I went to the vet yesterday, and as usual Blitz was weighed. The tech who weighed him told us he was 69.8 pounds...I figured that couldn't be right, because the last time he was weighed he was 61.3, and that was less than a month ago! They asked me all the usual questions when a dog gains that much weight...Have you increased his food, given him treats, anything? The answer is no...In fact, he's been on a diet. (The vet told me to.) His waist looks tons better, so he DID take off the fat. They weighed him twice more on that scale, with the same outcome. They figured it might have something to do with the scale, so they took him to the other scale...Same thing!! Guess my guy is just getting way bigger! The vet did mention he looked taller...(I wouldn't notice since I'm with him all the time.)
But yes, he has gone through a spurt. His choke chain, which was a month ago the perfect size, (About three inches coming off of his neck when it was tightened, but still a bit loose) is now about an inch smaller. Looks like it's time for a new choke chain. Also, his jacket now barely reaches halfway across his chest. He doesn't LOOK all that big...But when you get to the technicalities, he's HUGE!
Monday, January 28, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Update...Without pics.
Haha, sorry, no pics today. My camera hasn't been updated for quite a while...
Anyway, Blitz started Moorpark College with me on Tuesday. I'm so surprised at how good he was! He is normally very loud in classes with whining, snorting, and doing that snoring/purring thing. But he was quiet in all the classes. The only one I'm NOT bringing him to is the speech class, which as I said before, the teacher won't allow. I looked into the classes Alisa and Joanna suggested, but when I got there the teacher told me they were full. Too bad...They both really loved Blitz. (Joanna...Your teacher told me about you, and said that while you were doing your speech Camry was crawling towards you...LOL! So cute.) Yesterday (Thursday) Blitz and I were absolutely DRIPPING. We were trying to figure out where my brothers were, to meet up with them. We started from the Zoo, and we looked for them in the mostly likely places...The PA building, then to the Library, then the FH, then back to the PA, and then they finally answered their phones and told me they were at the library. So, we met them in the Library parking lot. All in all, we were running back and forth in the rain for about twenty minutes. (The buildings are reasonably far apart.) Somewhere in there Blitz had to go to the bathroom...Which is interesting in the rain. Believe it or not, I've only had to pick up poo once in the rain. Other times we've been able to find a covered area, or else he only had to go pee. So that was interesting. Poor Blitz...You could so tell he hated being out there, but he was the trooper and kept up with me, his head hanging the whole time though. Every time we entered a building of COURSE the first thing he did was shake. Hmm, looks like I'm going to have to get some tag silencers...Especially for the Library, lol. In my Animal Behavior class there are rats EVERYWHERE up on the tables. Blitz completely ignored them. The professor played a recording of a blue whale, which lasted for about a minute and a half. Blitz woke up immediately, and stayed having that cocked Lab look for the whole time. That got quite a few laughs! I love my animal behavior class...Even the people are completely different than the other classes! Everyone in my other classes are with the "latest" trend and all, while everyone in Animal Behavior is wearing jeans and a T-shirt. The conversation during breaks are ALWAYS on their different pets and their quirks, and everyones so great!
On the raising front...We will be going back to puppy meetings in March!! The Mock Trial competition is the end of February, and of course we won't be having any more classes then. I can't wait! I haven't seen alot of people for forever. (Although I saw Mr. Dallas and Miss Camry on Tuesday at Moorpark!) None of Blitz's littermates are in either Ventura or Sylmar, so I won't see them, but there are a bunch of puppies going in in February that I won't be able to see before they leave! Sad day! Oceana will either be going in in Feb or March. Harley is going in in February. (Hopefully I'll be able to go to his going away party...I had him for two weeks, and he's SUCH a good boy! Blitz is aspiring to be like him!) Duke is going in in Feb. Joanna said that after the March turn in, Blitz and Camry will be the oldest puppies in the group!! Ooh, by the way...We're going to Germany in March! That's less than seven weeks!! I THINK I've found a pup sitter, though I still need to confirm on that. (Stephen Hoekendorf, Daniel's (puppy raiser) little brother.)
Anyway, lots of things are happening...See you!!
Anyway, Blitz started Moorpark College with me on Tuesday. I'm so surprised at how good he was! He is normally very loud in classes with whining, snorting, and doing that snoring/purring thing. But he was quiet in all the classes. The only one I'm NOT bringing him to is the speech class, which as I said before, the teacher won't allow. I looked into the classes Alisa and Joanna suggested, but when I got there the teacher told me they were full. Too bad...They both really loved Blitz. (Joanna...Your teacher told me about you, and said that while you were doing your speech Camry was crawling towards you...LOL! So cute.) Yesterday (Thursday) Blitz and I were absolutely DRIPPING. We were trying to figure out where my brothers were, to meet up with them. We started from the Zoo, and we looked for them in the mostly likely places...The PA building, then to the Library, then the FH, then back to the PA, and then they finally answered their phones and told me they were at the library. So, we met them in the Library parking lot. All in all, we were running back and forth in the rain for about twenty minutes. (The buildings are reasonably far apart.) Somewhere in there Blitz had to go to the bathroom...Which is interesting in the rain. Believe it or not, I've only had to pick up poo once in the rain. Other times we've been able to find a covered area, or else he only had to go pee. So that was interesting. Poor Blitz...You could so tell he hated being out there, but he was the trooper and kept up with me, his head hanging the whole time though. Every time we entered a building of COURSE the first thing he did was shake. Hmm, looks like I'm going to have to get some tag silencers...Especially for the Library, lol. In my Animal Behavior class there are rats EVERYWHERE up on the tables. Blitz completely ignored them. The professor played a recording of a blue whale, which lasted for about a minute and a half. Blitz woke up immediately, and stayed having that cocked Lab look for the whole time. That got quite a few laughs! I love my animal behavior class...Even the people are completely different than the other classes! Everyone in my other classes are with the "latest" trend and all, while everyone in Animal Behavior is wearing jeans and a T-shirt. The conversation during breaks are ALWAYS on their different pets and their quirks, and everyones so great!
On the raising front...We will be going back to puppy meetings in March!! The Mock Trial competition is the end of February, and of course we won't be having any more classes then. I can't wait! I haven't seen alot of people for forever. (Although I saw Mr. Dallas and Miss Camry on Tuesday at Moorpark!) None of Blitz's littermates are in either Ventura or Sylmar, so I won't see them, but there are a bunch of puppies going in in February that I won't be able to see before they leave! Sad day! Oceana will either be going in in Feb or March. Harley is going in in February. (Hopefully I'll be able to go to his going away party...I had him for two weeks, and he's SUCH a good boy! Blitz is aspiring to be like him!) Duke is going in in Feb. Joanna said that after the March turn in, Blitz and Camry will be the oldest puppies in the group!! Ooh, by the way...We're going to Germany in March! That's less than seven weeks!! I THINK I've found a pup sitter, though I still need to confirm on that. (Stephen Hoekendorf, Daniel's (puppy raiser) little brother.)
Anyway, lots of things are happening...See you!!
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Kid Friendly??
Blitz and my three year old brother, Matthew, are best buds. (Matthew will probably be the one who will miss Blitz most, besides me.)
Friday, January 18, 2008
Long overdue update!
So, while mom was off enjoying herself in Sacramento, I was on crate rest! hehe, it wasn't as bad as all that, though.
I went with the Reynolds, a family who is considering puppy raising, but wanted to pup-sit first. I was a bit of trouble for them...On the first day I ate a pencil. It was non-toxic, so we all weren't too worried, but they definately saw that pencil again when they were picking up my gift! The rest of the time I was either sleeping or being extremely energetic. These pain pills I'm on, while they normally make a dog calmer, make me a much more hyper dog. That combined with the fact that I'm a ten month old male...Wow. Mom picked me up tuesday morning, and took me with her to Moorpark college for her classes. Because of my foot, (Although I'm not limping anymore) she didn't want me to walk around too much, and brought me to the car after just one class. (The teacher in that class is the only one who won't let mom bring me to classes once I heal...Mom is considering dropping it.) It was a cold day, and I had my dog bed in the car, so mom decided it'd be alright. She came back after a few hours, to feed me my dinner, hang out, and take me potty. Then I went back in the car until ten o'clock, when mom's last class ended. When she and her two brothers got in the car, I was so tired I didn't even acknowledge them! Wednesday and Thursday I slept all day. (While mom was gone at classes both of those days!) On wednesday, Stephen Hoekendorf (The brother of a GDA puppy raiser) offered to take me to the puppy meeting, but because of my Pano, mom said no. Thursday, when mom got home from her classes at Moorpark, she had two rats! She is in an animal behavior class at Moorpark, and the lab requires that you train a rat to do an obstacle course. So far, I'm really good with them. I'm really interested, but it's not the kind of hungry-interested. They're names are Stanhope (A character in "Descent Into Hell") and Ransom, (A character in "That Hideous Strength") and they are both male albinos. Right now mom has no idea how she's going to tell them apart, but for now she has just put a piece of yarn on one of them. They're still pups, both at ten weeks old! (They're littermates.) Mom asked about bringing me to all her classes, and everyone said it's FINE except for the speech teacher. For the animal behavior class, though, I won't be able to go with mom out into the zoo, but there will always be some animal-lover in the classroom to hold onto me while mom does her thing! Mom thinks I'll be ready to come to classes again by thursday...Maybe tuesday. I'm not limping anymore, but the vet said not to be fooled by that...It's just the pain pills! Oh! And I lost alot of weight. (Well, like four pounds) The vet told mom to have me shed some pounds, as I was looking a bit chubby. But now I'm even more beautiful than before, with a really slim body! I should be on one of those weight-loss commercials, haha. But I don't like diets...Before I got cut a whole half a cup per meal, I would start looking hungry at about four o'clock. (Dinner times at five) Now, I start looking hungry by three, and by five I'm just dying. Now that I'm at a good weight though, mom says maybe she'll give me a half a cup more a day, just so I don't keep losing weight.
Exciting news, too! As of February, I will be able to get back to Puppy Meetings! It's been a long time since mom's been, and she really misses them. She has a class on wednesday nights, but that will end soon! Woohoo! I can't wait!!!
I went with the Reynolds, a family who is considering puppy raising, but wanted to pup-sit first. I was a bit of trouble for them...On the first day I ate a pencil. It was non-toxic, so we all weren't too worried, but they definately saw that pencil again when they were picking up my gift! The rest of the time I was either sleeping or being extremely energetic. These pain pills I'm on, while they normally make a dog calmer, make me a much more hyper dog. That combined with the fact that I'm a ten month old male...Wow. Mom picked me up tuesday morning, and took me with her to Moorpark college for her classes. Because of my foot, (Although I'm not limping anymore) she didn't want me to walk around too much, and brought me to the car after just one class. (The teacher in that class is the only one who won't let mom bring me to classes once I heal...Mom is considering dropping it.) It was a cold day, and I had my dog bed in the car, so mom decided it'd be alright. She came back after a few hours, to feed me my dinner, hang out, and take me potty. Then I went back in the car until ten o'clock, when mom's last class ended. When she and her two brothers got in the car, I was so tired I didn't even acknowledge them! Wednesday and Thursday I slept all day. (While mom was gone at classes both of those days!) On wednesday, Stephen Hoekendorf (The brother of a GDA puppy raiser) offered to take me to the puppy meeting, but because of my Pano, mom said no. Thursday, when mom got home from her classes at Moorpark, she had two rats! She is in an animal behavior class at Moorpark, and the lab requires that you train a rat to do an obstacle course. So far, I'm really good with them. I'm really interested, but it's not the kind of hungry-interested. They're names are Stanhope (A character in "Descent Into Hell") and Ransom, (A character in "That Hideous Strength") and they are both male albinos. Right now mom has no idea how she's going to tell them apart, but for now she has just put a piece of yarn on one of them. They're still pups, both at ten weeks old! (They're littermates.) Mom asked about bringing me to all her classes, and everyone said it's FINE except for the speech teacher. For the animal behavior class, though, I won't be able to go with mom out into the zoo, but there will always be some animal-lover in the classroom to hold onto me while mom does her thing! Mom thinks I'll be ready to come to classes again by thursday...Maybe tuesday. I'm not limping anymore, but the vet said not to be fooled by that...It's just the pain pills! Oh! And I lost alot of weight. (Well, like four pounds) The vet told mom to have me shed some pounds, as I was looking a bit chubby. But now I'm even more beautiful than before, with a really slim body! I should be on one of those weight-loss commercials, haha. But I don't like diets...Before I got cut a whole half a cup per meal, I would start looking hungry at about four o'clock. (Dinner times at five) Now, I start looking hungry by three, and by five I'm just dying. Now that I'm at a good weight though, mom says maybe she'll give me a half a cup more a day, just so I don't keep losing weight.
Exciting news, too! As of February, I will be able to get back to Puppy Meetings! It's been a long time since mom's been, and she really misses them. She has a class on wednesday nights, but that will end soon! Woohoo! I can't wait!!!
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Yup, it's Pano
Whew! What a relief. Granted, it's a very severe case of Pano, so I'm in a ton of pain, (Or shall I say WAS...Those anti-inflammetories work like magic. I think I'm going to become an addict.) but at least I'll grow out of it and it's nothing too serious.
So, mom's leaving on thursday to go to Sacramento with her Mock Trial team. She WAS planning on getting me some kennel time, but I'm on strict orders from the doctor to REST...That does not mean going to the kennels to jump around and get all excited. So, mom's in the process of finding a puppy-sitter! She's looking for someone who doesn't have a dog currently, (It'll make it just that much easier to keep me quiet and resting) and also that I don't know all that well. (Man, I'm hurting like there's no tomorrow and she's STILL concerned about my socialization?)
Let you know how that goes!
At the vet, the nice lady whom I've never met before laid me on the table to feel me. My tail was going full swing, but she was hurting me bad so I was crying. (REALLY loudly.) But, that tail just kept thumping. It all hurt real bad, but I knew they were trying to help me! Then they took x-rays, and that's when they decided that it was a really severe case of Pano.
So, mom's leaving on thursday to go to Sacramento with her Mock Trial team. She WAS planning on getting me some kennel time, but I'm on strict orders from the doctor to REST...That does not mean going to the kennels to jump around and get all excited. So, mom's in the process of finding a puppy-sitter! She's looking for someone who doesn't have a dog currently, (It'll make it just that much easier to keep me quiet and resting) and also that I don't know all that well. (Man, I'm hurting like there's no tomorrow and she's STILL concerned about my socialization?)
Let you know how that goes!
At the vet, the nice lady whom I've never met before laid me on the table to feel me. My tail was going full swing, but she was hurting me bad so I was crying. (REALLY loudly.) But, that tail just kept thumping. It all hurt real bad, but I knew they were trying to help me! Then they took x-rays, and that's when they decided that it was a really severe case of Pano.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Limping yet again!!
ARG! I'm limping again. For the third time in the past two months. It's the same exact thing, only it's switched over to my front leg. And I don't know if anyone has noticed this, but the limp in the front leg is ALOT easier to spot than a limp in the back, and this time it isn't as bad, (As far as pain goes) but it looks alot worse. The vet wants me to come on Saturday, because they will have an orthopedic specialist there to look at me. So, I'll let y'all know how it goes.
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