Good Morning COVID-19 Warriors. Day 205 for me and day 25 of Buster’s home life! Today was the 4th day in a row that we got up at 4 and he peed and pooped outside again on my driveway. SO WONDERFUL! He is now “pooped out” and lying on the floor next to me while I begin the day today. It’s FRIDAY so I’m going to the meeting in this:
It’s pretty early – only 4:30 but I have coffee going and life is great! Now the biggest hurdle is to get him to stop nipping at ME so he doesn’t cause this:
He has such sharp little teeth and it doesn’t take much to draw blood from me. But then he does this:
I’ve been told by Michele to “yelp” OUCH when that happens, like a littermate would do during play and it does work to get him to stop and then I redirect him to another toy to chomp on. I’ve found that the bully sticks keep him occupied pretty well if I can get to it before we have a run in. So that is a bit of a challenge right now. I’ve found this toy to be a great deterrent:
It’s great because it is long and I can stand up to give it to him. I shove it in his face and he sometimes takes off with it. Sometimes he ignores it. It’s funny because it has a noise maker in it’s butt that sounds like a fart when it goes off. He doesn’t squeeze it hard enough at this point to make it work, but last night I squeezed it and it shocked him a bit. So funny!
Well it’s time for a meeting. I’ll be back with more adventures for the day.
I thought I would show Buster about my Sit-N-Cycle:
Next I took a little video of him playing with the Bob-A-Lot. It holds food so when the little door is open food comes out of it. I gave it to him when it was dinner time.
Well I guess we’ll go out for a little walk to give him some exercise. Then I’ll come in and make my dinner. He has already eaten. It’s TOVALA Chicken of some sort for me tonight or maybe just a little Cauliflower Crust Pizza. They are great – bought at Walmart. Only 12 Points and delicious! I also discovered a Healthy Bowl – Chili & Beans that is only 2 points! That makes me happy because now I can have a Yasso (Mint Chip) Popsicle that is 5 points!
I’m continuing this on Saturday, 10/24/20. Just discovered “Meditation” Radio on ALEXA! It’s WORKING!!!!!!!! Dog is resting, cat is resting, I’m blogging! Life is GOOD!!!!!!
The reason I am so “mellow” is because of this:
This is where I am on the 10% Happier App by Dan Harris! I’ve done it pretty faithfully since I started it 132 days ago. Now it’s time to do a little bell training for Buster and give him breakfast. Then “to the showers” – it’s Saturday afterall!
Shower done – hair dried – feel like a new person!
Buster is going to learn a new trick – when he learns to tell me when he needs to go outside. He will learn to ring the bells:
We tried to sit in the car seat today. I think he will be good with it. He stayed in it for 3 minutes. Next step, start the car. Next step – drive around the block – next step – drive to the dog park. Baby steps!!!!! ‘Cuz he’s a BABY!
I did a bad thing. I was trying to get the leash away from him and my hand got caught in his teeth and caused a big skin tear at my right thumb. There was a tiny little lamb toy he chews on nearby and I tossed it at him and it hit his head. Scared both of us. This is the toy:
It’s a little stuffed lamb that Terry, my cat sitter gave him that her cats didn’t care for. He chews it and plays with it. Oh well, one step forward, two steps back. I just remembered that I have these:
I can still type with them on and now I can protect my hands from his sharp little teeth. It’s something. Plus, with the skin tears I have if he pulls on the leash – we’re working on that – it won’t hurt the bandaids. So maybe we’ll be ok for a while.
