June 2011 Blog Posts (97)

Since no one appropriate has applied to adopt him, Finnegan is still enjoying his time with Murphy, me and Blair 

Witch Cat, who does very well with him. Finn has figured out that she doesn't have claws so he just takes the nose boxing and keeps coming.

The back deck now has stairs so our lives are much easier.  Finn still has a few accidents in the house (on Murphy's bed unfortunately) but as long as he goes out frequently enough, he does great.

He is now 14 lbs and ~10-11…

This summer my husband and I have three weddings to attend; his cousin, his brother, and my best friend are all getting married. All this wedding stuff this summer has me so fondly remembering mine. It was only 9 months ago, but it seems like forever. I had an amazing time planning mine. I loved pretty much every second of it, both the planning and the wedding. It came together like a dream. Now I'm sad its over.

His cousin is getting married this weekend, so I went…

So, this has been happening periodically, but now it is a daily occurance.

Peri sleeps on her bed at the foot of our bed on the floor.  She loves her bed and curls up on it as soon as we turn out the lights for bedtime (or if we start reading in bed).  About 6 months ago, she would start waking up before our alarm went off - when the sun came up really.  She would then pace around and jump up on the bed, which was fine with us so we could sleep in a little…

First the good news - at Stuart's vet check today the little moose (maybe that should be his name) gained almost 3 pds. since Friday!!!!  He weighed 10.5 pds!  In the two weeks since he was taken from the mill he has doubled his weight.

5/31  - 4.75 lbs - Rescue Date

6/7    - 6.9 lbs - Stuarts Gotcha Date

6/10  - 7.6 lbs

6/15  - 10.5 lbs  Great news that he is growing like a weed.

Now for poop issues. 

Test #1 - direct smear - good…

Yesterday I took Indy to one of the many dog parks in Austin (this one is right on the lake) and when he got wet I noticed a rather large hairless spot on his shoulder. I had missed it before because his other fur covered it up! That was kind of alarming but when I asked my coworkers at the grooming place, they didn't seem too concerned. I did a little DK searching but didn't find too much on bald spots. Indy slept pretty much all of yesterday and didn't eat very much but all together it…

Lily came home yesterday! She is so sweet. So far, she is really laid back and easy going, but also curious and confident. Potty training has been great- no accidents as of yet. When Hudson arrived as a puppy it was December, so I'm really liking the fact that going out every 20-30 minutes isn't quite as painful or as difficult (minus all of the winter gear). She slept in her crate last night from 12-7:30 without a whimper. I was surprised (but happy) about that. Hudson isn't so thrilled…

My poor DH had to rush Hartley to the vet today while I was at work.  We had some contractors removing old, bat poop infested insulation from our attic.  They were wearing gloves and when they were done just took them off and dropped them on the ground.  Hartley gave in to his Lab. genes and thought they looked pretty tasty.  My DH caught him as he was…

cross posted from Doodle Rescue Collective

http://doodlerescuecollectiveinc.org/profiles/blogs/meet-vanessa

As promised, I have been giving a lot of thought to this blog. Summer for me means I have to pull out last years shorts and make sure they still fit. It is always a crap shoot and could go either way. For years, I have been saying the extra pounds are due to the baby weight I put on when I was pregnant, but my baby is 25 now and people are starting to question that theory.  All last year, I promised myself I would lose weight for my DD’s wedding, but I was also keeping my stress…

Someone told me yesterday that it was going to be the first day of the rest of my life...... yesterday was the day my beloved dad passed away.  He was 74 years old and I wanted him for 74 more.  I didn't get what I wanted.  I was very close to my dad, I am an only child and the picture of a daddy's girl.  I still can't wrap my mind around not being able to talk to him and hear his voice.  

Tomorrow are his calling hours and Tuesday is his funeral.  In a strange way I can't…

This one is a quicky of our Goldendoodle, Holly, and, Sophie, our chocolate rescue Labradoodle playing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alv-7Yp2vrY

And here is one of our new rescue Doodle puppy, Zoe - playing with some of the other Crowe dogs including Holly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxWodatYaIk

This is Achilles, I am writing to complain. The world is not revolving around me right now and I am displeased. Oh I know this is all happy stuff, I can feel it in the air but come on who is the most important one? Me Right? Started in May with My oldest brother graduating from college.Everyone was running around, Mom was yelling for everyone to hurry up.  No one was home all day!!!. My aunt had to come and let me out. Then the middle brother had showcases at his acting school, not one day (…

My puppy sitter (and Lach's honorary aunty Cindi) invited Lachlan and I to attend the local kennel club fun match and potluck yesterday, so with some misgivings I cleaned the pup up and hauled him to the park. Gotta admit I was imagining lots of "Hi, this is my pogo-stick ...ermmm ... puppy", but decided that it would be worth it for getting him out and surrounded by other dogs, people, and general chaos.



Lach's just turned 6 months and in the middle of the "I'm a daft…

Judy and I picked up Chloe from Katie at the Hesperia, California (High Desert above San Bernardino) Shelter today.  Katie, who works at the shelter, had brought Chloe home after she was dumped at the shelter with her undernourished siblings who unfortunately did not survive.  Anyway, Katie nursed Chloe and our new foster weighs 8.2 pounds at 10 weeks.  She needs to put on some weight but, we will take care of that.

We switched her name to Zoe since it became confusing…