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Oh Frustration, Molly is Thy Name
Posted on May 28, 2006 by Ching under Babies.
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This is a public service announcement to all those who might be thinking about getting a puppy in the near future. Word of advice: do your research. I had no idea what I had gotten myself into until I realize that I really liked being able to stay in bed until seven o’clock in the morning.
These days I’m lucky if I can get five hours of sleep. I know it’s not all Molly’s fault. She’s not the one who decided to stay up late the night before. However, in my defense, it’s hard to break habits. I’m used to staying up pretty late and getting up around sevenish. The problem is I now have to train myself to get up at five o’clock in the morning and the two hours of sleep really make a difference.
Anyway, please don’t get me wrong. I love Molly to pieces and I would never ever consider giving her up. She’s my baby and I love her. It’s just very challenging to take care of a puppy. House training is almost impossible.
Once again, this is not Molly’s fault. She just got used to doing her business inside the house because during the first week we had her, we were just so relieved that she finally started having regular bowel movement (because it meant she was eating) that we really didn’t care where she went. As you all know very well, habits are easy to form and hard to break. So now she thinks outside is for play and inside is for potty.
I’m tired of picking up poo and cleaning up after her. At first the poo was just really small and, though pungent, kind of cute. Now that she has grown bigger, her poo has gotten bigger (she’s now 4 lbs 3 oz, according to her weigh-in at the vet yesterday) also and it’s stench is not just putrid, it’s aggravating. Despite this however, I cannot get myself to be angry at her. All I can do is say “No, no, no!” and just keep picking up poo. I just keep hoping that she’s get it one of these days without us having to spank her. I think that’s just mean.
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Little Joeys
Posted on May 21, 2006 by Ching under Babies.
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Did I mention that I’m going to be a grandmother soon?
Ginger and Star both had joeys recently.
They’re still in the pouch nursing so Brian and I haven’t actually seen them. I did see an arm come out of the pouch today, though.
Immediately after that I grabbed my camera to try to get a picture of the babies. No such luck. You can kind of see something in this picture, but it’s not that great of a shot.
Anyway, I’m looking forward to seeing the joeys when they first emerge from the pouch. Joeys are the most adorable little critters. We won’t be keeping this litter very long, though, as all the joeys have already been spoken for (sorry, we’re not selling our joeys; if you’d like to buy some, please visit Moonlit Gliders and Sara will take care of you).
We are giving two to Gina, one of our poker buddies, and then the other two to Sara and Jeremy. Gina and her mom actually asked me about the joeys while we were at poker on Friday. I told them that they weren’t ready yet. I think they’ll probably be ready to go in two or three months. I’m not sure since this is our first litter.
Once the joeys come out, we’ll take pictures and share them with you guys. Stay tuned.
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Dr. Molly and Mr. Monster
Posted on May 13, 2006 by Ching under Babies.
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She looks vicious in this picture, doesn’t she? She is the most adorable little puppy but like a gremlin she has her terrible, vicious side. When she gets in a really playful mood she’ll come after your toes and feet like there is no tomorrow. It’s cute at first but she gets carried away sometimes and starts biting really hard. Then it’s not fun anymore.
We took her the vet today for her weekly weigh in and I’m happy to report that my pot-bellied princess is now 3 lbs 5 ounces. Last Friday she weighed only 2 lbs 13 ounces, so we are doing great.
She is still very finicky about food, though. It takes a lot of coaxing to get her to eat. Sometimes I just give up and leave her alone. A few hours later I will see the food dish empty. I can only hope that she’s the one eating it and the cats aren’t scarfing up her food.
Speaking of the cats, Oscar’s eye infection has finally healed but now Felix has it. Hopefully Jesus and Molly don’t get it. As for us, the vet said that it’s not contagious to humans so Brian and I are safe. For now, anyway. Who knows what other diseases our babies will contract.
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Pet Insurance
Posted on May 5, 2006 by Ching under Babies.
My baby Molly is officially insured! The paperwork arrived today. I kind of wish that the other animals were insured now too, though.
A few days ago Brian noticed that Oscar’s eyes were filled with puss and gunk so he took him to the vet. It turns out he has an eye infection. Thankfully it isn’t contagious to humans. However, we are very concerned about the others.
We have some eye gel for Oscar which we have to give him in the morning and at night. He doesn’t like it very much so I have to hold him down while Brian applies the eye gel. I had no idea how strong he was until now. Despite his skinny frame it takes all of my weight to keep him from escaping.
Anyway, he needs treatment for a couple of weeks and then hopefully things will be back to normal. It’s kind of a pain to treat him.
As for Molly she seems pretty healthy. She is now 2 lbs and 13 ounces. That’s 10 more ounces than she weighed last week! Brian says that she is everyone’s favorite puppy at the vet. No wonder she is such a diva!
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A Crappy Day
Posted on May 1, 2006 by Ching under Babies.
I had a crappy day.. Literally!
It’s like 5:45 am and Molly is yelping and whimpering and crying. I try to tune out the noise. It’s not time yet! I normally don’t get up to let her out until sixish.Â
You want to know what she was crying about? Well, the little turd bucket peed and crapped inside the crate. As if that wasn’t enough, she scooped up the poop and smeared them all over the door of the crate. Needless to say, my morning started out with cleaning the nasty, poop-stained crate and giving my little turd monster a bath.
Giving her a bath isn’t the easiest of tasks either. Now that she has more energy, she actually fights it. Her bath this morning took twice as long as the first couple of times that we’d given her a bath. Of course, she was sickly and lethargic back then. Sometimes I miss the old Molly. I wish she would be a little more mellow (without being sick) because lately she’s been a bit of pain.
We had no idea what we were getting into.
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