Category Archives: pets

It’s Like Deja Vu All Over Again!

We took the dogs to the vet last weekend and mentioned in passing that Gouda has been having intermittent bowel issues again. The vet asked us to bring in a sample next time he did and so I scooped up … Continue reading

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Too Smart for Their Own Good

This morning Layne got the mouth sweats, which is usually followed by us cleaning up dog puke. Fortunately we were already in the bathroom getting ready for work so at lease clean up would be easy. To make it even … Continue reading

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First in Line

Yesterday I dropped the dogs off at day camp for the day while I went to work. I’ve been taking them once every week to every other week for a few months now and it’s been going really well! I … Continue reading

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Cabin Fever

What the crap is up with this rain? OK, I mean I know it’s because of the tropical storm, but still. It seems like it’s been raining non stop since yesterday morning and my dogs are NOT happy about it. … Continue reading

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More Halloween!

Today was the Costume Contest at work and I completely forgot about it! I didn’t actually have a costume prepared, but I had at least purchased really cute Halloween socks that I had intended to wear! So that totally sort … Continue reading

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Howl-o-ween

Yesterday I noticed the dogs were getting extremely restless. It had been rainy for the past two days and yesterday the grass/yard was still kind of damp which means the dogs did not go outside to play at all during … Continue reading

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Pets + Babies

Over the weekend Nate and I attended a 2 hour “class” at Wake Med called Pets + Babies. The presenter had a lot of good things to say about how to handle the pets when bringing home new babies. A … Continue reading

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Stalking My Vet

The vet that all four of my pets normally see has moved to a different practice. This different practice is about 15 minutes away compared to the slightly less than 10 minutes away that their current vet is. I only … Continue reading

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BAHHH

AKA: More Fun with Training After Layne’s most recent bouts with anxiety we decided that maybe it was time (once again) to look into dog training. She’s had a trainer before and while I think he was not a bad … Continue reading

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Further Proof My Brain is Melting

So I had two emails this morning that asked me where I wound up finding my key. I was like “ha, can’t you people read?!” and then I went back and re-read what I wrote and I thought “wow, I … Continue reading

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The Reign of Destruction Continues

So far the score is: Layne 3/Us 0 A couple weeks ago Layne chewed through her crate. We got her a new one. On Saturday we went out to run errands, were gone for 2 hours max and came home to … Continue reading

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Who, me?

Layne was playing in the living room on Saturday. She went running over to the dog beds, planted her feet on the green bed and swung her rear end around behind her. And into the wall. Where it left that … Continue reading

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Heart Attack

Friday when I got home from work I was greeted by Layne at the garage door. Layne who should still have been in her crate since Nate was still at work and I put her in the crate when I … Continue reading

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Surprise, We’re having Pork Chops for Dinner

When I got home from work I put a ziplock of frozen chicken in the sink to thaw to cook for dinner. When it thawed I went to get it out of the sink and thought it looked a little … Continue reading

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I’m Outta Here!

Nate and I are heading out for a weekend at the Biltmore. I have a feeling the weather will be as dreary there are it is here which sort of disappoints me. I know  a little rain and fod never … Continue reading

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