Thank you everyone.  Wendy he is being cremated.  I think when I find my forever home maybe I'll bury their boxes in the garden otherwise they're coming with me.  I have nice little cedar boxes with their names engraved on them.  May sound weird or morbid but it's a comfort.  I really miss his presence and the house seems quite devoid of anything.  I've never felt lonely with him around but now I do.  Tank is big on his me time, so isn't one to spend all his time with me.

I have to look at how lucky I was to have him and I probably spent more time with Winston in three years than most people get with their furry family members in 10. We spent very little time apart.  He really brought something in to my life that was missing.  It is hard to start the day without all those little things you shared and it is like a jolt each morning to realize once again he is gone.

I do know that I will get another dog, sooner rather than later, and it will be a puppy.  I do enjoy all those stages.

I've decided to keep myself preoccupied to start on the renovations that need to be done.  I took down all the shelving that was in one bedroom.  The walls are a mess so I need to sand and start filling. it is going to be time consuming  I'll take some befores amd post them.  I am going to get some new carpeting in the bedrooms and I was advised to definitley get it before painting.    I have to look at what is best for the shedding beasties.  They have long and wavy hair. I've also decided to not look for a secondary job until the fall and possibly do a little volunteer driving with the Cancer Society.

How is everyone else?   How are your new little beasties Tee?  Any new pictures?

Last edited by oscar66 (March 15, 2015 11:22 am)

I do think Tank misses him.  He kind of wanders occasionally or comes and sits with his head on my lap. When I came home without him so upset I think he knew something terrible had happened he was quite clingy which was okay.

The reason I was told carpet first is because the installers are usually fairly carefree and always ding the walls.  I would have though paint first but then I though hmm if they take out the baseboards there would be a lot of touch up work and generally you need to repaint the baseboards.

first on my list are those walls, then I;m going to paint the hallway and baseboards.  A couple of weeks work there.

Oscar, the idea of little cedar boxes is really nice, definitely comforting.  After this last week, I was wondering why did I want to start with puppies?? but you're right, it is going to be nice going through all the stages.

I took them to the vet last weekend and Baxter weighed 3lbs12oz and Bailey was 3lb4oz.  They did the normal puppy check and decided to wait another month for 2nd round of shots since they had the first one right before I got them.  Well, about Thursday morning I noticed Bailey seemed to be acting a little lethargic so I call the vet and asked if I could bring him in to check him out while I took my son to a tech school about 30 miles away.  They did another stool check which came back negative and just thought he might have a touch of gastroenteritis so gave him a shot and a special kind of dogfood.  The poor thing started getting sick at both ends and Sat. morning I was grossed out when I knew he probably had a tapeworm, which doesn't show up on the stool check they do.  Back to the vet and he was thrilled that I brought it in so they could check for cause (fleas)..  Another shot and lots of carpet cleaning later, thought we were in the clear when Baxter starting getting sick this evening.  I took him in on Sat. aft so they could give him the same shot in case he got sick.  Plus we started on flea treatment since he thinks they probably got the larvae introduced to their bodies at the initial place they were staying.  Then I remembered Baxter had fleas embedded in his neck when Lynzee rescued him so 28 days later they start turning up sick.  They are so tiny and just want to be held but little bits of playfulness break out every now and then.  Told my son it was just like having a baby, all you do at first is feed and change poopy diapers.  Haven't had time to take any pics as they won't stay still long enough unless they're sleeping.

Last edited by teeitup46ok (March 15, 2015 10:33 pm)

dichotomous earth is good for parasites in dogs and humans.  Puppyhood is still fresh in my memory, I wouldn't want to go through it again anytime soon, but having two puppies will help a lot, I remember feeling like my hand was going to be gnawed off, having two they can teeth on each other.  A couple years ago my help got a puppy and my dogs didn't want anything to do with it because all it wanted to do was gnaw their legs, lol.

Hubby ended up coming back, I figure I'm leaving in a month so I can stand it until then.  It means I don't have to worry about taking the dogs so that's a big relief/weight off my mind.  It also means I can fly instead of drive.  I booked my ticket yesterday for April 23rd and it was only $130, all fees and taxes included!  It cost about a hundred more last spring.  I'm going to miss my doggies but I don't want to live in a bunk in a van with 2 of them.