The Sky Opened and All the Snow Fell Out

Big Snow. Unexpected. Wow. Pictures at last as Roxie decides about snow....

Braving the snow for duty...

Don't eat yellow snow!


A little further......


A long trek to The Way, Way Back. She is brave!

Reward slumber for a Brave Girl!!!

The Pout

You see, Bob wouldn't take her out for a walk. He sat, and she talked and howled and barked and teased. But he wouldn't budge. She showed him! The old 'my back is to you, I'm ignoring you' pose. She pouted for at least 20 minutes. Mad. She was PO'd. Our darling has a temper!

Nope. Don't talk to me. I'm still pouting.

Turkey Day Fixins

A little topper for a Princess... turkey, mash-pos, and green bean casserole. Yummy in her tummy, followed by a nap.

And BTW, it's really easy to clip toenails when a dog is sleeping! No muss, no fuss, no growlies or howlies...........

First Thanksgiving

Snow! Roxie says......... NO!

Sorry, no pictures. She won't go outside.............

Dose Two

Drontal Plus, dose two, down the hatch. Another fecal in two weeks. Such excitement........

If a Tree Falls in the Woods...

Time: lunch, midday on a grey, cloudy Monday

Set: kitchen table, iced tea glass, plate for Bob, apples and burritos, and the ever-present Pile of Junk center table.

Bob, casually munching apple -

"I don't think we really know her yet. I think she's pretty tough."

Gena, sipping tea through a straw -

"What do you mean?"

Roxie, glaring up at Bob -

"What!!! This ain't no piece of meat, it's a lousy chunk of apple... peh-tooey...."

Bob, munch munch -

"Well, we were going cross-country and she attacked another tree.... ripped it right down again. We're forging through the bush and there was this little sapling right in her way and she grabbed it, pulled it and tore it back and forth until it ripped. Then she walks over it."

Gena, puzzled look -

"Why?!"

Bob -

"Maybe she doesn't want to walk around it?... who knows."

Another adventure in the wondrous quest - learning what your new dog is all about.

Rawhide Vomit

Hey, bet that title caught your eye!

Yesterday I found a little pile of bile and tan rubber bits vomited by the back door. First, I have to give Miss Rox credit, she did try to make it outside. I was upstairs and didn't hear her bark or whine, but in fairness, if she had a tummy upset she probably thought calling me was low priority.

The bits in the pile confused me for a few hours. What? Did I paw thru her vomit pile? Of course! I'm a nurse and her mom. Anyhoo, the bits seemed odd; I couldn't figure out what she had eaten: a toy, something she found outside... what? A huge dilemma, and I was certain this had to be a medical/surgical emergency - but Roxie was doing fine! No tenderness, no whining, no pain. What could it be?!

About 8:30 at night I called the emergency vet clinic, and sure 'nuff! The tan rubber bits were pieces of the rawhide chew from last week!!!

We knew they weren't easily digestable, turns out they aren't digestable at all... sigh..... remember when I mentioned they are controversial? Well, this is the reason. Poor Baby Girl had those little bits in her tummy all week, the stomach acids turned the pieces into rubbery bits and turned them from off white to tan. ICK.........

So lucky for Rox we took it away after 30 minutes. Bad on us for giving it to her at all. Bad Mom!

Seems there is an alternative: Booda Bones. I'll try to find the website. They are completely digestable, and she loves them. They come in different flavors, which is great. I think we may have to limit her to 2-3 per month. We are working to get her weight down 3 pounds.

Oh dear, and I guess because I wasn't there when she needed me, she made me a little poop across the room behind the chair. She told me!

A New Look

Roxie has been with us for a while now, and the previous pink blog face just didn't seem to fit her. Rox is feminine, to be sure, but also a little sophisticated. Girly-girl doesn't describe her and I wanted to make her blog look more representative of her personality.

We'll see if this works.

A New Bed All for Me, Just Me?!

Really? All mine? Just for me!!! Oh wow, the red plaid is so cool. I can't believe it - my name and everything! This is the most barkalicious bed ever!

Sweet slumber.

Helping Dad Study.....

Economics is soooo boring.....

Lordy boo, another chapter?! Snoozefest - wake me when dinner's ready.