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Mickey Is Home
Mickey is our first foster. He is an F1b Chocolate Doodle, born February 9, 2009 (Samantha's birthday is February 9, 2008) He is so adorable, skinny (I feel every rib and vertebrae on his body), scared - all of which I can change. He has no clue that grass is good, what to do with a toy or a ball. So sad. Again, all of which I can change.
What I cannot change is what he has endured in his first 4 months of his life. Anyone that has some time, love in their hearts, and some room - PLEASE consider fostering and help save the life of a Doodle.
If you can't have another dog in your home, find other ways to help - raise funds, get donations, volunteer at a shelter.
Days 2 & 3
Mickey is getting more and more 'brave'. He ventures out onto the lawn to play with me. It is a blast to see the long legs running. He also pkays in my garden bed - he even as made 1 special spot in the bed his pooping spot but I really don't care. He goes there himself to poop - what more could I ask for? Peeing on the other hand, not so much. As soon as he comes near one of us he pees. If you pet hin he pees. He pees going into the crate, which I can understand, but coming out of it? I am going to have to power wash my deck tomorrow. I am washing my kitchen floor 2 times a day because as he walks out of my den where his crate is, he pees. So I tried carrying him, he pees on me so the floor is much better for me. Wonder if that is a boy thing? None of my puppies ever did that.
Mickey is playing with Moo!! and Samantha so far hasn't minded. Dana & 'Mac' bought them a rope and ball toy. I gave them to Samantha and gave him a puppy size rope toy that Samantha hasn't touched in a year. Needless to say, the puppy rope toy was much better than Samantha remembered! LOL. As I am writing, he woke from a nap and walked over to Samantha's huge rawhide bone and is kibbling it. She is chewing on a HUGE ham bone so she really doesn't mind but she did give him her look. We tried to a little running in the grass but it makes him choke, cough and weeze so that has been put on hold for awhile.
He went to the vet yesterday. He weighs 21 lbs (should be at least 25) and is 17" tall. His paws are at least 3" from front to back! He is going to be 1 tall boy. He is running a fever, the antibiotics he came home on were the wrong kind for kennel cough so we are on a different one, cough medicine and something for the fever. It is so painful to hear him cough. Then he chokes on the mucus he is trying to cough up. The vet says his lungs are crackling - poor puppy. His ears are cleaned which took the vet some time even though I got my part clean I just wouldn't go too far in. I was having a very hard time getting to eat his meds in his food. I tried the old cheese routine which worked wonders, TG!! He fights me on the cough 'syrup' - we fight - I win but it is a struggle trying to hold a squirming puppy.
He is not happy about going into the crate. He has developed his vocalness (if that is a word). But he sounds so darned cute. He is a chow hound as long as he has chicken broth with the kibble. I stopped with the Purina Puppy Chow after 1 meal - a little bit sat in the bowl for an hour and when I went to dumb it each piece of kibble had tripled in size. I just couldn't give them that to eat again. He is on Fromm's Puppy. When I made them chicken yesterday, I kept the broth to entice him. It worked!! He loves his kibble with chicken soup - what a good Jewish Boy!!
He is trying to play with Samantha. Samantha still isn't sure why he isn't playing chase but I think in a few days they will be. We took a walk around the block this morning, the 3 of us. I give anyone who walks more than one big credit. I stopped counting how many times I had to stop and step out of the tangled web they weaved around me. If I didn't feel like a fool I would have laughed. This is going to take some getting used to.
Needless to say, I have tons of pictures that I have upload but will post them later.
Thanks for listening!
July 9th - Thursday
Today is Mickey's 5 month and Samantha's 17 month birthday! - TRUE!!
It has been a very busy week. I took Mickey back to the vet Tuesday since I was very unhappy with the exam he had Friday by another vet in his practice. He has gained 1/2 lb in 5 days. We are thrilled. He is still coughing from the kennel cough but is it getting better. No, Samantha has not gotten it so the Bordatella vaccine must be working for her so far.
Mickey is getting more confident by the day. He runs after Samantha while we are playing ball and so far she allows him to get away with jumping on her but I know it is only a matter of time before she puts him in his place.
They BOTH go to work with me which is great for them. Not so easy for me - it takes me, what seems forever, to get him out of the car and walk to the office from the car. He is walking on a leash thanks to Samantha. I have them on a coupler which I actually bought because I couldn't find a seat harness tether. Samantha has the patience of a saint. He walks into her, around her and gets her tangled up in the leash, and under her. But she just stops and calmly waits for me to get it under control. What a girl!
His coughing is getting better. The vet says he could cough for a couple of weeks. The kennel cough infection is very deep in his lungs. So sad.
He is still doing the submissive peeing even when he comes to me for a rub. I have started stopping the rubbing him when he does and the peeing stops. I hope that eventually gets the equation - you pee, I stop. You stop, I rub.
He does finally squat to pee and then he gets a major YAHOO. He thinks he has done the most wonderful thing.
I have been leaving the TV on when I put him in the crate at night with the children's 24 hour music station. He has not barked for the past 2 nights. I don't know if it is the music or the light of the TV that seems to calm him but I have no intention of changing it.
He is eating like a little piggy and his bark no longer sounds like a piglet squealing. His bark is so cute.
How lucky we are to have him and watch him grow. Everyday he just amazes us.
What I cannot change is what he has endured in his first 4 months of his life. Anyone that has some time, love in their hearts, and some room - PLEASE consider fostering and help save the life of a Doodle.
If you can't have another dog in your home, find other ways to help - raise funds, get donations, volunteer at a shelter.
Days 2 & 3
Mickey is getting more and more 'brave'. He ventures out onto the lawn to play with me. It is a blast to see the long legs running. He also pkays in my garden bed - he even as made 1 special spot in the bed his pooping spot but I really don't care. He goes there himself to poop - what more could I ask for? Peeing on the other hand, not so much. As soon as he comes near one of us he pees. If you pet hin he pees. He pees going into the crate, which I can understand, but coming out of it? I am going to have to power wash my deck tomorrow. I am washing my kitchen floor 2 times a day because as he walks out of my den where his crate is, he pees. So I tried carrying him, he pees on me so the floor is much better for me. Wonder if that is a boy thing? None of my puppies ever did that.
Mickey is playing with Moo!! and Samantha so far hasn't minded. Dana & 'Mac' bought them a rope and ball toy. I gave them to Samantha and gave him a puppy size rope toy that Samantha hasn't touched in a year. Needless to say, the puppy rope toy was much better than Samantha remembered! LOL. As I am writing, he woke from a nap and walked over to Samantha's huge rawhide bone and is kibbling it. She is chewing on a HUGE ham bone so she really doesn't mind but she did give him her look. We tried to a little running in the grass but it makes him choke, cough and weeze so that has been put on hold for awhile.
He went to the vet yesterday. He weighs 21 lbs (should be at least 25) and is 17" tall. His paws are at least 3" from front to back! He is going to be 1 tall boy. He is running a fever, the antibiotics he came home on were the wrong kind for kennel cough so we are on a different one, cough medicine and something for the fever. It is so painful to hear him cough. Then he chokes on the mucus he is trying to cough up. The vet says his lungs are crackling - poor puppy. His ears are cleaned which took the vet some time even though I got my part clean I just wouldn't go too far in. I was having a very hard time getting to eat his meds in his food. I tried the old cheese routine which worked wonders, TG!! He fights me on the cough 'syrup' - we fight - I win but it is a struggle trying to hold a squirming puppy.
He is not happy about going into the crate. He has developed his vocalness (if that is a word). But he sounds so darned cute. He is a chow hound as long as he has chicken broth with the kibble. I stopped with the Purina Puppy Chow after 1 meal - a little bit sat in the bowl for an hour and when I went to dumb it each piece of kibble had tripled in size. I just couldn't give them that to eat again. He is on Fromm's Puppy. When I made them chicken yesterday, I kept the broth to entice him. It worked!! He loves his kibble with chicken soup - what a good Jewish Boy!!
He is trying to play with Samantha. Samantha still isn't sure why he isn't playing chase but I think in a few days they will be. We took a walk around the block this morning, the 3 of us. I give anyone who walks more than one big credit. I stopped counting how many times I had to stop and step out of the tangled web they weaved around me. If I didn't feel like a fool I would have laughed. This is going to take some getting used to.
Needless to say, I have tons of pictures that I have upload but will post them later.
Thanks for listening!
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July 9th - Thursday
Today is Mickey's 5 month and Samantha's 17 month birthday! - TRUE!!
It has been a very busy week. I took Mickey back to the vet Tuesday since I was very unhappy with the exam he had Friday by another vet in his practice. He has gained 1/2 lb in 5 days. We are thrilled. He is still coughing from the kennel cough but is it getting better. No, Samantha has not gotten it so the Bordatella vaccine must be working for her so far.
Mickey is getting more confident by the day. He runs after Samantha while we are playing ball and so far she allows him to get away with jumping on her but I know it is only a matter of time before she puts him in his place.
They BOTH go to work with me which is great for them. Not so easy for me - it takes me, what seems forever, to get him out of the car and walk to the office from the car. He is walking on a leash thanks to Samantha. I have them on a coupler which I actually bought because I couldn't find a seat harness tether. Samantha has the patience of a saint. He walks into her, around her and gets her tangled up in the leash, and under her. But she just stops and calmly waits for me to get it under control. What a girl!
His coughing is getting better. The vet says he could cough for a couple of weeks. The kennel cough infection is very deep in his lungs. So sad.
He is still doing the submissive peeing even when he comes to me for a rub. I have started stopping the rubbing him when he does and the peeing stops. I hope that eventually gets the equation - you pee, I stop. You stop, I rub.
He does finally squat to pee and then he gets a major YAHOO. He thinks he has done the most wonderful thing.
I have been leaving the TV on when I put him in the crate at night with the children's 24 hour music station. He has not barked for the past 2 nights. I don't know if it is the music or the light of the TV that seems to calm him but I have no intention of changing it.
He is eating like a little piggy and his bark no longer sounds like a piglet squealing. His bark is so cute.
How lucky we are to have him and watch him grow. Everyday he just amazes us.
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Comment by Leslie and Halas on July 4, 2009 at 10:25am
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He's adorable. Love the slideshow.
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Comment by Jeri on July 4, 2009 at 4:15am
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He will be beautiful. What a wonderful thing you are doing.
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Comment by Linda,Yankee & Finn on July 3, 2009 at 5:57pm
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Thank you Adrianne for doing such a wonderful thing for Mickey.
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Comment by Stella on July 3, 2009 at 5:30pm
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Congratulations guys!! He is going to be so beautiful. Where did he come from? And do you really think you will be able to give him up??? I see that you got him a moo, or is he borrowing Samanthas? What does she think of him so far? He looks as though he is going to be a big boy - bog feet, and such long legs and tail. He is very lucky to have you guys to take care of him. Now we both have one wavy and one curly fur-baby!!!
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Comment by Beth and Gang on July 3, 2009 at 11:37am
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Mickey is beautiful, he'll quickly grow into those legs!!
My guess is he will soon become Sam's brother...look at those eyes!!
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Comment by LuvMyAbby&Kaela on July 3, 2009 at 8:56am
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He is adorable! (his face reminds me of Abby) I am sure your family will be great for him! And he is fortunate that you came along. What is his story?
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Comment by Rose on July 3, 2009 at 8:30am
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Congratuations! What a beautiful doodle! I know you (and Samantha) will give him all the love and attention he needs. He'll be a spoiled rotten brat in no time! lol :)
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Comment by Adrianne Matzkin on July 3, 2009 at 7:38am
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Samantha really doesn't pay him much attention yet. He doesn't play yet but he is trying. He has made major strides in just 18 hours!
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Comment by The Kleins, Tempe, AZ on July 3, 2009 at 7:26am
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Mickey is a little doll. I hope Samantha is helping him come along. Congrats!
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Comment by Kai Doodle (Kathy & Keith) on July 3, 2009 at 7:15am
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Congratulations! I know you and your family will do wonders for the little guy!
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