So…a fair bit to talk about this time, let’s see if I can get it all down without forgetting anything this time.
I’ll start with the “new pup?” Part first, for those who are curious, I won’t make you suffer through the rest of my ramblings just to get to it. So, you should all know about Sophie by now, our Mastiff/Husky mix. Well, Nicole was texted by Sophie’s old owner because she has Sohpie’s sister, Lola, and due to her job she has to move and can’t take Lola with her. She thought to text us since we do have Sophie and they are sisters. So, last night we went to go see Lola, she definitely has a resemblance to Sohpie, but she’s a bit taller and has more Husky in her, the hair color/type and her tail. She seems to have a bit more of the Husky temperment and energy too. We decided to bring her home and see if she would fit in, since there’s only so much you can do/tell in a 30 minute span at Lola’s house. She is used to a bigger yard and invisible fence, as well as being the only dog, but she seems to be getting along alright. We usually cage our animals at night just so we aren’t dealing with messes in the morning or constant moving. Well, Lola came with a cage, but we left it in the Escape last night when we came in as we don’t have a spot for it right now. So we put Patch and Romeo in his cage, and we put Sophie and Lola in Sophie’s cage. Patch and Romeo got along just fine, as always, but we had some issues with Lola. I think it was more nervous excitement more than anything, but Lola was growling/whining/barking and scratching at the cage, so I let her out, that is until she decided to start eating the cat’s food; she had about 15 minutes out of the cage after going outside, so I put her back in the cage after that, thinking that she’d calm down a bit, boy I was wrong. So, to remedy the situation, Sophie got to hang out outside the cage since she’s good at night, and Lola hung out in the cage alone. After a few squirts from the water bottle for barking and scratching, she settled down and we all finally slept. So far, it seems that she’s getting along well, her and Sophie play a LOT and seem to really enjoy each other, Romeo has been staying out of it mainly for now because of his leg, which I’ll get into later, and Patch is pissed off as I expected. We’ll see how Lola continues to adapt, she’s not quite as behaved as I’d like, but she’s also new to the house and a bit more energetic. As I told her owner, this isn’t for sure, if she’s not going to fit in well, she’ll have to find another home, but if she will, she can absolutely stay with us. So we’ll see how it goes.
And a few pictures of Lola!:
So, next since I’m thinking about it is Romeo’s leg. The little shit somehow broke his outside toe leg bone, right below his “knee” joint. Its a very small break and the ER vet doctor had to take about 20 xrays to find it. We got him casted up there, 2 Sundays ago and then took him to the vet on Friday, they said there was no reason for a cast so big, so they just wrapped it up with gauze and an ace bandage and sent him home. It was much smaller, but it turned out it wasn’t placed right because gis foot started swelling below it. So we had to go back to the vet office and he re-wrapped it with a bigger ace, and wrapped it around his paw this time because it had slid down last time. So far he’s doing good with it, walking on it and all, but if he twists it wrong or gets hit there he’s in a bit of pain, but it subsides quickly, so he’s got to be careful for a while yet while it heals.
Moving on again; Project alientank has commenced. For those who don’t know what that is, I’m putting a small 2.5 gallon fishtank on my desk between my monitors which I’m going to put glofish in with a blacklight so it looks neat. Hopefully finishing it up this weekend and can’t wait! Here’s a few pics of how it’s going now, all that’s missing are some plants in it, a light, and fish:
Here’s what it looked like before (a mess I know):
In other new, Nicole and I are looking at getting a mortgage so we can get into a house and out of this place. It’s a good starter place, but it’s falling apart, rent is going through the roof again, and it’s actually cheaper for a mortgage than the rent and bills we have to pay here, hopefully soon enough.
I was going to put more here, but I’ve decided for the time being I’ll keep that to myself for now, at least until I’m more sure of the situation.
TTFN
-Michael