dog and cat sitting on Saturday 6/25

Rosie - we didn't have any other bad weather last night so when I arrived at your house this morning, everything was as I'd left it Friday night.  I felt badly for Rosie. I know she was really scared when the storm rolled through late yesterday afternoon.  She was fine this morning.  She ate a little breakfast and bounced around the yard some. :) Cloud and Chloe - they both greeted me when I walked in today.  They'd eaten all of their food from yesterday so I feed them their wet food and then the dry just as I was leaving.  Cloud must not have liked the way I scooped his box yesterday b/c there was poop on the floor this morning.  It cleaned up easily.  I scooped the box again (it did have a bit in it to be scooped out) and I sprinkled some baking soda freshner in it to make it smell nice for him.  haha!! :)

Boone & Moxie - I let them outside this morning and then fed them.  I even put a few ice cubes in their water outside before I left.  I fed the kitties too.

dog and cat sitting on Fri 6/24

Rosie - she did enjoy being outside this morning and for the first time, she didn't want to come in.  I even tried "treat" and that didn't work.  It eventually did and it didn't take very long but the first time I said it she took off running and I thought.... she doesn't want to come inside. :)  I don't blame her, it was nice out this morning and we were having fun.

7 cats and a rabbit - they are all fine although one of the black kittens still has diarrhea.  It was totally liquid today.  They were all crazy too... they miss you I can tell!  Steele did not get let out today. :)

Cloud and Chloe - Chloe greeted me this morning when I came in and about 10 minutes into the visit, Cloud came out.  I fed them a can of food and gave them fresh water.  I scooped the box (there wasn't too much in there) and I watered the plants on the porch although they looked damp.  It is supposed to be fairly humid today so I thought extra water for them would be okay but in case I didn't warn you, I am much better with pets than plants!!  I will remember to water them and hopefully they'll be just fine.  I gave Chloe and Cloud the dry food as I left and they both went straight for the bowl.

pet sitting on Thurs 6/23

Rosie - I talked to you this morning so as you know, Rosie is doing just fine!  She had eaten more of her dinner from last night and this morning she ate about 1/2 of what I gave her.  Funny girl.... she will eat those milkbones anytime!  Today she was eating the milkbones in her food and spitting out the pieces of her food.  She did eventually eat some food.  Last night the dogs next door where out so she ran up and down along the fence trying to get them to play.  They just looked at her.  I played with her instead!

7 cats and a rabbit - and the rabbit who didn't want to get back in his cage.  I talked to both of my clients this morning..... I usually don't have to call them at all.  Luckily on my 2nd attempt, I was able to get Steele back into his cage.  All the kitties are doing just fine too!

dog, cat and rabbit sitting on Wed 6/22

Lucky, Rocky, Cotton and Mattie - all the kids are doing well.  Lucky must know my schedule... a couple of visits lately she has been laying at the back door as if she is waiting on me!  Everyone is eating well and all have peed and pooped quite regularly too!  LOL! Rosie - I just love her.... knowing that she is sick is breaking my heart but she certainly acts like she is feeling fine.  I figured out a trick to interest her in eating too! :)  As of my visit last night, I broke up a milkbone and mixed it in with her food.  I did the same thing this morning and she ate!

7 cats and a rabbit - Everyone seems to be doing fine.  All of the kittens certainly do get excited when it is time to eat.  One of the black kittens does have diarrhea but is acting fine.  I worried about Steele again last night.... more thunder and lightning and lots of wind too.  She seemed just fine this morning.  I have some celery here at the house that I won't use.  If I can remember, I'll bring it to give to her.

pet sitting on Tues 6/21

Steele and 7 cats -  I let Steele out again this morning, right when I got there.  She (she, right?) had plenty of water still but I did refill it.  I gave her some more food and a carrot and a celery stick.  Darwin didn't come out to see me today.  She must've been sleeping. :)  (It was fairly early.)  All of kitties were happy to get their canned food and then they enjoyed playing afterwards.  I scooped their boxes too.

Rosie - Today she greeted me with a stuffed skunk in her mouth (I think it's a skunk!)  We spent the entire visit outside.  She only ate a little bit though.  We played some with the tennis ball.  She was sniffing around one of the fig trees too.  Speaking of fig trees.... if you have a surplus of figs, I'd love to know!!!

pet sitting on Mon 6/20

Eli, Peyton and Chaos - ok.... so Chaos barks too and perhaps Peyton.  I was thinking it was mainly Eli.  Now I'm not so sure.  I think they were all barking when I came in this morning.  They were being very good watch dogs.... or they just all had to pee b/c their water dish was empty!  I fed Chaos, took Peyton and Eli out, took Chaos out, gave her the shot and then gave them fresh water and some more food.  (I'd actually given them more water right when I came in b/c I saw the bowl was empty.) 7 cats and Steele - They're all doing just fine.  The kittens were crazy this morning...wanting to play so we did!  I could hear them running around (they sounded like elephants) and I was leaving through the garage.  I gave Steele some of the "hay."  I can't remember what it is called.  Darwin made an appearance today too! :)

Rosie - I love seeing Rosie again.  She greeted me with her baseball toy in her mouth. :)  I took her outside so she could pee and then I found a tennis ball so we played with that.  She still had some food in her bowl so I added a little more and took it outside with us.  She ate a good bit of it but then was content to just hang out.  She seemed to want to be outside (I don't blame her, it actually felt okay outside.)  I took your step stool from the kitchen and set it just outside your back door.  I parked myself on that and Rosie laid down so she could look out the fence.  At one point she rolled over on her back and just scratched all around.  It was pretty cute!