Early Part
Looks like the little dog is going to stay with us. She was so cute last night while I was trying to sleep. She jumped up into my lap then proceeded to sleep in several different poses (on her back, curled into a ball, on her side with her paw on my face, etc.) Eventually she jumped down and slept on the floor until the Beast let her out of the room in the morning while he dressed for church.
I woke up not too long after he had left (without waking me) and found the little dog had done a no-no on the guest room rug. Which explains why Baron had abandoned the room and was at the front door, asleep on the rug. I brought the little one into the guest room and showed her the mess and yelled *bad dog* at her a couple time. She put her tail between her legs and slunk out of the room while I cleaned it up. I used the spot remover on the area after that (it cleans and sanitizes). When I told the Beast what she had done when he got home, he asked if I had yelled at her. I told him *of course or she won't know it's not allowed* and he nodded his head.
We decided on calling her Lady since I had dreamed about her and that was what I called her in my dream. The Beast is at Walmart right now, buying her a collar and a leash because she decided to jump into a puddle and go for a swim when he took both dogs for a run around the block. It's a beautiful day today. Warm and bright sunshine. We've had both the dogs outside a couple times already but brought them in the house when they had done enough running around and were just looking for shade. At one point, Baron just went to the front door, turned around and barked that he was done being outside. I laughed because of the way he did it and went inside with him. Lady followed Baron inside and tried to play with him again but he just plopped down on the floor and ignored her. She then followed me into my computer room and laid down.
I made us Denver omelets for brunch. They turned out just great. I've found myself using the invection cooktop more and more. I'm growing very fond of it...LOL. It does seem to cook things better and faster, especially when I am making any kind of pasta. That is amazing how fast it gets the water boiling.
I have to check out the freezer and decide what I am making for dinner. I'm leaning towards some crunchy fish fillets and maybe some mac and cheese. I'll decide on a veggie when I start dinner. I shall finish this later. Hope your Sunday is as good as ours is so far. ***Hugs***
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I am glad I did this in two parts. I got a call from Sheepie and she was crying and very upset. She needed for her and Teach to use our yard to perform an incredible feat as far as I was concerned. It seems that her dog had been sick....VERY sick and they had taken her in to the vet that they use to find out what was wrong. Her dog had parvo. It's an insidious disease that dogs get. Daphne, her dog, had not been eating. She had been drinking a lot of water from her bowl but was vomiting it up. It didn't matter if it was a lot or just a little. She then started excreting blood from her mouth and hind end. That was when they knew it was very, very serious. When the vet was told, he immediately gave Daphne the test for parvo. It turned up positive. The vet told them that they usually die from dehydration because of the breakdown of the internal organs. Nothing can go where it should, either food or water. +
They brought her home although the doctor told them she should be put down to spare her the pain but Sheepie couldn't bear the thought of that. She just didn't have a real idea of the kind of pain the dog would go through. She thought Daphne would just pass quietly at her own home. But when she finally realized that it wasn't going to happen that way, they decided it was time. The vet's office wasn't open on Sunday so Teach was going to shoot her and bury her in the yard....IF we would allow it. They needed the use of the back yard since we live in a rural area and the shot would not excite any of our neighbors. Since the neighbor in back of us regularly shoots squirrels and raccoons, we knew he wouldn't object if he heard it.
Teach had a hand gun he planned to use. When they came over here with Daphne, Sheepie was an emotional mess. Daphne really WAS Sheepie's dog and she loved her dearly. It was her first dog that she ever had so she had a special place in Sheepie's heart. I hugged and held her close as I tried to comfort her. She clung to me and sobbed like her heart was broken. And, of course, it really was/is. The Beast told him that he could bury her in our lot next door. The original plan was that they would bury her in his parent's yard but they found out that his folks had Teach's sisters kids at their house so that was not a possibility. It would upset the kids too much. You know how young kids are with their curiosity and stubbornness when they feel they aren't being allowed to know what is going on.
So Teach dug a grave at the back of the lot, under the overhanging tree branches while Sheepie had a few more minutes to spend with Daphne, loving her. The odd thing is that Daphne had been given her shots for Parvo but apparently it didn't *take* and provide her with the immunity it should have.
After the grave was dug, Sheepie handed over Daphne to Teach to do what he needed to do. She came into my computer room with me so that she wouldn't hear the shot. Daphne was so trusting that she stood still when Teach did the deed and then placed her in the grave and covered her body. She was buried with her collar on her. The Beast gave Teach a full gallon of bleach to pour over the grave for two reasons. One is so Baron won't be attracted to the site if he goes back there. The other reason is that bleach is the only thing that will kill the Parvo bacteria so that there's no chance of it remaining in the ground. Teach is coming back tomorrow morning to pour more bleach on the grave and make sure the grave has been covered well with dirt. Unfortunately, all this was done in the dark so he really couldn't see and a flashlight has such a narrow beam that he couldn't actually tell but it looked okay to him for now.
He has to be back to drop off Sheepie in the morning (at 5:30am or a little earlier) because we don't want to leave Lady here without us for any length of time. We were sitting outside with Teach and Sheepie but left the dogs in the house so there was no chance of them being exposed to Daphne. We know Baron has been vaccinated but have no idea if Lady has had any shots. The Beast has to have his second eye cleaned tomorrow so we have to head down to Gadsden again. Sheepie is dog sitting for us (without her their other two dogs since she can kennel them). I don't trust Lady being here because when the dogs were inside and we were outside, they protested. Baron did his *upset and angry* barks and Lady whined.
Then she came into my computer room and chewed up the paper cover and part of the back of one of my books. It was my good crochet hardback book. When we came in and I came into my computer room, I found the mess and chastised her over it but it made me really angry at her for a while. She tucked her tail between her legs and went and hid behind my recliner. So Sheepie volunteered to come over and dog sit since Teach had to be at work at 6am so he will drop her off. They don't live very far from us so he will have time to do that and get to work on time. She's always up while he gets ready for work anyway.
I'm grateful to her because my plan was to take Lady with us and stay in the car until the Beast was finished and able to leave the Surgical Center. I didn't look forward to that since I knew she would be much too active and would be all over the car with her energy. She's just awful on a leash and I would want to walk her (or let her go outside the car) so she could pee or poop. Now I can do what I originally planned to do and that was to stay in the car and sleep. We are planning on using the Prius because it's more comfortable AND the seats go back further than they do in my Yaris. *Grin*
I apologize for this being so long but I am going to post this now. I only got a few hours sleep tonight and woke up to use the bathroom when I remembered I hadn't finished this. Love you all and I hope your week goes well for you, both personally and with your weather. ***Hugs***
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