Category: Pet stuff

This came to me through a friend of mine. Anybody interested in a dog?

Hello! My name is “Lady of the Lake” because I swam out of the Lake into my Foster owner’s yard to play with her 4 Standard Poodles. I was very playful and loving so she is trying to help me find a “forever” home. She can’t keep me because she is allergic to dogs (that’s why she has Poodles).
I have just been spayed. My shots are up to date and I have been tested for heartworm (I was clear) and updated my Rabies vaccines. I am Frontline and now Heartworm Preventative.
Here are my details:

• I am 18 inches high at the shoulder and 35 pounds, black with water resistant hair
• I swim and love to play fetch
• I am great with kids and other dogs
• I am VERY calm, loving, and love to lay and be pet
• I am smart and my foster owners are training me to “Here, Heel & Sit”
• I walk well on leash
• I am VERY quiet

There is NOTHING wrong with me other then I need a good home that will appreciate and love me.
If you would like to welcome me into your home for a small adoption fee, please contact:
Lady of the Lake
Claudia or Dana @ 704-483-6209

Not so good: Nala had grassy diarrhea today. I think she must have found a clump to snack on without me noticing the other day.
Worse: It was waiting for me all over her crate when I got home today. The house was very stinky.
Not so bad: Only a little bit splattered on the carpet and the wall.
Good: I was able to drag the crate (with Nala in it) over to the back door to let her out.
Not so good: She stepped in it getting out of the crate and left poopy paw prints on the back porch..
Good: The crate is easy to clean up.
Not so good: Nala ran back into the house to get a drink of water before I could hose her paws off. More poopy paw prints in the kitchen. Not as bad as on the back porch though.
Good: Cleaning up the carpet was easier than it could have been. Just a few spots here and there, and a little bit of scrubbing on the walls.
The house smells bleachy again. I knew I should have left work earlier.
I’m really going to have to do something about this grass eating thing.

Thanks to fellow Voxer and lab owner Amanda, Nala and Simba have some new turkey treats to enjoy.
I used 4 eggs in my batch and added in a small bunch of chopped fresh parsley. At some point during moving, the muffin tins seem to have disappeared, so I just rolled up a bunch of little meatballs and baked them up at 350°F for 30 minutes.
After letting them cool down, I gave one to each of the dogs. Once they figured out what the strange little round thing was and that it tasted good, the turkey meatballs disappeared pretty quickly. I think they liked their new treats.

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I think one of the hallmarks of a true pet owner is probably the number of times they’ve cleaned up their pet’s (or pets’) diarrhea inside the house.
There’s nothing like your 3AM-sleepy brain waking up because it detected a smelly what-crawled-up-your-butt-and-died stinky fart. Nothing wakes up that 3AM-sleepy brain like the realization that it’s not dog gas you’re smelling.
Not only did Simba have the runs in the bedroom this morning, but he walked it across half the bedroom. It’s bad enough having to clean it up, but when you’ve got to get on your hands and knees to wipe up crap (literally) that’s scattered across the bedroom, it’s really bad. Now the bedroom smells of bleach cleaner with the faint odour of poo underneath.
I suppose it could be worse though. I could have stepped in it while I was blindly stumbling around to see what happened. Or he could have done it all over the carpet. Or it could have been projectile diarrhea. That definitely wouldn’t have been fun to clean up.
Now I have to figure out why Simba’s having diarrhea.

It appears that at some point yesterday while running around, Simba managed to lose a sizable chunk of paw skin/padding on both his front paws. Not sure how he managed it, but he’s definitely not into walking much at the moment. It’s not bleeding but I know it probably doesn’t feel that great for him. I’ll have to make an appointment with the vet and get it checked out.