Typical weekend evening at our house. :-) Play time for the doggies.
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Saturday, November 6, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Happy 6th/42nd...
...Birthday to Chloe! Our little Chloe turned 6 on July 10th! She is now officially "older" than her own Momma (in dog years of course). We celebrated by taking an extra long walk in the park, and going potty and eating dog food...ok, so we really didn't celebrate, but shhh, don't tell Chloe that! ;-)
Here are some photos of Chloe through the years... love my Chlo!Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Chloe Lives On
Chloe had her surgery/dental cleaning last Friday. I was nervous dropping her off, but she did fine, I was relieved when I got the call that she was all done. I know it's silly that I was worried she might die...but since the vet said "there's always a risk"...that made me worry. But Chloe lives on! yay!
Her teeth are like brand new, shiny and clean, like puppy teeth all over again! :-) Now, I just have to try to maintain the cleanliness by brushing her teeth on a more frequent basis. They ask that you do it DAILY, but we all know that not going to happen, so I am going to shoot for 3 times per week or so. Chloe is pretty easy and she lets me do it, so I think once we start doing it more often she will just get used to it.
Louie had a strange day without his sister at home. He was quiet calm (after the initial shock when Chloe left without him for the vet). He just followed Joe around all day while I was out running errands. I think Chloe pretty much leads the way in terms of their daily schedule, so if she isn't home to eat and sleep and play with him, he is just not sure what he's supposed to do. He was tired that night because he didn't really sleep like he usually does because Chloe wasn't there to sleep with him. Joe did say that he enjoyed taking him for a walk without Chloe though. Chloe is a major sniff-aholic, she has to stop to sniff EVERYTHING and Louie just likes to run and walk. He could care less about who peed on that tree before he got there. He just does his business and then gets on with walking. Funny how different dogs can be...totally different personalities.
Her teeth are like brand new, shiny and clean, like puppy teeth all over again! :-) Now, I just have to try to maintain the cleanliness by brushing her teeth on a more frequent basis. They ask that you do it DAILY, but we all know that not going to happen, so I am going to shoot for 3 times per week or so. Chloe is pretty easy and she lets me do it, so I think once we start doing it more often she will just get used to it.
Louie had a strange day without his sister at home. He was quiet calm (after the initial shock when Chloe left without him for the vet). He just followed Joe around all day while I was out running errands. I think Chloe pretty much leads the way in terms of their daily schedule, so if she isn't home to eat and sleep and play with him, he is just not sure what he's supposed to do. He was tired that night because he didn't really sleep like he usually does because Chloe wasn't there to sleep with him. Joe did say that he enjoyed taking him for a walk without Chloe though. Chloe is a major sniff-aholic, she has to stop to sniff EVERYTHING and Louie just likes to run and walk. He could care less about who peed on that tree before he got there. He just does his business and then gets on with walking. Funny how different dogs can be...totally different personalities.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Nervous Mama
Chloe is scheduled to get her teeth cleaned on Friday, April 2nd. I am SO worried about it. I know its silly, but the vet really freaked me out when she told us that she has a "slight" heart murmur. The doggie dental procedure is a big deal, they have to put them to sleep and do the cleaning, etc.
Obviously, she is 5 years old and they have been telling us she needs this done for a while so we can't put it off any longer. In small dogs tartar and plaque builds up easily and can lead to liver and heart problems down the road. So it's time to do it, we scheduled it, and because of the supposed heart murmur, they have to take extra precautions when they put her out, they have to have IV fluids going, etc. I AM SO WORRIED! Especially the way the Dr. was saying that there is always "a risk" when you put a dog out. SCARY. I need to relax and realize that they do this all the time. I just can't imagine is something happened to Chloe. She is my baby and I would just die if something bad happened to her.
If I am this upset about my dog, I can't even fathom REAL children! ahh!
Anyway...hope it goes well.
All for now, off to Turbo Kick! Woo!
Obviously, she is 5 years old and they have been telling us she needs this done for a while so we can't put it off any longer. In small dogs tartar and plaque builds up easily and can lead to liver and heart problems down the road. So it's time to do it, we scheduled it, and because of the supposed heart murmur, they have to take extra precautions when they put her out, they have to have IV fluids going, etc. I AM SO WORRIED! Especially the way the Dr. was saying that there is always "a risk" when you put a dog out. SCARY. I need to relax and realize that they do this all the time. I just can't imagine is something happened to Chloe. She is my baby and I would just die if something bad happened to her.
If I am this upset about my dog, I can't even fathom REAL children! ahh!
Anyway...hope it goes well.
All for now, off to Turbo Kick! Woo!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Some Random Things
I haven't posted anything in a while so I thought I would write a few quick blurbs about stuff...
Julie and Julia:
Spring is almost here...I can feel it!
We've had a week or two with some slightly warmer days here in Chicago, several days in the 40's and even 50's and even a couple hitting the low 60's. I love spring here because everyone comes out of hiding from winter, people are walking around, riding bikes, enjoying being outside, walking their dogs, etc. I just hope it stays nice and that we have a nice long spring before it gets super hot and humid! I like my moderate temps, which is not what Chicago is known for...but hey...I take what I can get I guess. So far I've already enjoyed a couple long walks with the dogs at the park (long muddy walks, one bad thing about spring) and the other day I took a long walk across the loop (downtown) one evening when it was nice and in the upper 50's. It was so nice to walk around without burying my head in my coat and rushing inside as fast as possible. Ahhhh....spring.
Speaking of Mud...
Julie and Julia:We rented this movie several weeks ago now and I wanted to write about how much I liked it. I really liked the first 3/4 of it and then the end wasn't so great, but it was still a good movie overall. The beginning half had me hooked, I could relate to the main character's life in some way. It was definitely cute - and it really made me want to go out and get the Julia Child's cookbook and start cooking all those yummy recipes! I doubt I will, but I definitely want to try one of the famous ones that she makes, like the Beef Bourguignon - maybe in next winter. Anyway, if you haven't seen it, you should, it was good.
Also - I really like Meryl Streep for some reason, she is good.
Spring is almost here...I can feel it!
Speaking of Mud...I gave the dogs their summer hair cuts a little early this year. They were so shaggy that I was getting sick of having to practically give Louie a bath every time we came in from our walks. His furry belly and legs and feet would just be covered in mud splashes. I took some video and I will post it soon. They are both so different when they have short hair, its funny. The mud is definitely easier to wipe of the short hair. Yay!
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Vet and Valentines
It's a nice sunny (but chilly) day in Chicago today. I got up and went to my usual Saturday morning work-out class called Cardio Sweatshop. It was fun as usual.
Afterwards (after I got home and showered of course) we took the dogs to the vet for their annual appointments, shots, tests, the whole nine. They are so funny at the vet. They are nervous but they are so excited at the same time. They run around the room once we get in there waiting for the Dr. to come in. Louie doesn't mind it because he knows the Dr. gives him treats all the time when he's good. Chloe does OK too and also likes the treats. They are pooped out right now from their eventful morning! Louie was just snoring a moment ago in his little bed in our office. That's a lot of excitement compared to their normal Saturday morning! :-)
They told us today that they heard a slight murmur in Chloe's heart, but she said it's nothing to be worried about yet. We haven't seen this Dr. since the first time we went to this vet place, she told us about the murmur she heard the first time we saw her, about 4 or 5 years ago and every Dr. we have seen since (every year) has never even mentioned it. I think thats kind of odd, but anyway, it always makes me worried to hear things like this. She said they (murmurs) can come and go and it may be nothing, but just something to keep an eye on as she gets older. She always acts normal and plays well and is pretty spunky, so we'll just hope nothing comes of it at all or at least until she's older. :-)
Joe and I are going out for Valentines day tonight, just can't see going out tomorrow, on a Sunday for V-Day, just weird to us because Sundays are always our hang out, store, cleaning days, so we are going tonight instead. We are going out to a restaurant in the burbs, originally because we were going to go see a movie afterwards (dinner and a movie is just easier in the burbs). So we were going to see that Valentines Day movie that just came out, but I think now we might just come home and watch the Netflix DVD that just came in the mail, Couples Retreat. Not sure how good that one will be, but Vince Vaughn is usually hilarious, so we'll just have to wait and see.
Hope everyone has a nice Valentines Day!
Afterwards (after I got home and showered of course) we took the dogs to the vet for their annual appointments, shots, tests, the whole nine. They are so funny at the vet. They are nervous but they are so excited at the same time. They run around the room once we get in there waiting for the Dr. to come in. Louie doesn't mind it because he knows the Dr. gives him treats all the time when he's good. Chloe does OK too and also likes the treats. They are pooped out right now from their eventful morning! Louie was just snoring a moment ago in his little bed in our office. That's a lot of excitement compared to their normal Saturday morning! :-)
They told us today that they heard a slight murmur in Chloe's heart, but she said it's nothing to be worried about yet. We haven't seen this Dr. since the first time we went to this vet place, she told us about the murmur she heard the first time we saw her, about 4 or 5 years ago and every Dr. we have seen since (every year) has never even mentioned it. I think thats kind of odd, but anyway, it always makes me worried to hear things like this. She said they (murmurs) can come and go and it may be nothing, but just something to keep an eye on as she gets older. She always acts normal and plays well and is pretty spunky, so we'll just hope nothing comes of it at all or at least until she's older. :-)
Joe and I are going out for Valentines day tonight, just can't see going out tomorrow, on a Sunday for V-Day, just weird to us because Sundays are always our hang out, store, cleaning days, so we are going tonight instead. We are going out to a restaurant in the burbs, originally because we were going to go see a movie afterwards (dinner and a movie is just easier in the burbs). So we were going to see that Valentines Day movie that just came out, but I think now we might just come home and watch the Netflix DVD that just came in the mail, Couples Retreat. Not sure how good that one will be, but Vince Vaughn is usually hilarious, so we'll just have to wait and see.
Hope everyone has a nice Valentines Day!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
February Snow Day
Today, Chicago finally got hit with the snow that the rest of the country (Omaha and the Northeast, etc) have been getting all winter. Joe stayed home from work because it was supposed to be worse as the day went on, so we just hung out and relaxed today.
Joe took the dogs for a walk in the morning when it wasn't too deep and they had fun, then I tried to take them out to play and walk in the snow again at 4:00 and it was much deeper. Chloe wasn't having anything to do with it, she just went out and went potty and went back in. Some days she likes it some days she doesn't. It may have been because I didn't put her boot/booty things on and she hates getting snow packed in her paws. Louie just LOVES the snow, he would stay out there all day if he could, so he was ready to go! Chloe went back upstairs with Joe and me and Louie took a little hike through the snow at the park across the street.
I wanted to try out this windows video maker thingy, so I made this little video of the photos and video I took on our walk. It was hard to hold the camera and the leash all while it was snowing, but I managed OK.
:-) I think it came out cute for a first try... Enjoy! (Turn your sounds on, there's music).
Joe took the dogs for a walk in the morning when it wasn't too deep and they had fun, then I tried to take them out to play and walk in the snow again at 4:00 and it was much deeper. Chloe wasn't having anything to do with it, she just went out and went potty and went back in. Some days she likes it some days she doesn't. It may have been because I didn't put her boot/booty things on and she hates getting snow packed in her paws. Louie just LOVES the snow, he would stay out there all day if he could, so he was ready to go! Chloe went back upstairs with Joe and me and Louie took a little hike through the snow at the park across the street.
I wanted to try out this windows video maker thingy, so I made this little video of the photos and video I took on our walk. It was hard to hold the camera and the leash all while it was snowing, but I managed OK.
:-) I think it came out cute for a first try... Enjoy! (Turn your sounds on, there's music).
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Our Howl-O-Ween
Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!
Joe and I are not really that into Halloween, or at least I never think I am until a couple days before, then I always wish I had a costume and was going out to do something fun. We have only dressed up once since we've been together! Crazy, I know....I guess I figure that when we have a kids it will be more reason to get into the Halloween spirit.
But we did do something fun this year that didn't involve us dressing up. We took Chloe and Louie to this Howl-O-Ween Dog Parade and Costume Contest over in a little park in a neighborhood a few blocks from ours. We didn't get them costumes, they just sported their Halloween t-shirts instead. It turned out to be pretty fun! We knew Chloe would love it, because she loves people and all other dogs, but we were a little worried about Louie. If any of you have seen him on a walk and how he reacts to other dogs, just picture the Tasmanian Devil (if he barked) on a leash. Yep, its fun. For some reason, probably fear, he barks and then snaps and tries to bite other dogs a lot. He is good sometimes, but most of the time he can't handle it. So I brought some treats in my pocket thinking I could distract him a little bit. It worked,... sort of. We meant to bring his favorite ball, because a ball in the mouth means no biting and almost no barking (trust me, he still attempts to bark with a ball in his mouth...ha ha), but we forgot it when we left. Oops.
But we did do something fun this year that didn't involve us dressing up. We took Chloe and Louie to this Howl-O-Ween Dog Parade and Costume Contest over in a little park in a neighborhood a few blocks from ours. We didn't get them costumes, they just sported their Halloween t-shirts instead. It turned out to be pretty fun! We knew Chloe would love it, because she loves people and all other dogs, but we were a little worried about Louie. If any of you have seen him on a walk and how he reacts to other dogs, just picture the Tasmanian Devil (if he barked) on a leash. Yep, its fun. For some reason, probably fear, he barks and then snaps and tries to bite other dogs a lot. He is good sometimes, but most of the time he can't handle it. So I brought some treats in my pocket thinking I could distract him a little bit. It worked,... sort of. We meant to bring his favorite ball, because a ball in the mouth means no biting and almost no barking (trust me, he still attempts to bark with a ball in his mouth...ha ha), but we forgot it when we left. Oops.
Anyway, when we got there I think Louie was so overwhelmed by all the people and dogs (must have known he was out numbered) that he was pretty quiet. He did pretty well until he got comfortable. He only snapped at a couple dogs, so that was pretty good, right?! Joe and I ended up holding him for a lot of the time. Chloe had a blast though. The "parade" part was fun too, we pretty much went up one block and over one block and it was really slow because they were judging at the end, so it was more of a line than a parade, but it was still fun. It was a chilly fall day, but at least we did something! The dogs were pooped and we got some good ideas for costumes for next year! ha-ha.
Some pics are below or you can view the whole album if you click the link below...
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Some pics are below or you can view the whole album if you click the link below...
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Louie trying to behave
Me and the dogs 
Happy Chloe
On the way there...excited! (These are out of order)
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Goat Dog
I feel like crap today because I was up all night with my baby....I mean dog. Louie is the biggest handful of a dog that has ever lived, I swear. He's a lovable little guy, but some days (and nights) I curse the day we ever brought him home! Joe and I like to equate him to Marley from "Marley and Me", except in miniature form. Just like the book and movie, our "Marley" aka Louie, is the biggest pain in the butt sometimes, but we still love him to death.
Last night was one of those nights where I thought to myself, "WHY?!
You see, Louie likes to pretend he is a goat and eat blankets on our bed. Yes, he EATS them. Luckily we have an arsenal of 'dog' blankets that cover our comforter to protect it from doggie dirt. Last night I awoke to a lovely chewing and licking noise which usually alerts me that the "goat" is up and is eating away. Usually after he chews he starts gagging on the blanket that is half chewed and hanging in his throat. So last night I kept telling him "NO!" and I took the small blanket off of the bed that he was chewing. Then the licking started, I don't know if he had something caught in his throat or he was thirsty or what, but he just kept on licking everything. Licking and gagging and being annoying! I couldn't sleep because it was so loud and I was trying to get him to quit and he just wouldn't. Eventually I picked him up and put him down on the floor and told him to go get a drink of water....thinking maybe he was thirsty?? Once he was on the floor, probably a little confused, he decided to wander and pace around the apartment. I could hear his little nails tap, tap, tapping as he walked around wondering what he was supposed to do now. I eventually had to get up, get him to drink some water and then I put him back in bed.
To make a long story short he was gagging and licking all night until the morning. Joe was sound asleep and I was awake all night. What a crazy boy. He's our little goat.
Last night was one of those nights where I thought to myself, "WHY?!
You see, Louie likes to pretend he is a goat and eat blankets on our bed. Yes, he EATS them. Luckily we have an arsenal of 'dog' blankets that cover our comforter to protect it from doggie dirt. Last night I awoke to a lovely chewing and licking noise which usually alerts me that the "goat" is up and is eating away. Usually after he chews he starts gagging on the blanket that is half chewed and hanging in his throat. So last night I kept telling him "NO!" and I took the small blanket off of the bed that he was chewing. Then the licking started, I don't know if he had something caught in his throat or he was thirsty or what, but he just kept on licking everything. Licking and gagging and being annoying! I couldn't sleep because it was so loud and I was trying to get him to quit and he just wouldn't. Eventually I picked him up and put him down on the floor and told him to go get a drink of water....thinking maybe he was thirsty?? Once he was on the floor, probably a little confused, he decided to wander and pace around the apartment. I could hear his little nails tap, tap, tapping as he walked around wondering what he was supposed to do now. I eventually had to get up, get him to drink some water and then I put him back in bed.
To make a long story short he was gagging and licking all night until the morning. Joe was sound asleep and I was awake all night. What a crazy boy. He's our little goat.
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