married", I swear those two loved each other like no other two dogs I've yet seen. Rowdy never (or rarely) went to her, it was the other way around. She roamed freely, he was either on a stake or in his kennel. And once pups were old enough to follow mommy.......she never failed to bring them once a day to meet/visit daddy. Never seen anything like it before, I swear. lol He had a litter with our basset Precious due to Nichole's carelessness, which is where Betsy came from.
Last thing in the world I need is a litter of pups. Not that I wouldn't find each and every single one a good loving forever home (I'm responsible like that), but I can neither afford them or have room for them........and Maggie is a baby herself, last thing she needs. ugh
Poor Rowdy now has to stay locked in his kennel except for his walk. This blows major as sister in law and Travis and Darrin worked hard to repair the fence and build a new 6 ft tall fence in front with a new gate so he'd not ever have to be locked up again, he'd have the whole yard to roam. That will have to wait at least 3 wks. Due to arthritis I don't figure Rowdy is too up for contortionistic mating through the kennel fence. But I'm not counting on it either. Maggie goes out under "guard" to do her business and chase her frisbee because she can't take walks until this stupid heat is over.
Totally blows. Lemma tell ya. Rowdy is an amazing dog in his own right and is literally a "hero", having run for help regardless of his own injuries when we were run over by that truck. I have no doubts his many babies by Sheba the rottie were wonderfully amazing dogs. (she was pretty great herself) Betsy is the biggest love dog on the planet....very protective now that she has her "own" family to protect without Molly there......but is still a bit doofy due to Precious' gene pool. Under different circumstances, money wise, Maggie older more mature......I *might* have considered a mating to carrying on Rowdy's genes in combination with Maggie because the two of them together........well.....now that would be something. Not to mention most of the pups would be kept by family due to that alone.
But no. I want Maggie fixed. No pups. I do NOT want pups. Rotten timing. Maggie much too young in my opinion. Too expensive. Well, I could come up with a list of why not. I've already warned Nichole she's not allowed to put Maggie into the yard at all during her visits. There will be no "I forgot" excuses this time around. phht. And no, I don't trust Nichole when it comes to this sort of thing. Not when she is already doing the but ohhhhh they'd be fantastic dogs. sheesh One moment of weakness and I've got a mess on my hands.
Three wks from now Maggie will be fixed. easy child's over time will be over by then too, so scheduling shouldn't be an issue.
A shame in a way though. I know Rowdy and Molly won't be with me very much longer. I will be stunned if Rowdy survives the winter, although we're doing everything possible to make it as comfortable for him as we can.
Maggie continues to show me how smart she is. Connor still has major sensory issues with her. She figured out all on her own that when she got excited and "jumped" around or mouthed him that it made him cry. So all by herself she stopped jumping up in excitement (now she just wags so hard I'm afraid she'll split in two) and she'll pick up a raw hide or toy and hold it in her mouth so that Connor will see she only wants to play and won't put her teeth on him. Much to her frustration, it doesn't seem to help much. She gets so excited when he approaches the baby gate to the kitchen that she hops up to greet him wagging wildly with a toy in her mouth. Makes him stand there and scream. So I noticed yesterday and today when she gets that reaction she's starting to lie down in front of the gate as close as she can get to it, which stops his screaming. Poor baby, she wants Connor to love and play with her so very badly. She's determined to win him over yet. lol