Feel Like Complaining

This past week, I had moved on to a home with a 14 year old tiny Poodle. I arrived a week ago Sunday and by Tuesday, Twinkle and I had not become friends. This is my first picture of her right after I arrived. She took one look at me and retreated back to her bed. She will only come out to eat or use her potty pad if I am not in close proximity; meaning I pretty much have to be gone or in another room. It takes me about 5 minutes a day to put her food together and change her pad. So basically I am house sitting. I feel bad, I want her to be comfortable and show her I am OK, but she has had a rough life and is very untrusting. She was a puppy mill dog for 5 years, spitting out those cute puppies that everyone has to have. Due to poor care, she had to have all of her teeth pulled. She's been with this owner ever since she was rescued though, so she's had a nice life since. Even as the week ended, we had not become friends. I got her to take some treats, not from my hand tho...

Last Tuesday Koda arrived for his second visit. I met them in the alley and grabbed his bed from the owner and noticed a reallyyyyy baddddd smell. Assuming it was the bed, I put it in another room. The horrible stench persisted and filled our house when we came in. I finally determined it was Koda's breath. It was absolutely the worst breath of man or beast, that I have ever encountered. I got an aroma diffuser going; didn't work. I bought some Vick's Vapor Rub to put under our noses, only worked for a few minutes. Used some highly scented body lotion under my nose; helped some. When I gave his owner the evening update, I asked her if he had any dental issues. You have to be very careful when saying something remotely unfavorable about a client's baby. She said she hadn't noticed anything. Lordy, there is no way I could NOT notice something that bad in my house! The weather was better the next day so we could at least open the doors and have some fresh air come...

Mr. Tucker left last Monday; boy he was a lot of work. But as usual the next morning my Husband mentioned how quiet it was now and that he would miss the little guy. Tuesday was the only day this month that we either didn't have a dog at home or I wasn't away, so we decided to take advantage of the day off. We were going to go hiking but it was cold and wet. We headed out for a drive to a little town we go to a few times a year. They have the coolest little shop and although we don't buy much, it's always fun to look around as they are decorating differently all the time. No, I didn't buy this one True story Wednesday evening we had our next boarders dropped off, repeats Bella and Gigi. We were really happy to see them again and the shy one wasn't shy at all! I just love these girls; they are so much fun. The weekend consisted of gym, errands, and walking puppers. Sunday morning warranted a trip to the store to stock up with food for all...

I've been to many concerts and shows in my lifetime. Some were strictly who was popular at the time I went. My very first concert was America, then came Alice Cooper and Cheap Trick. My husband and I saw Jonny Lang when our daughter was young, then again she saw him with us. He probably contributed greatly to my hearing loss. As an adult it became more a family thing as we enjoyed Trans-Siberian Orchestra a few times and the surprisingly mellow singing voice of Hugh Laurie. Our daughter has loved Frank Sinatra since she was small and so we all enjoyed Frank Jr. together. We've seen many comedy shows too, even the now infamous Bill Cosby. Master ventriloquist, Jeff Dunham is one of our favorites. Some lesser known funny people make for a reasonably priced evening. There are only a few on my personal bucket list and we already fulfilled one by seeing Elton John several years ago. As he says he is retiring from concert touring, I'm glad we got that chance. The only one l...

Last Tuesday evening I got home from my 11 day stay at my regular place. Thankfully there were no giant snowstorms, just crazy hungry cats, 24/7. Sasha is just Sasha, a funny girl that never lets me sleep past 6:00 am. I went home a few times, and once was to welcome our new boarder, Tucker. He's an almost 2 year old Maltese. He'll be here for 17 days while his parents are on a cruise. They're an older couple and haven't left him with anyone before. I didn't get to spend a lot of time with him until I got home. He's a cute little guy but still very mischievous. Within a few hours, he had already found some wrapped hard candy in our bedroom and then bit The Kid when she tried to take it away. Everyone has to be super vigilant and quick! He steals stuff out of our bedrooms; slippers are his favorite. He has trained his parents to trade slippers for treats. He's trained them a lot, mostly in bad behaviors. Our daughter's door does not shut properly so we ...