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Then I went to drop off some doggie muffins for Samson. All four dogs were very patient while Mrs. Ravis gave each of them a piece of the muffins. |
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Saturday, December 23, 2006
I went to pick up Tara and Anastasia�s Santa photos! Aren�t they absolutely adorable?!
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It�s a dessert meal! Tara got the treats she received from obedience class graduation for Christmas dinner! |
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Sunday December 24, 2006
Nothing much is happening this Christmas. I have been pretty much spent the last five weeks working everyday, seven days a week, at the lab. But Tara and Anastasia still got their special Christmas dinner.
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Tara and Anastasia. Anastasia was on the dog bed first, then Tara slept on the side of it. |
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Tuesday, January 26, 2006
Jenny�s dad sent an update about her. �Jenny is doing great, even better when taken running for at least 5 miles a day. Her energy level hasn�t dropped a bit. On the growth front, she is getting bigger by the day. I took her into the vet a couple of weeks ago and she weighed in at 39 lbs. Attached are a couple recent photos. As you can see, she has taken to snuggling in with the kids during reading time. Around Carol, she thinks she is a lap dog.
The funniest incident lately involves her barking at TV images of a Moose. Carol and I enjoy watching the old show �Northern Exposure� about Life in Alaska. Jenny has taken offense at the Moose strutting through town in the intro and had gone to great lengths to protect Carol and I from the Moose emerging through the television.�
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I gave Tara another bath, on New Year�s Eve. It hasn�t been a very cold winter, but I observed that when I bath the dogs during the winter, after bath, while they are still wet, if I don�t wrap them in blankets or start blow drying them, then they would start shivering. Anyways, I got a new space heater, because the furnace broke and I didn�t know when the apartment manager would fix it over the holiday break. It ended up she had the janitors fixed it on the same day that I told her about it, but I am still using the space heater occasionally, to help reduce heating cost. Then today when I gave Tara a bath, I thought also I can use the space heater to help keep her warm while she�s still wet. And I think it helps dry her off a little bit too. I would never keep the space heater on when I�m not at home of course, and I specifically picked one that has automatic shut-off feature if it�s tipped over. Also, another way I�ve chosen to reduce heating cost this year is to set the thermostat lower. For the past winter, I�ve set it to 68 degrees. I�ve tried to decrease it down to 65 degrees overnight before, but I felt so cold that I set it back to 68 degree. But for the past few months, I�ve decreased little by little, one degree decrease every two weeks or so, and I�ve hardly felt the difference, now it�s 65 degrees. It�s true �desensitization� in the works! I think Tara and Anastasia are okay with the lowered temperature too, I haven�t noticed any change in their behavior (before when I lowered the temperature overnight, Anastasia would curl up in her bed and sleep more). |
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Tara was sleeping near me as I was watching TV, and then Anastasia walked by, sniffed Tara, and sat down next to her. I think in the last month or so, Anastasia figured out that Tara�s vision isn�t good. So there have been a couple occasions, rather than keeping out of the dog�s way, Anastasia would stand her ground and swipe her paw at the dog when Tara walked toward her, and a couple incidences like in the picture, of Anastasia settling down very near Tara while the dog�s sleeping. |
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