Cat sitting on Sunday 5/9

PJ - I think PJ greeted me on the stairs everytime I came in the house.  I'm guessing he'd been sleeping on your bed :)  He was always happy to see me so I'd give him some attention which isn't so easy when Ben is home!  PJ has missed you though.... and I'll bet he even missed Ben!  :) PS  My blog has been down this weekend, hence no other posts but I left you notes at your house!

Kitty sitting on Saturday 5/8

PJ - Yesterday at dinner time, I fed PJ his wet food and he immediately starting eating.  I added some dry food to it and he stopped eating.  So, I grabbed the spoon and tried to mix it so the wet food was on the top.  It must’ve been okay, his bowl was empty this morning. :)  This morning, dry food in the bowl first and the wet food on top.  I think he liked that better!

dog walking on friday 5/7

Alex & George - see pictured on the post from Wed 5/5.  They were my first walk of the day today.  We walked around a couple of blocks and then I brought them back inside to feed Mr. Alex.  George sat for a couple of treats too! Tank - my 2nd walk of the day.  A little different from walking Alex & George!!  Tank is a svelte 102lbs but he's as lovable as George and is about the same energy level as George (except when he sees a squirrel... which he did.)  Needless to say, he would've loved to chase the squirrel but his leash was connected to me and I didn't want to chase the squirrel!  Tank was my 4th walk of the day too... it was a lot hotter so we went on a shorter walk this afternoon.  Black dog, not a lot of shade - I didn't want him to get too hot!

Max - Max got up fairly easily today to go outside and pee.

Dusty - Dusty was still in the chair when I came in today :)  He did get up (of course!) to go for his walk and he loved his snack too.

Dog walking on Wed 5/5

Happy Cinco de Mayo and how fitting that my first 2 dogs today were chihuahuas!

Alex and George - The boys were more interested in sniffing today than walking.  If I tried to walk, George dug his little legs into the ground and Alex just kept trying to turn around and head for home.... so we did!  I fed Alex.   He's such a little pig when it comes to eating and putting his food down.  Before I even move my hand away, he's halfway finished. :)  I worked on getting him to sit and stay in a sit until I put his food down.  That was very challenging and confusing for Mr. Alex but a good lesson for him.  :)  I will continue to do that so he will hopefully start to understand the rules!

Maggie's dog walker loves her!

Brady & Ferguson - we walked around outside the gates and then the boys decided to plop down in some shade which was fine by me!

Steve - We walked for a little bit and spent the rest of the visit inside.  He was chewing on a bone.

Max - Sweet ole' Max seemed to be feeling better today.  He was awake when I came in and got up pretty easily to go outside and pee.

Dusty - Dusty liked his walk and his snack!

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Dog walking 3 yellow labs on Tues 5/4

Stoli - Stoli was barking when I walked up.  I think he heard the kids and dogs waiting on the school bus this morning.  I took him out for a potty break, fed him and then we went for a walk.  He pooped before we even left your yard (I put it in the trash bin in your garage.)  Sophie was sitting near her empty food bowl last night and again this morning when I fed Stoli so I gave her about 1/2 a scoop of food.  I hope that was okay... she ate it :-)

Lucy and I had a nice walk.  She makes me laugh when we come back in the house though.  She is so excited to get inside to get to her kong and she always knows exactly where it is.  She's a smart girl!

My Sam Sam - my first three walks today were all labs:  3 yellow (Sam, Stoli and Lucy) and 1 black (my Buddy, aka the Budster)

Casper - Casper and I took 2 short walks outside because it was hot today.  He enjoyed saying hello to several of the landscapers who were working nearby.

Guinness - Guinness was ready to go outside today.  He peed several times (of course!) and he pooped too on our walk!

Brady & Ferguson - We had a nice walk today.... it was very leisurely and they got to do lots of sniffing.

Max - I'm not sure if Max feels great today.  He was really sleeping hard and I think would've preferred if I would've just let him sleep.  He did get up to go outside to pee though.

Dusty - Dusty got to say hello to the guy working on the fence.  He trotted around and peed a couple of times too.