Sorry for being gone for so long. There has been so much going on here at the house, I haven't been able to keep up. OK, so let me fill you in on what the boys have been up to in a nutshell, then I promise that I will be better about their blog from here on in.
- The boys had their first snow
We had the boys' first snow! I didn't know what to expect from them (I never do) but it was really fun. Mo Mo was very excited at first, as he is the one that always loves the cold. He was outside for a total of 2 minutes before he realized that it wasn't that great. He basically kicked and screamed in dog language the whole time that we were outside until the last 6 minutes or so, which he spent trying to eat all of the snow/ ice that was on the ground. Mr. Wendel was not very excited at all to see that there was snow outside. He seemed very upset that we would suggest he go outside in that sort of weather, and walked very carefully. To my surprise, after the first few minutes, Mr. Wendel was running around like he was shot from a cannon! He had so much energy and was very excited to be discovering a new thing! He really didn't want to go inside after our walk. Wesley was throwing snowballs at them (typical...), and we all had a blast. Can't wait until next year's snow! Look us up on www.youtube.com/momoandmrwendel to see the snow filled fun!
- Continued Problems with potty training
Well, unfortunately the boys are STILL having a hard time being potty trained. While there has been no more poop in the house (yeah!) they are still peeing if we don't keep an eye on them (especially Mr. Wendel). Mo Mo is doing much better but I am still nervous if he isn't right next to me, so I am leash training them now which is working very well. Basically, you get a really short leash and keep them right next to you wherever you are in the house, and they won't go to the bathroom. Good practice holding it in, but I have no idea how you transition them from being leashed all the time, to not being leashed in the house. They are also still peeing around the baby gate where they sleep. I think that we are giving them too much room in there... they basically have whole room to themselves, and it is gated off with a white baby gate. They pee around the back and sides of the area (never in the middle) so I think that they feel that they are going outside. I don't know what I am supposed to be doing about that. I have tried to look it up online, and they all just say that dogs don't go to the bathroom where they live. That may be true for MOST dogs, but what about puppy mill dogs, that have ONLY gone to the bathroom where they live. How in the heck are we supposed to train them not to go potty in their room?? *Sigh* We will keep working on it.
- Art Landerman
The whole family went to dogfest 2009 in Baltimore, MD earlier this year, and we met with a man by the name of Art Landerman (www.artlanderman.com). He had a booth set up at dogfest among other vendors showcasing his pet portraits. We took the boys there, and talked with Art, who seemed very nice and really was proud of his work. We decided to hire him to do a painting of our boys, and it was the best investment that we ever made. The painting is incredible, and we couldn't ask for anything more. Art is a wonderful, extremely talented, funny, good person that we would highly recommend to anyone that wanted to get a portrait done. He also does people, and other pets.. He is truly amazing.
- Mr. Wendel goes to meet Dr. Cochran
Well, upon getting the $2200 estimate from Dr. Hymen, at the recommendation of my dear friend, Linda, at the Potomac Valley Pekingese Club, I visited with Dr. Cochran in Fairfax, VA. She was very nice and quoted us around $1100, which is way better than the $2200 that we initially were quoted. We are scheduled to get surgery in early January, and are very excited to see the progress that Mr. Wendel makes. We will keep you posted.
- Mr. Wendel get's a tick bite
It is ALWAYS something with Mr. Wendel. We were supposed to be going out to dinner with my family, and as I was getting ready to go, I gave both of the boys a bath, and discovered that Mr. Wendel had a HUGE tick underneath his collar (it must have been there since his last bath- about a week prior- because it was engorged). I, of course being the cool as a cucumber dog mom that I am, freaked out, called the vet, and got him an appointment there. They told me that I had to take the tick off. I remember how to take a tick off from all of my years as a summer camp counselor, and a lifetime of running around in tick infested woods, but it was so much worse taking it off of him. He was crying and looking at me, as if to ask me why I was hurting him. I suffocated the tick with vasline, then took a match, blew it out, then immediately put it on the tick as close to the head as possible to kill it and make it let go. It worked, but I still feel like I left some of it in there. When Wesley got home, I shoved him back out the door, and we all went to the vet. We gave Mr. Wendel to the vet tech (and got Mo Mo and Mr. Wendel both canine flu booster shots while we were there), and the vet tech handed him over to the vet to check him out. He said that everything looked good, to put neosporin on it. He also said that if he was acting funny (wasn't eating, very tired, grouchy, not drinking water) to send him back in. Mr. Wendel was right as rain the next day, so we never had to go back in, though it took about two weeks for the tick bite to go away. Crazy, I know. It is all gone now, and we are no longer on high alert.
- Thanksgiving with family
We took the boys to have Thanksgiving with all of our family and it was lots of fun. It is so nice to see family after not seeing everyone in forever. The dogs had a great time playing with my little Arthur cousins especially. They have three kids, 2 boys and a girl, and they were so great with Mo Mo and Mr. Wendel. One of my cousin's son is possibly a dog reincarnated! He was playing with the dogs like they were on the same wavelength. Impressive for sure. My cousin's daughter was so sweet with Mr. Wendel and as is his nature, he was very depressed to leave her when we had to go home. He is such a drama king LOL. All in all a wonderful holiday dinner filled with fun and family. Just the way that I like it.
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