Pounce!

After a warm bath I am all snuggled reading in my bed, and I hear it. 

The Fly!

I hope that Lee who has been chasing bunnies in her dream does not, but she does. Slowly she stalks her way up the bed, feet on the headboard, looking into the light at the fly. She snaps at it. She noses it. The fly leaves the light and tries to hide in a dark corner. Lee leaps over me as she is on the hunt. The fly comes back to the light and I sit up just fast enough to not get jumped on as Lee pounces on her pray. Again after snapping, the fly heads to the dark side of the room. Lee is after it. I see the fly on the wall. I close my book, wind up and smack! The fly falls to the ground. Lee pounces again on the fly and then eats it. She then settles herself back on the bed and I return to my book, both happy that the house is once again safe. 

Peace

After driving me crazy with all her in and outs this morning as I tried to have my breakfast and get my chilli in the slow cooker, we had our walk and now we are resting quietly. YAY!

Neglect - by Lee

Yesterday I was very happy because my Lady was home. I love when she is home. It is much easier to guard her when she is home. While she gave me lots of love and we played with my giraffe, she did neglect me. She did not take me out for a long walk. She told me she was cancelling the day due to lack of interest. I think she was just being neglectful. I told her repeatedly I needed to go out, I kept asking to go out in the backyard. She said it was annoying and we went upstairs to bed. While I love a bed nap. I wanted my walk with her.

This morning she is up and dressed but she says the Man is taking me out cause she has to go to work for a few hours. Sigh! I hope tomorrow she is less neglectful.

Feline Friday - Baggy Update

Last weekend was a trip to the vet for follow up blood work for Baggy. The yelled the whole time there and back in the car. I had to dump him out of his crate to get him weighed. He is basically the same weight, 17 lbs. He was amazing when they took his blood. There was no screaming. The technician said he complained a little, but was pretty good.

Last night Woody called. I was out, but this is what was reported to me. His kidney levels that were too high have lowered. We are to keep doing what we are doing. This means he gets to say on his expensive kidney diet.  So happy it is working! He is really loving the soft food too.

Nice way to end a very long week!

More about baby Hailey

Several weeks ago I scanned in and posted pictures of baby Lee.

I thought I would now share the notes, written by her first foster mom in Ohio, that came with the picture:

It was almost impossible to get pics of this little girl! She is for sure my little spit fire and is all over the place! She is the runt but you would never guess it! She is full of life and loves to run in the grass!! She is also doing very well with crate training. She is for sure a thinker and problem solver, always looking for something to pounce on!! She is always in the middle of the puppy play pile! Her coat is getting so glossy and inky black! She is going to turn into a very striking looking dog for sure!


Looking at this 2 years later, what is true.
She is calmer, but still loves to run and is a great thinker and problem solver. She does hunt still (and her hunting has been reinforced with one catch). She is beautiful:) She is easy to get a picture of . . . when she was sleeping.

The crate training is probably the only thing there that didn't work out. Visit an early post - Did I mention she is cute - posted October 14, 2010 for more about that (http://kten-haileychronicles.blogspot.ca/2010_10_01_archive.html)

Wordless Wednesday

The boring life

Go New York!

I must admit, Lee has settled into being such a wonderful dog that she doesn't always have adventures. I am sure this is a sign that we need another dog . . . and an email came into my box from someone looking for a home for their dog. My husband who thinks the pack is perfect (clearly he is wrong on this) said this dog had shifty eyes . . . it didn't. He just is being a pain in my butt about this other dog. I got my revenge by writing NY on my face before the Sens game tonight (FYI I am not a hockey fan, I am only a fan of the season being over. For the season to be over, the Sens need to lose, so I am the fan of whomever is playing the Sens).

This is now the debate in our house. It is not a debate it is more a conversation that goes something like:
Me: "How about this dog?" showing a dog from a local rescue that may be appropriate and explaining all the reasons why this dog would be perfect.
Him: "No." Then he makes up something about it being ugly.
Repeat until I have shown him about 15 dogs. This repeats about every 3 days.

You see since about the day after Gemi died, I have been looking at other dogs. Of course in those first few months another dog was NOT going to happen. I couldn't have handled that. But I still fell in love with one or two dogs from local rescued and checked in with them every couple days to see if they had homes yet. I was always very happy when they found the perfect home.

Now, here we are approaching month 9 (I can't believe that) and even though I am a little busy with work, I think it would be a great time for a new pack member (Lee could have company while I am working). However, someone is digging his heels in on this. It took me 5 years of bugging to get dog one, and about 1 for dog 2 and only a month for dog 3. I am not sure how long this one will take, but looking at my family history and current health situation, I think I have at least 45 more years, so either I will get my way cause he caves or he dies  . . . so it is a win win for me:) (Can you feel the love!)

Until the time when our pack may expand (fingers and toes crossed), I will keep following the local rescues and falling in love and maybe, just maybe the perfect one will come along!