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obsession
I feel like my life is dog-obsessed now. I mean, I have other interests. But this dog is pretty much taking over my life. Now that he’s figured out what things he’s not allowed to chew on and which he is, he’s a much better companion. He sleeps a lot, but I guess puppies will do that.
In other news, my sister is due in April with her second child. I am frankly ecstatic. We are hoping that things go well and that the baby is healthy. They are still debating names though.
the day the dog ran amok
I left the house for all of 35 minutes, to come back to find that Mobi had peed all over the bedroom floor, and on the old papazan padding that served as his bed. The floor was easy enough to clean up, but the papazan is going to need to be chucked. This is the second time he’s peed on it, and it’s not easy to clean.
In addition, he had somehow gotten into the bathroom and tore into the trash to get at the toilet paper I had used to blot his vomit & spray-on rug cleaner with.
see those teeny psycho eyes
Here are two more pics from the adoption website. The top one is a larger version of the same pic I had before. The bottom one is new though. He totally looks like a psycho. Hahah.
barf-a-rama
Mobi threw up a huge mound of yellow-orange crap (like a good 1.5 cups). Then when I ran to get papertowels, he ate it all. 🙁 Then as I was cleaning the rest of the mess, he ate the avocado skin I left in a bowl when I was rushing to clean him up. I don’t know what’s wrong with him. 🙁
dog is the people killer
Man… This dog is just killing me. I have not been this exhausted in a long time. Not only that, but I think his behavior is getting worse. This morning, he was really aggressive and fake-bit me three times. I definitely think that he is becoming more and more aggressive compared to when we first met him. In many ways, he’s learning — he’s becoming quite good with sit and crate, he jumps less when we open doors, he doesn’t pull as much on the leash, he’s learning to get past his food aggression — but somewhere along the line, he must be learning some aggession from us; I am just not sure where. We must get to a obedience center, stat. Sigh. I am so tired.
curled up
Here is another pic.
He’s been napping again. This morning, Seppo took him over to meet Raki, the next door dog. He must have exhausted himself playing with her. 🙂 I have to wake him up and keep him alert so that he’s not so well-rested from the naps in the evening.
le chien, he will play
So, we got a dog this past Saturday (Feb 21, 2004). He’s around 1 yr old, and is at least part Siberian Husky and part American Eskimo Dog. He went by Chad at his foster home, but we are calling him Mobius and hoping that it will take, as well not not confuse him or cause any anxiety.
He’s roughly 40 lbs, and, according to the foster mom, not likely to grow much bigger, which is important for a house of our size and for our energy level. He’s really sweet-tempered and very well-socialized, so he’s not scared or wary of strangers. In fact, he loves everyone, which is why Huskies are not recommended as guard dogs. Heh.
His fur is white and cream, and he has brown eyes. He’s learning “sit”, with the aid of a “Gentle Leader” training collar and Milk Bones. After just the weekend, he’s already responding very well to that command. Today, we played a lot in the backyard during my lunh break, so he’s been napping most of the afternoon. I am a bit worried that he’ll be up most of the night, but I hope we’ll tire him out this evening again too. 🙂
worked out
I worked from about 10:30am Sunday morning to 6am Monday morning. Then I worked from 11am Monday morning until 9am Tuesday morning. Today, which is Tuesday, I worked from 11:30am until 11:30pm.
That’s 19.5 hours Sun-Mon, then a 5 hour break, then 22 hours Mon-Tues, then a 2.5 hour break, then 12 hours. That’s 53.5 hours in ~2.5 days. Only 7.5 hours of break in 61 hours. Holy moly.
Maybe I’ll take Thursday and Friday off if no one notices. Stupid stacked deadlines. I hate my work.