She pooped in the computer room.
While I was in the shower.
About an hour after I took her outside because she wanted to go outside (she didn't do anything).
About half an hour after she ate (I should have known.) Dogs that aren't free fed usually have to go within half an hour to forty five minutes of getting their meal. Dogs that are free fed (bowl is kept full) it is harder to know when they will need to go. (Thanks to google.ca for the search on animal behaviour and a bunch of other information related to the attempted training of an older dog to not go in the house.)
I think we'll have to buy a crate. I just feel so bad when I put them in it.
And then, if we use it for punishment, we can't use it for travelling or anything else, because she'll think she's been bad.
Oh well.
Yeah, so life is pretty good.
Joy, Mat and Willy are coming to visit us this weekend!
Pretty sweet, especially since it was just last weekend (8 days ago) that Mom and Dad came to visit!
YAY!!!
Now, I just need to get Jarrod out here. (HA! Wild horses might be needed, I hear! JK!)
Apparently, the best way to get everyone to visit is to add a family member. Four legged or two is up to you, I guess! We're sticking with the four legged kind.
We've been in a bit of a cold snap (people from Cold Lake, please don't attack me!) It's gotten to -15 Celcius during the day, and it gets to about - 25 at night. We've gotten more snow lately than in most other weeks of this winter. (Chinooks help to melt it all.)
But we, in this 'lucky' part of the country/province, are also paying for it in other ways. The roads in and out of town are extremely dangerous. HWY 16 has seen many accidents this winter (though I don't know if it's more or less than normal ? just moved here, don't know the stats so well). The road to Jasper was closed a lot before December, and now I keep hearing that HWY 16 is bad from Edmonton to Hinton, the absolute worst being between Edson and Hinton.
So, anyone who talks to Joy, Mat, or Willy who reads this, please tell them to be careful driving, especially at night! And have charged cell phones! I am sure that they won't listen to my warnings, just like other people, when it comes to the roads here!
Lots of hills, lots of traffic, lots of animals, lots of friggin idiots...
All that plus a speed limit of 110 km/hr = DANGEROUS!!!
So yeah, if you ever some out this way in less than perfect conditions, please!!! Please!!!! PLEASE!!!! use caution. Plenty of it. Do the speed limit, or less. Chris and I have driven to Edmonton from here going between 60 km/hr and 90/hr depending on what the roads are like. There is two lanes, so anyone who wants to go faster can go around, and unless the visibility is squat, there's no reason they shouldn't be able to see you in time to slow down or go around. (Unless they are complete idiots and like to drive really fast in basically the kind of conditions that make you feel blind!
Yeah. So my little lecture about driving to Hinton to visit me in bad weather conditions and the idiots you will face while driving is over. Maybe. For now.
I read a meme that I think might be interesting, but am trying to come up with 6 weird things about me. That I can describe in less than 3000 words.
:) Maybe next post.
Marley is doing great. Her eating schedule is weird. She'll eat lots one day, a little the next, practically none the next, then kinda go back up again. And of course she poos like crazy during the part where she isn't eating very much.
I think she's just a little weirdo.
But I love her anyway!
I am making her little booties (the snow gets in between her toes and then she wants to come in because it freezes her poor little paws) since we haven't found any that would be anywhere near her size.
Going to go straighten my hair... trying to leave it down more, to see if having my hair up was the reason for my more frequently occurring headaches.
:)
Blaine
While I was in the shower.
About an hour after I took her outside because she wanted to go outside (she didn't do anything).
About half an hour after she ate (I should have known.) Dogs that aren't free fed usually have to go within half an hour to forty five minutes of getting their meal. Dogs that are free fed (bowl is kept full) it is harder to know when they will need to go. (Thanks to google.ca for the search on animal behaviour and a bunch of other information related to the attempted training of an older dog to not go in the house.)
I think we'll have to buy a crate. I just feel so bad when I put them in it.
And then, if we use it for punishment, we can't use it for travelling or anything else, because she'll think she's been bad.
Oh well.
Yeah, so life is pretty good.
Joy, Mat and Willy are coming to visit us this weekend!
Pretty sweet, especially since it was just last weekend (8 days ago) that Mom and Dad came to visit!
YAY!!!
Now, I just need to get Jarrod out here. (HA! Wild horses might be needed, I hear! JK!)
Apparently, the best way to get everyone to visit is to add a family member. Four legged or two is up to you, I guess! We're sticking with the four legged kind.
We've been in a bit of a cold snap (people from Cold Lake, please don't attack me!) It's gotten to -15 Celcius during the day, and it gets to about - 25 at night. We've gotten more snow lately than in most other weeks of this winter. (Chinooks help to melt it all.)
But we, in this 'lucky' part of the country/province, are also paying for it in other ways. The roads in and out of town are extremely dangerous. HWY 16 has seen many accidents this winter (though I don't know if it's more or less than normal ? just moved here, don't know the stats so well). The road to Jasper was closed a lot before December, and now I keep hearing that HWY 16 is bad from Edmonton to Hinton, the absolute worst being between Edson and Hinton.
So, anyone who talks to Joy, Mat, or Willy who reads this, please tell them to be careful driving, especially at night! And have charged cell phones! I am sure that they won't listen to my warnings, just like other people, when it comes to the roads here!
Lots of hills, lots of traffic, lots of animals, lots of friggin idiots...
All that plus a speed limit of 110 km/hr = DANGEROUS!!!
So yeah, if you ever some out this way in less than perfect conditions, please!!! Please!!!! PLEASE!!!! use caution. Plenty of it. Do the speed limit, or less. Chris and I have driven to Edmonton from here going between 60 km/hr and 90/hr depending on what the roads are like. There is two lanes, so anyone who wants to go faster can go around, and unless the visibility is squat, there's no reason they shouldn't be able to see you in time to slow down or go around. (Unless they are complete idiots and like to drive really fast in basically the kind of conditions that make you feel blind!
Yeah. So my little lecture about driving to Hinton to visit me in bad weather conditions and the idiots you will face while driving is over. Maybe. For now.
I read a meme that I think might be interesting, but am trying to come up with 6 weird things about me. That I can describe in less than 3000 words.
:) Maybe next post.
Marley is doing great. Her eating schedule is weird. She'll eat lots one day, a little the next, practically none the next, then kinda go back up again. And of course she poos like crazy during the part where she isn't eating very much.
I think she's just a little weirdo.
But I love her anyway!
I am making her little booties (the snow gets in between her toes and then she wants to come in because it freezes her poor little paws) since we haven't found any that would be anywhere near her size.
Going to go straighten my hair... trying to leave it down more, to see if having my hair up was the reason for my more frequently occurring headaches.
:)
Blaine
4 comments:
I'm glad your getting some help over the internet for Marley. Maybe if you put less food out every day she would'nt eat so much at one time and not be hungry the next days. She would also poop on a more regular basis and not so much on the days she eats more. I understand that dogs like to be in their kennel even if sent there to be trained, (not so much as a punishment) as a safe place, especially if they have toys and/or sleep there.
Oh yes, I should mention how I
used to train dogs to do their business outside, but they were usually puppies. I put newspaper down on the places they were going. When they were going on the paper regularily, then I gradually moved the paper closer to the door, then in the door and eventually out the door. At this point they usually don't need the paper anymore. This works best in the summer, but; can be done in winter.
Migraines can DEFINITELY be triggered by changes in weather patterns, especially when coupled with changes in sleep and/or hormones (normal cycle changes) so the move to a new weather area could affect migraines!
(I've done some of my own Net searches with the crazy migraines I've had since moving!)
:^)
Good luck with Marley, the best thing is that you care about her and want to give her a good life. She'll want to make you happy, too, I"m sure you'll find what's right for her.
Even though we use the kennel for disiplining Cricket, she will go an lie in there on her own accord. She occasionally uses during the day when we aren't home as well. I know this because that is where she comes out of when we get home. The difference is when she is being disciplined the door is closed. You could get two different kennels, one for discipling and one for travelling. She will learn the difference.
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