Phoebe's Mom's Blog (41)

Five weeks ago, after an over 2 year bout of unemployment, my husband found a job in MA with a travel company who specializes in deluxe river cruises for the over 50 set in Boston.  We were thrilled as I have been dying to return to the east coast and this job held great promise. Disaster struck yesterday in the form of a phone call from my DH telling me that he had been let go.  We are devastated and I cannot stop crying when I think about returning to that awful life of unemployment--the…

I cannot believe that my fur-baby turns three years old today.  What a ride it has been this past year and, through it all, she has been my psychiatrist, confidant and quirky jester-always able to get a chuckle out of me despite some not so happy circumstances.  Phoebe has grown up so much these past few years.  My family and I cannot get over how she went from chewing on almost everything and everbody to an incredibly mild-mannered cuddler.  With four boisterous and fun-loving children,…

Its true...my baby turns two today!  I find I am doing the same thing on Phoebe's birthdays as I do on my children's which is to tell her about how she arrived here and all about her first day.  She sits and listens to me drone on about how excited we were to get her, the rare ice storm that hit Arkansas that delayed her arrival and the look of wonder on my oldest's face as she strutted out of her crate.

Phoebe's first birthday marked the start of a truly terrible year for us--on her…

I have failed Phoebe. My doodle is fetch-impaired. I naively thought that my doodle would be innately able to fetch. I soon Iearned the error of my thinking and started about to teach my Phoebe to fetch with yummy treats as the reward. Did anyone ever mention how smart our doodles are (ha!). Phoebe learned from the get-go that I had those treats and it would be really silly of her to pursue that ball/Frisbee/other airborne object when I had the treats in my pocket. I mean, seriously, what if…

I just dropped Phoebe off at puppy day care because I have a friend coming over (all the way from IN, we are in MN) with her two small children (ages 3 and 5 years) who are precious but wild. I thought it best that Phoebe be out of the fray--we have an open concept house with no real way to gate her somewhere where she would not want to be part of the action plus, this is the first time my friend will be here so we need to do the house tour and such. I am such a worry wart. This is the first…

We headed back to our vet again today (Phoebe recently finished her meds for an ear infection, had her re-check and then headed back to the vet a week or so ago for a bout of vomiting!)--whom we see more than I see my husband it seems--as Phoebe has been gnawing on her left front paw off and on for two days. At first, I did not know what to make of it as she was running/walking/jumping without issue so I decided to watch it for a day. This morning, she was chewing on it again so I called the…

Last night, my youngest was walking Phoebe around our front yard--think super tiny yard with me beside him and Phoebe in her head collar which makes her a super listener..usually). My daughter decided to try to upset my son by racing in front of him...can you imagine what happened next? Phoebe took off after her like a shot and my son tripped and fell letting go of the leash. I remained 'eerily calm' as my DH told me and followed her into the back to see where she was headed while I sent DH…