Time For His Shots

 In August, Rowdy's 3 year rabies vaccination was due.  I took him to the vet to get his shot and as soon as we were in the office for a few seconds, he recognized the place and was desperate to leave.  He was pulling on the leash at the door, to go back outside.  

His experiences there have not always been pleasant.  Back when his ear swelled up, I took him there and he had to stay overnight when they cut his ear open to drain it and then sewed it up.  He had laid in his own waste where the kept him, so he was a mess when I picked him up.  I think he was afraid that this time, I would leave him there again and he wanted to go before that happened.  I've seen videos where lots of dogs hate going to the vet.  Rowdy has not been much of a problem with this, however he does get a little scared when we go.

He was scared when I put him up on the table, but he took his shots well.  He got his next 3 year rabies and we added his 5 way + parvo shot this time.  I don't usually get this shot unless I am going to board him, but recently a friend lost a couple of dogs due to parvo, so I decided to get it, since it wasn't expensive.     

Nacho Cheese Freak

Whenever I am either snacking or having a sandwich with some chips, I usually will pass a few chips to Rowdy.  He is usually like ho-hum, yeah I guess I will eat that.  Though I am not generally a fan of nacho cheese chips, lately I have had a craving for several different kinds of chips including the nacho cheese flavor.  So I got some Doritos and when I was eating them, I passed him a chip to see if he liked them or not.  Boy did he!  Whenever I have those chips out and give him one, he gets excited for more.  All I got to do is hold up a chip and look at him and he raises up on his haunches to beg and then back down to bark for another one.  Whenever I feed him the other chips, he doesn't get up, he just lays there, sniffs it first and then takes it with some reluctance.  But you got to be careful with the nacho cheese ones.  He'll snatch it right out of your fingers and maybe a piece of your finger to boot.      

Afraid of a Rubber Duck

Once again, a new obstacle in our daily walk.  One of the directions that I walk in is along a highway, where I pass by a boat and marine shop.  They have just put out a large inflatable pool or lake duck.  It's one of those that an adult or a couple of children can sit in and ride in.  As we approach it, Rowdy starts trying to avoid it and pulls back away from it.  I have to drag him around it in able to get by it and continue our walk.  This is across the street from the giant sign monster that scared him several years ago.  You never know what he will be frightened of next.

Frightening Farts

Rowdy has never been one to fart much.  You seldom have to endure that 'all the sudden' smell that makes you want to leave the room. Because of this, with him it is difficult to blame the dog when you want to.  However, this is one dog issue that I am happy about.

Occasionally though, he does toot.  It is not the silent killer that rises up and punched you in the nose.  You can actually hear a little spurt.  Whenever he does this, he usually jumps up and turns to look behind him, like something attacked him.  A couple of times, he has been laying on his pillow and all the sudden, it sounds like he hit the wall behind him and he'll jump off his pillow and almost run away.  The first time it happened, I wondered what was wrong with this crazy dog and I got up to look to see what attacked him.  But since then I have figured it out.  

Yesterday, he came into the bathroom and as he got close to where I was, he spurted a little short one.  That startled him and he jumped and turned around to look behind him to see what happened.  Sometimes this little doggie provides a person with so much humor, as I had a good laugh over that.

I Missed My Doggie and He Missed Me!

I became ill with the Rona over a month ago, and ended up in the hospital.  I first had a friend and co-worker take Rowdy and care for him as I was not able to.  Then I had him returned to me. but I got sicker without even realizing it and had to be sent back to the hospital for an extended stay.  This time my Cousin took him and took care of him for over three weeks.  So Rowdy didn't get to see me all that time.  Though, I was confident he was well taken care of both times, I sure did miss him and they told me he seemed to miss me.

I'm so glad to be back together with him.  One problem though, he liked their dog food better than what I fed him.  Looks like I may need to change brands.

 

On The Bed Again-With Permission

With the extremely cold conditions we are currently experiencing, some in the negative numbers at night, I have been allowing Rowdy up on the bed so he can stay warmer, than leaving him to sleep on the floor on his blanket.  Because of this, I may have trouble having him back on the floor and may have to deal with him getting on the bed without being allowed.  

He can still go down to the den and get on his pillow in the corner, or up on the couch which he prefers, but he is not in the same room as me which he also prefers.  

What Are You Doing On The Bed--Update

For over a week, Rowdy hadn't got on the bed, after the last episode I wrote about.  Now for the last four nights at around 5 to 6 AM, whenever I get up to go to the bathroom, he has got off his blanket and jumped up onto my place on the bed.  When I come back into the room and with an angry tone of voice, I tell him NO and to get down.  He only hesitates for a second, before he jumps down and that's that for the night.  What am I gonna do with him to get him to stop?!?! 

What Are You Doing On The Bed?

So Rowdy usually isn't allowed on the bed unless I let him up, like whenever there is a storm and he gets scared.  Occasionally, he will sit beside the bed and stare at me with those puppy dog eyes and I will put his blanket up on the bed and let him spend the night there.  If I leave the house and forget to close the bedroom door, he will get on the bed without permission and lay where I sleep, or on top of my pajamas.  I have caught him at it several times, whenever I enter the door and he comes from the direction of the bedroom.  I will run down to the bedroom and feel for the warm spot, where he had just been laying.  

Recently, he started a new trend.  Occasionally, when I get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, he will bet up off of his blanket and jump up on the bed and lay in my spot.  Many nights, he will get up off of his blanket sometime in the middle of the night and go lay on the couch.  Then sometime before morning he will return to his blanket and be there when it is time to get up.  

So the first time I caught him at this, I had went to the bathroom and when I cam back into the room, I didn't see him on the blanket so I assumed he was down on the couch.  There is a nightlight in a wall receptacle, down low that illuminates his blanket, but you can't really see the top of the bed very well.  The color of his hair match the sheets on the bed, so I didn't see him there and almost laid right on top of him.  I flipped on the light and told him to get down several times, before he reluctantly got off the bed and back to his blanket.

A couple of nights later he did the same thing and I looked closely and spotted him on the bed this time.  Instead of trying to coax him off, I simple grabbed him by the feet, picked him up upside down and set him on his blanket.  A few days later he repeated this again and I responded in the same way.  After this he stopped doing this for a couple of weeks, that is until last night.  After returning from the bathroom, I didn't see him on the floor and proceeded to lie down, right on top of him again.  This time, I jumped up, turned on the light and he got a pop on the rear and scolded to get down.  He quickly got down and that was that, at least for last night.

I'm wondering what will happen in the next few nights now!