dog walking on Wed 7/21
Chester & Bailey - I hung out with them for quite awhile last night. I had 2 visits that weren't very close together (as far as my arrival time) so it just made sense for me to get to your house a little earlier and I knew Chester & Bailey would like it too! I threw the tennis ball for Bailey, I rubbed on Chester (outside so the fur was flying out there!) and then we went inside. I read for a little bit and Bailey & Chester played tug a war with one of their toys. This morning we walked around the park, Chester pooped. They got to see a couple of joggers so they were happy about that. Shorter walks the rest of today...it's going to be hot! 2nd and 3rd visits: short walk at lunch time and for the dinner visit, I threw the ball for Bailey a few times and as I was writing the note at your house, I was sitting in the leather chair and Chester just curled up at my feet. Of course, he got some belly rubs! Sparky - I hung out with Sparky for awhile last night (see my above note. :) ) I'd stopped by mid-afternoon and put her in the house so I she got some outside time and we were inside the house some too. I found her brush in her "box" and brushed her outside. I found the purple toy and I put some of her food in the end of it. She is smart.... she walked around for 20 minutes picking it up and dropping it on the floor to get the food to come out. I was impressed that she knew that it would come out that way. It kept her occupied for awhile too! :) 2nd visit: I dropped in about 2:30pm and put her in the house.
Scoobie - Scoobie was doing just fine. He was cautious with me again but eventually he came around and we went for a walk both at lunch time and at dinner. He pooped at lunch time but only peed during the 2nd walk. It looked like he'd eaten a little bit of his breakfast but not much. I fed him dinner and gave him a treat before I left.
Jackson - He stood and then sat on your back steps for awhile this afternoon before he went out exploring the yard. I saw that large bag of pupperonis....... he won't run out for awhile now! btw - I am sitting at my house eating a popsicle as I type this. Ever since I had one at your house, I've been eating them. They are very refreshing!
Quigley and Jackson - I walked up and they were both sleeping... some watch dogs! haha! They did bark like crazy when they finally saw me. I let them out back as soon as I came in and Quigley pooped. They came in and wrestled for a minute and I managed to get Jackson's collar/leash on him Apparently, Quigley wanted to take him for a walk. They wrestled for several minutes before they settled down and I could get Quigley's leash/collar on. They did pretty well on the walk.... much improved over last time! :)
Pet Sitting on Tues 7/20
Rosie - Rosie didn't have anything in her mouth today when she greeted me at the door.... that was a first! She ate about half of her breakfast and then she was ready to spend the rest of the visit outside. I think she was looking for deer but we didn't see any this morning.
Sparky - Sparky was ready to get outside this morning and see what she missed overnight. She was really doing a lot of investigating this morning! She was ready to eat breakfast though too.... she came right up as soon as I opened the door! 2nd visit: I went over at midday today and put her in the house. It had been raining some (brief showers) but it was really hot. I spent a little extra time with her.... I needed to eat my lunch and I figured she'd enjoy the attention. She was very polite and laid on the floor while I ate but the minute I was done and I looked at her, she was standing beside me licking me and then she rolled over so I could rub her belly!
Chester & Bailey - your neighbor called me this morning and he'd gone over and fed them and let them out. I'm guessing he was wondering where i was (it was just before 8am) and I was about 5 minutes away. So, I didn't go this morning. At lunch time, we took a short walk just up and down the street and I only tossed Bailey's ball for her a few times - it was hot. I watered your plants... they were fairly droopy and some of them might not recover (particularly the petunias.)
Sassy & Trouble- from yesterday: they were both just fine. Sassy really started purring after getting pet and they both enjoyed their treats!
pet sitting on Mon 7/19
Sparky - It didn't take Sparky very long to come back to the door this morning... I think she was ready for breakfast! She stayed outside all day yesterday. It rained a little bit and it looked stormy but it didn't really storm here. Rosie - Rosie ate a little bit of her breakfast this morning but she really just wanted to be outside. There were a doe and a fawn in your yard this morning but Rosie was peeing... I don't think she saw them and they ran off when they saw us!
Dog sitting on Sun 7/18
Sparky - I went to see Sparky last night and she was in the screened in porch and the door was shut. It'd rained earlier so at least she was dry! She peed of course when she got outside and she loved her dinner too. This morning she was ready to come outside. She really did a lot of sniffing too. I took a picture of her but for some reason I can't get it to download. I'll take another one :)
Cat Sitting on Saturday 7/17
Sassy & Trouble - They are doing just fine. They'd been busy in their box and I had a hard time scooping out what needed to be scooped out and leaving the chunks of litter in the box.... hmmm I'm not sure what the trick is for that! They had plenty of food and water. Trouble followed me around wherever I went and loved the attention too. Trouble enjoyed being pet some too. The plants all looked just great. I watered all 4 of them too.