Dog Diaries – Day 2
We are not off to a very good start today. Arrow picked up one of my “QT%PKY-S!TL$P”
(code for personal item), and was carrying it around in his mouth. I tried “drop it”, and I even tried to take
it out of his mouth, but he growled at me and I got a little scared. So I thought I would try “trading” him for
it. I offered a liver treat, but instead
of spitting out the item, he swallowed it so he could have the treat too! Who said dogs are dumb?
We visited the vet today.
She said not to worry about the ahem
(again, code), that he would more than likely poop it out in a few days. She also said his scratching was probably due
to stress (and maybe a touch of dry skin).
He got a shot for DAPP (vaccine for some kind of bug dogs can get from
drinking stagnant water) and lots and lots of treats!
Next, we headed over to PetSmart and got a walking harness
(because boy! does he pull!) and a
red collar (simply for fashion, because his leash is red; and because we need
something to put all his tags on. He’s
got 2 from the Guelph SPCA, one from me with his phone number on it, and his
new Brantford City “I’m a legal resident” tag.)
He was so good in the car. Laura
sat in the back with him and made sure he didn’t try to come up front. He just looked out either between the front
seats or out the side (Laura complained his paws were cold!).
Once we got home, we had a successful encounter with the
cat. Jack was sleeping on our bed, and
Arrow went in, walked all around the bed and back again. Didn’t bark, didn’t growl, didn’t try to jump
up. Jack just sat there. Good boys!
Well I spoke too soon about the cat-dog bonding. Jack came into the living room while Arrow
was snoozing on the couch, and Arrow saw him and took off after him! Chaos ensued.
Arrow is so eager to “play” with Jack that he even squeezed through the
cat opening in the baby gate! Sorry,
Jack – it looks like you’re regulated to the basement for the foreseeable
future.
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