dog walking on Saturday 8/6
Yesterday, it stormed from 10am - 5pm. Hard rain most of the day, thunder and lightning. I tried to squeeze my visits in when it wasn't raining so hard so that I could get the dogs outside to pee. A few them would've preferred to stay inside! A few of them did.... Gaylord! :)
Gaylord and Finnegan - yesterday midday, they weren't going out at all. Gaylord walked around with his red ball in his mouth the whole time I was there. I left after I realized they weren't going out but then I came back in about an hour when it had stopped thundering. They both peed and Finny pooped too. This morning we took our walk and they both peed and pooped. Gaylord pooped twice... he is a pooping machine! They're doing great but they told me to tell you that they miss you.
Fillmore - Fillmore didn't mind the rain yesterday. There was a lull in the rain when we went for our walk and he got to see the mailman. He got pretty excited about that but unfortunately b/c of all the rain, he didn't have any treats for Fillmore. Fillmore liked the attention he got from him anyway! We enjoyed our walk this morning too. No rain :)
Ruby, Bubba and Cooper - Cooper is crazy about his tennis balls! He has that same silly smile that Spenser has too. My camera batteries were dying when I took these pictures so unfortunately they're not clear. Ruby and Bubba have been just great. I need an extra hand though... or a 2nd person with me b/c they all want my attention! Ruby kept poking her head out of her doggie door this morning. She was giving me some pretty big hints that she wanted me to stop playing with the boys and feed her. I played with the boys first this morning b/c I'm paranoid of bloat and Cooper running around on a full tummy.
Chloe - My pictures of Chloe didn't turn out. She just wanted me to pet her so she wasn't sitting still and I'm not that good of a photographer. :) We went for a walk last night. It was sprinkling but she didn't seem to mind. She seemed to not like being wet once we got back in the house though. I toweled her off. We had a great walk this morning. I forgot that she likes to walk! I appreciated the opportunity to really stretch my legs this morning. Thank you Chloe!!
Sib - I walked him down the driveway last night and he peed and pooped. I gave him fresh water before I left.
Chester & Bailey - since I'm not seeing them til noon, I probably won't update the blog until tomorrow am.
Scooby - ditto to my comment above re: Chester & Bailey.
dog and cat sitting on Fri 8/5
Somehow I missed yesterday's blog post and this isn't going to be much of one. Sorry! All is well. I have some cute pictures to download but I've not had time. I will try to do it later today but most likely it won't happen until tomorrow. Today's post: Gaylord, Finnegan, Fillmore, Rocky, Lucky, Mattie, Cotton, Cooper, Ruby and Bubba: I think they're all cute and I love spending time with them. More details tomorrow!!! I promise (but it might not be til mid-afternoon.) I have a CAPPS (Charlotte Area Professional Pet Sitters) meeting mid-morning which is when I usually update the blog.
Life is Good. Busy but Good!
If this is racked with typo-s sorry... didn't proof!
dog and cat sitting on Wed 8/3
Gaylord and Finnegan - they were just fine yesterday and very excited to see me! I came in this morning to a little bit of a mess on the dining room floor. Someone had pooped and peed. (I thought about contacting you yesterday and asking if you wanted me to do an extra visit since you were leaving so early but I didn't. I should have!) They are just fine though. I took them each for a walk this morning. (I took them separately.) Fillmore - We've been walking and running into people with very friendly dogs (and of course Fillmore is always happy to meet them.) Last night we met a labradoodle and this morning a black lab. Fillmore loved it. He gets all excited! He actually wanted to go into the couple's house last night with the labradoodle. We were all laughing at him!
Rocky, Lucky, Mattie and Cotton - it was a little less humid this morning so I threw the stick a good bit for Lucky. Rocky was in "explore" mode and a couple of times he jumped through the fence but he came back when I called him. I fed them all and scooped the litter box this morning.
Turkey Lurkey - I saw her Monday and I will again today. Sorry I didn't mention her but I'm seeing her after I do my daily blog post. She's been lounging on the deck chairs. I've been wetting the hermit crab's sponges too.
dog walking on Tues 8/2
Fillmore- It is supposed to be really hot later today and tomorrow so we took a long walk last night and this morning. I'm afraid our walks through tomorrow may need to be shorter. I don't want the big guy to overheat. A couple of people came over and said hi to him yesterday on the walk which he loved!
Gaylord, Finnegan, Rocky, Lucky, Cotton and Mattie - I will see your pets shortly and will post about them tomorrow morning.
the dog walker on Mon 8/1
Fillmore - I think his nickname should be the mayor. As we're walking yesterday and this morning, as cars drive by or people walk by, he has to stop and look at them as if he's greeting them and saying hello. It is hilarious. Yesterday one of your neighbors pulled into their driveway as we were walking back and he turned it up a notch to walk faster to try to get over to say hello. Funny dog! He's doing just great.
dog walking on Sunday 7/31
Sweetie -I've been walking her every visit. Longer walks in the morning and then shorter walks when it is hotter outside.
Fillmore -He was just fine this morning.... ready for breakfast of course even though he'd had an extra snack last night on the visit. I didn't see any accidents at all in the house and he pooped on the walk this morning and it was normal. I should've known something was up last night... his nose was very busy and I should've guessed it was food that he was after. Ugh!
Rocky, Lucky, Mattie and Cotton -they're all doing just fine. It stormed last night so I didn't throw the stick too much for Lucky this morning b/c I didn't want her to get all muddy. I took the dogs out, then brought them in to feed everyone and then I took the dogs out again.
Sparky - She went zooming out the door this morning but it wasn't long before I heard her back at the door. She was ready to come in for breakfast. I fed her and she went zooming out the door again. I refilled both water bowls and I fed the fish too.
Turkey Lurkey - I saw her yesterday. Her food and water bowls were just fine. I refilled the water bowl in the garage. She'd been lounging on one of the chairs on your back deck. I guess she was enjoying being outside before it got too hot! Hope you're having a great time.... I'm sure you are!