Daisy has worms….

I guess it’s inevitable given our dog park frequency.  I was sooo excited yesterday becuase I took her outside for what I thought would be a pee break and she ended up pooping. Oh joyous day!  She actually pooped on a leash.  I had to go back home to get poop backs because I don’t carry them with Daisy. I was sooo happy and thinking my girl was growing up.

Well, I took them for a walk in the park and Daisy started having bloody diarrhea.  Poor girl. She acts fine-don’t tell her she’s sick cause she’s not going to believe you.

Went to the vet this morning and she has whipworms. They suggested switching from Heartguard to Interceptor. Right now, I have a lot of Heartguard left so we’ll stick with that for a bit.  I also worry about switching products. The only time I ever tried a different med with a dog it ended up with heartworms. I know I did what I was supposed to but it worries me that a drug I don’t trust or know might end up hurting the girls even if it prevents more types of worms.

 

Thanks Grannie for the eucalyptus and rosemary soap. The girls smell great and their coats are soft and shiny!

Christmas Tree

I don’t really have a Christmas tree this year. There just isn’t room for it in my apartment. So, Grannie decided to get the girls their own tree. It is a foot tall and lights up with batteries and twirls back and forth. Bella hates it if it is on. Daisy at first though the ornaments were dog cookies. LOL It really is a cute tree.

Even Hot Dogs Can't Save You

So, do y’all remember the post about Daisy fainting at the vet’s office?  Where she just fell straight over like the fainting goats?  Here’s the link to relive old memories Fainting Daisy Story

Well, during our picture experience Bella decided that Daisy shouldn’t have all the fun.  I was trying to get a picture of Bella on the tree skirt and next to my angel tree topper.  She didn’t really like the angel too much sitting next to her. So, in the picture below you can see how close to a good picture we could get.  She is still leaning away from the little person with wings. The one to the left is right after the angel fell over in the grass.  Bella fainted right next to the angel!  The picture is me trying to shove hot dogs in her face to make her think what just happened was supposed to happen and all was right with the world. She didn’t believe me of course; not that I could blame her since all three of use were laughing so hard at her.  She was able to take a break from having her picture taken after that and we worked with Daisy for a bit.

I don't like it!

Wordless Wednesday

OK, so there might be some words…. I’m sure everyone has seen this cat video, but whoever decided to add this bit of commentary bumped the funny factor up quite a bit.

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Cold Weather Willies

So the cold weather has finally hit out area and its has certainly caused the girls to act a little funny.  Mostly they are wimps. They shiver when its 68 in my house.  I’m glad it doesn’t snow here!

Today they decided to go crazy at the dog park.  Daisy started by chasing seagulls. I’m not sure why she thinks she can catch them, but I just laugh and don’t ruin her fun.  Then someone came in with a squeaky ball.  Worse, it was a puppy!  Well, Daisy was on that ball like white on rice.  I was so worried and I tried to get the ball and give it back to the man and tell him Daisy would destroy it. He didn’t care.

Well, about that time several other dogs showed up. It was a squeaky ball free for all!  One of the guys had another squeaky ball he went and got out of his car.  Daisy and a few of the dogs ran, and ran, and ran for the squeakies.  Daisy didn’t resource guard once!  Yay! She has laid down and put her paws and head over the ball and growled really low at other dogs one other time. Since then, I’ve been careful about avoiding squeakies at the dog park.  She even let some guy come and get the ball from her to be thrown again. She had a great time!  She came home, ate dinner, and walked straight to her crate and put herself to bed for the night! I have never seen her run so hard for so long, we were there over an hour with her almost constantly running.

While that was going on Bella was hanging around too. When we first got there, I almost went to put her in the car. She was shivering sooo hard!  Our high was 53 today, nothing extreme.  She seemed to really like one of the other dogs that came in and started running around a bit. She’d do her grass rolling thing, then try to chase another dog or two.  She really started trying to get involved when the dogs were bringing the squeaky toys back.  Then this little black fluff puff puppy came in and Bella took off!  She play bowed and wrestled. I don’t mean a little paw slap-I mean full n wrestle, pinning the dog on the ground and chasing and going crazy!  She would pin the puppy a second, then jump off in a play bow wagging her tail like “hurry get up so we can go again!” I am sure the other owners didn’t understand why I was laughing and clapping and so happy. It was the first time Bella has all out wrestled another dog and let them jump on her without it making her unhappy.  It was such a great day!

I get 'Crazy Eyes' when I get a squeaky toy!