Here's Hoping

This my friends, has been a hard week.  And given that, as a blogger, it is my duty to turn it all into a post about the week that was and is a testimony to just how rotten it's been...  So IN BRIEF...

Charlie is still wearing the cone of shame.  He has a place on his front leg that he won't leave alone which resulted in a hot spot.  It was almost healed and I took the collar off, and he picked up where he left off.  I put it back on.

The lovely Miss Annie hasn't eaten much for more than a day.  At more than 14 years old, it of course has me worried.

Josh, who really needs to be groomed, is really favoring his front right leg after he jumped off the bed. He has rods in his leg that was broken when he was a puppy and I was told a couple of years ago that there may come a time when they need to be removed.  I'm hoping that time hasn't come.  

Cissy's appetite has stayed consistent.  But her activity level is down a bit this week.

CarrieAnne got stung by something this week too.  I don't know what it was, but it really packed a punch.

And I seemed to have lost misplaced one of my diamond earrings...

Aside from all of this, there have been a few lighter moments this past week...Here's one that came from a photo I took that Todd was part of. Carl has started physical therapy and he goes to his appointment straight from work. However, he forgot to take his tennis shoes with him and afterwards came home wearing his street shoe with a white sock and his now trademark boot--Todd face in the photo mirrored my reaction to his white legs and "foot-attire!"

I'm hoping that by the end of the weekend there will be a few more lighter moments to add.  I just hope that Saturday is sunny because I could really do with some sunshine.  Or a good strong wind to blow away the blues.

 Here’s hoping... 

Happier Than...

For several reasons it has been a bit of a crummy week.  But it's now Wednesday and the week is half over and I'm not working on Thursday.  Can I tell you how happy that makes me?

Happier than Charlie with an e-collar on...

At least as happy as Todd after a early morning bath today... 

Happier than Cissy enjoying a bowl of ice...

For sure happier than Sunny at the thought of having his picture taken...

Happier than Cissy exploring the bushes...

And happier than Sheba rolling in the wet grass...

And a butterfly on my butterfly bush...

I'm at least as happy as this camel in this Geico commercial...   

Yep, I am pretty happy it's Wednesday

Enjoy your Wednesday too!!

~Taylor~

A Not So Sunny Moment

Sunny, despite being a counter-surfer extraordinaire is a pretty easy dog to have around. Our dogs like him well enough and he gets along with everyone.  And I know I can say this about every new-comer we've had, but there really is something unique about Sunny--And it isn't that he doesn't like his picture taken--It's that I think he's very, very smart.  He always does as he's asked and listens really well too.  I've seen him do things like open a gate that in all the time we've lived here, no other dog has been able to figure out.

Unfortunately, on the flip-side Sunny doesn't like to be handled.  I knew before he came to us that there were problems at the vets office with this.  Sunny had to be muzzled when they cleaned out his ears, and he nipped one of the technicians when she grabbed his collar to get him out of the crate.  Knowing about this, Carl and I have been very careful with Sunny and for the most part we have had no problems.

The routine has been that when we have another addition I write a note letting our dog-walker Christy, know any quirks the new dog may have.  When Sunny arrived, that was what I did.  However, Christy and her children had not been feeling well, so a substitute dog-walker has been coming to our house since Sunny arrived.  On Wednesday Christy returned to work, and unfortunately she had not seen the note I'd written about Sunny and that she shouldn't grab his collar. So, when she got ready to leave our house, and put Todd back into his crate (with a stuffed Kong) Sunny went into the crate with him--And Christy did what anyone may have done in an instant, she grabbed his collar to get him out--Sunny whipped his head around and bit her.

Very, very thankfully the bite was not a serious one and didn't scratch or break the skin but it did leave a bruise.  Christy was (thankfully) not upset at all about it, but of course the rescue takes these things very, very seriously.  I'll spare you the rest of the details and just admit to still being a little bit unnerved by Sunny and I'm really, really worried about safely placing him into a new home when the time comes--This is the part of fostering that is the most difficult; finding and trusting someone to adopt a dog like Sunny that has a few wrinkles that aren't easy to iron out.  

Hello August!

~Sheba after rolling in the wet grass~

A very happy August to you!  The days have flown and July is finished whether I was prepared to be done with it or not.  I'm surprised how much too quickly summer seems to be fading.  

It seems like my flowers were just beginning to bloom and now I'm noticing petals on the ground and the butterflies are combing the Joe-Pye-Weed.

But what I love about August is that there is still time--Still time to work on the projects that need to be done before cooler weather and winter sets in, and there is still plenty of time to enjoy being outside in the sun!

I hope you've had a good week!  In my next post I'll have to tell you about the little bit of trouble new-boy-Sunny had with our dog-walker this week. Thankfully no one was hurt...seriously....

~Annie~