35 Weeks & Uncomfortable

Destructive Dogs

Cone Head

This is Mr. Kalani in his cone...so sad, yet SO necessary! (And a little amusing.) This dog is a major licker and he is not supposed to lick his wounds. He has no peripheral vision with this thing on and majorly runs into stuff, knocks things over and scratches you up trying to get to you. All in all I find the cone very annoying, and so does he. We tried to take it off of him after 7 days (the vet said to wear it 7-10 days) because his surgery site looked pretty good. Well after we got home that day he apparently had nursed his wound all day and made it bright pink and puffy again. So the cone went back on and he was covered in neosporin to try to counteract his crazy licking abilities. So thus we are here at day 10, the site will be examined again and we will see if he is ready to have it taken off for good! I know I am ready! I am tired of being beat up by it!

31 Weeks

Dog update

Because I am sure everyone cares about me and my canine buddies...

• Kalani now eats faster than Spencer...who ever thought that would be possible? Not me! Spencer inhales his food in 20 seconds flat...and now we have Kalani who does it in 18 seconds flat! I didn't actually time them, but I am sure it is close to this number (hahaha).
• Kalani no longer requires "wet" dog food to eat. The food he inhales is in fact dry and he apparently loves it.
• Spencer I think has allergies...we tried a new food which sent him on sneezing spells. So if anyone out there would like a practically full bag of Eukanuba Dog food designed specifically for Daschund's and Corgi's, please let me know and I will give it to you. We had planned to put him on the same food as Kalani anyways, so they now eat some type of all natural BLUE dog food.
• Kalani's teeth are still gross, in spite of my attempts to brush them...ugh.
• Kalani goes in to get neutered today...we shall see how he handles this.
• I have no idea how old Kalani is or what type of dog he is...I plan to find this out soon when I take him to the vet to get his stitches removed.
• Kalani is no longer timid, but is now crazy hyper excited a lot. He loves to jump on you. But rather than jumping like Spencer who flails his entire body, completely suspended in the air, body-slamming you each and every time...Kalani just sits his front feet on you, holding his own weight on his hind legs. He got my white shirt dirty with two muddy paws the other day and I was not very happy. But I still love them both, they just need to learn my rule of no jumping! It scares the kiddos.
• Spencer is doing well with this transition and has proven to be his normal sweet self that sometimes gets an ornery streak. He still remembers that he must sit before receiving his food and is very good and posed during "dinner time". Kalani on the other hand looks like he is having a seizure every time we go to feed him...his rear wiggles uncontrollably and his face shakes so fast he looks semi-possessed! It is the weirdest thing I have ever seen!

Anyways, I just wanted to let everyone know that my boys are doing well and getting along. They are both used to us now and this arrangement and are thriving. Besides their covert operation the other day to take out one of my rose bushes, they have been very good.

Defective

This is the culprit...I bought it today at Sam's:



















This is what happened:

You may not be able to tell but about half of the rug is saturated with Snuggle in the picture above, below you see how it goes under the washer and out from the sides.

The container used to have 150 oz of snuggle...now it probably has about 60...rough guess. Who knew I would pick up a container with a defective spout?

Well now I have attempted to clean, my VERY fresh smelling laundry room, only to create a floor that is slicker than snot (sorry for the icky comparison) and still not sure I got all of the snuggle out from UNDERNEATH the washing machine. I cannot move the washer/dryer stackable combo, so I suppose it will remain a mystery until Chris decides to one day move them when he gets around to tiling the floor in there.

I want to take it back, but I don't know if it is worth it. I am frustrated and tired and have swollen ankles and a big belly that made it very difficult to get down on all fours to clean this mess up.

I believe it has permanently stained a blue streak down the front of my washer and dryer too. Fun.

And to top it all off, Chris called in sick to work today because he has kidney stones, AGAIN.

Pray that we will have better luck on Sunday.

FINALLY

I finally got my car back! Just thought I would let you know...I know you were concerned. Hopefully they fixed it for good this time. I could go a long time before I see them again.