Updates <33

Accidents.

I added the ability to post through my phone so... when they have accidents I will know when, what kind, and if there was a warning.

This morning they both had one at the SAME time. I got Puppy outside but Titus had his when I left (stopped when I came in, though, and finished outside).


The style will be

Dog type of accident: type of warning (if none, will probably say none)


Puppy poop accident: whining

Titus poop accident: whining

Sigh.

Well... I basically lost the job. Which is okay because I was really beginning to hate it. I hate drugging up dogs for no reason and that's what they're all about.

Then, they asked me if I fed my dog in a cage and I do, every night, because you can't have raw chicken dragging across the floor - that's just nasty. And asked me if I leave food on their faces and I was like, yes, yes I do because they clean it themselves. SINCE THEY'RE DOGS.

It's not a huge deal, though, I wanted to save a lot of the money for law school but it's not worth the stress and shit that I have to take every day.

Just tutoring, now.

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Titus... he's getting bigger now. He's got big paws and those skinny cute legs. It's adorable. The only problem is that while he's mostly done detoxing (no more diarrhea), I still haven't started giving him a big variety; right now, I'm just supplementing with fish oils. They hate taking it, too, it's miserable because the pills are large and spaniels taking pills - it's just a task.

Anyway, he's had lots of mucus poo lately, but he's also been a hell of a lot better with his pottying. He did have a mistake the other day but he's getting that pooping is for outside and when we do go outside he goes poop pretty quickly. I'm not waiting for hours for him to poop. After we potty, I usually play with him for a little bit but it's too damn hot to take a bunch of walks like I would normally do. It's easier to give a bunch of walks because then he's ready to nap once we go back inside but it's just... way too hot for that.

Also, Puppy and him are playing so much more now. She plays very gently and he plays like the little bad puppy he is. It is adorable though.

I really need to update with pictures again. Hopefully I'll get around to taking pictures this weekend or so.

Detox update.

TITUS' DETOX IS OVER!

Officially. Thank god because he looks absolutely dreadful. His hair has fallen out in spots. It's growing back now but I went to get him a skin scrape with his third round of shots and she found nothing. She suggested that I supplement which I do but it's pretty difficult to get pills down the throat of a spaniel, if anyone can imagine. He had a firm poopy just now and it was amazing. He's also going swimmingly with his potty training. I figured most of the problems were up to detox.

He has a lot of mucus coming out of him - I think it's because of his parents and parents being on dog food and the fact that he's pretty young. I don't know. But Puppy's hair didn't fall out in clumps and shed like crazy and she didn't have nearly as much mucus as Titus. Sometimes... he'll go out to poo and all it will be is mucus.

Titus also doesn't really care for chicken wings. He likes boneless skinless chicken breasts - he gobbles those up as soon as I drop them, but it takes him longer to realize that he's allowed to eat the wings. When he's a little older, I won't worry as much, but for now I'm just going to let him have the breasts since we have a lot extra (my roommate dreads the idea of feeding her cat bones, w/e).

That's all for now. I need to update with pics but he looks so ugly right now.

Spintering Bones.

Well... I had to take an emergency vet visit on my one of two off days this week.

This morning, Puppy woke up and we went outside to poop but nothing really came out, just little turds, basically. I wasn't too alarmed because, well, she's a dog. But then, later (about two hours later) she started shivering uncontrollably and she wasn't being herself, either. Her tail carriage was low (the natural position is high - like a flag since she is a CKCS) and she was fairly lethargic. So, like a good pet owner, I was like "VET TIME!" So I rushed my baby to the vet and low and behold, she had splintered pieces of bone. The vet dug into her bum and got it out. Naturally, I was surprised, considering it had splintered and sharp points were paining her and she couldn't get them out on her own. However, I can't say if these came from cooked or raw bones because I always feed raw bones, however, that isn't to say that she doesn't get ahold of cooked bones from my hand. But obviously, people throw them out of their window and into the yard and I can't keep track of everything she gets into.

However, the vet got the pieces out (not the one I work at, a different one) and Puppy felt loads better. She started acting like her annoying self almost immediately (and then I had a conversation about raw diets with one of the vet techs).

Needless to say, that visit was VERY scary. I think she's fine now... but still. If I don't know what the splintering came from, it's just scary. She checked her anal glands too, and her AGs weren't full. Essentially, Puppy just scoots for fun.

Weight 2

Well. I weighed my little titan today and he's about at 5lbs. He wouldn't stay still which, while annoying, was a good thing. (Now he's trying to eat his tail, silly puppy)

He looks bigger than when I got him, of course he is.

Detox - well.. he's scratching a lot (probably from his new collar too), and he's been having lots of mucus poop - and asking to go outside each time, of course, when he's in the crate. He's had a little blood but not too bad. most of the time, he'll go to poop and all that will come out is mucus. Not bad, not bad at all.

He still gets treats for going. And he likes to hack up my other dog's hair.. since he just eats it. Because of this sad habit, I'm going to buy a good vacuum at some point very very soon. Depends on my work hours at the moment. I should be getting a 400 dollar pay check for this pay period.. and as long as I get the same thing in July, I'll be able to get the vacuum I want. I want a deep cleaner vacuum, not just some regular vacuum.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_02087760000P?vName=Appliances&cName=Vacuums+%26+Floor+Care&sName=Floor+Cleaners

I really like that one. It's a Bissell ProHeat. It's pretty expensive, but I need something with a good rating that's going to last for awhile. But with two dogs trampling up my floor, I need something to deep clean the floors every two weeks or so because it's pretty gross just to vacuum with pee and what not on the floor too.


Puppy - The other dog.. she's become quite the cuddle bug since Titus came. I think it's just because by the time she's done running from him, she just wants her quality time. It's pretty cute 'cause she's really not a snuggler.

Also, she had a bit of a potty set back which was to be expected. I think she may have had a pee accident today and she had a poo accident yesterday. It's almost like she has more mistakes than him - and yet I say she's the reliable one. Really she is because at least I know when and why she has mistakes. I have no idea why Titus gets close to mistakes sometimes.

Anyway, that's it for now.

(I keep watching 27 dresses, like.. once a day or more. It's like my favorite movie ever)

the "Crazy dog" game.

Apparently, the "crazy dog" game is when the dog just runs - insanely. Puppy used to do it all the time but now she's considerably lazier. Though, she'll still play and take walks, she doesn't get as excited as she used to about little things - probably because she's two years old and not a real puppy anymore.

Titus, however, is now the "crazy dog". I take him for bunches of short walks during the day because when he's out for his 1.5 hour every potty break, it seems like he just has an overflow of energy. We walk.. and we play.. and he chews.. and we run.. it's insane. I usually take him for a twenty minute walk after he potties (so I'm outside for about 30 minutes), then I come inside and play with him while I sort of watch TV for another thirty or so minutes. Then he goes out for another quick potty break and short walk (15-20 minutes), and then, depending on what time it is, I feed him. So he's awake for a good two hours as it takes him forever to eat... and then he lies down for a nap until his next potty break which is between 2-4 hours. He doesn't really have a strict schedule.


As far as his weight, I need to email the breeder and ask her how big his parents are (I forgot to do that while I was there) but I'm sure that they're 13-18lbs, I kind of hope that Titus is on the bigger side, honestly, like 18 or so pounds even though for show a smaller, well-balanced dog is preferred. As of Sunday, his current weight is still 3lbs. I will be weighing him again on this coming Sunday, since I work.

His diet - his detox is possibly over, I'm not sure because I've been giving him medicine for his diarrhea since there was a little bright red blood (happened to Puppy during her detox as well) and he needs to strain less.

Potty Training - this was the first day that Titus did not have an accident when he first got there (I think he may have peed later, though, but they don't tell me when I kind of need to know - I'm going to start asking them to write his mistakes down on his cage card). I think the only reason he didn't have an accident at work was because he was a little constipated... he got in the necessary position but nothing came out, hehe. He still got a treat for it though, and he's bad about those treats. He will stop pooping just to get a treat and run around with poo still on his bum. It's pretty gross and as a result I will probably start taking baby wipes outside with me (once I buy some).

He's very reliable for a 11-12 week old puppy as far as potty training goes. I would say that he's better than some 1 year old dogs I know and definitely better than an 8 month old lab puppy I know. The lab puppy like rolls around in his crap every day, but apparently they JUST started potty training him (he's also not leash trained either). I think he's just became too used to not being trained which makes it harder. Luckily, Titus has only had about three mistakes, two poops and one pee. He has a good bit of mistakes in his crate but that's because of detox, mostly (the diarrhea). He did pee in Puppy's crate once... but that is expected since there's a lot more room for him to go.

Command Training - We haven't really started that yet and I know he's not too young for it. I'm working on the "come here" command first and him correctly identifying his name. Later, when he's a good bit older, I'm going to see if I can train them to come only when I say their name and then the command, not just the command. (With Puppy, I say her name, specifically, and when she looks at me, I say come here. For some reason, when I tell people how to call her, they don't understand the pause between her name and the command which is necessary for her to first register that you are talking to her) I'm trying to teach him "sit" as well... but he's not grasping it as quickly. I'm doing it the same way that I do with Puppy - he gets it better when I have the food at his nose rather than when I say "Titus - sit". It's not too bad, overall, though.


Sadly, I'm ready for him to be an adult. I love puppies and all but I want to see his beauty now, and not the rolly-polly clumsy puppy. I love to watch puppies learn and grow but I definitely love adult dogs.

Also, people are right when they say that males "are IN love with you" because he never leaves my side really. He'll venture off a little but should I stop, he's right there at my feet, lying on his back in the grass. Or should I sit down on the grass, Puppy tends to run off and get into something but not Titus, he sits right beside me and settles. He may chew the grass or roll over and try to get me to play with him, but he doesn't go very far unless he has to poo. It's a nice change, hehe.

Right now, he's sleeping on his back with his legs wide open. He's already a man, haha!



<3 I love my babies.

Puppy Update

More pics <3

I think I'm just going to take weekly pics because even though I'm sick of puppyhood, I want to be able to at least look back and remember how cute he was until he enters his bad stage.

He's still working really hard to keep up with the girls (Puppy and Kiley) when they're playing. He basically copies what Puppy does exactly. She humps, he humps; she barks, he barks.

However, she tries to play a bit rough with him so I have to constantly stop her. I'm glad she's interested in really playing with him but he just needs to be able to hold his own.. and her growling kind of scares him a little too. Because she freezes, then bows, and then grabs his scruff which I don't think he's used to just yet. He LOVES watching them play too. He runs behind after them with perked ears, it's so cute.

Anyway, Pics and a video:

Weight.

I've been looking very hard for a growth chart on my puppy but I can't find any that have his weight on them. He weighs about 48 ounces or 3lbs at the moment and he's a nice ten weeks old.

It's bugging me because I don't know what his grown will be but I think I'm just going to weigh him weekly since I can anyway. That'll give me some idea with how he's progressing and how the diet is working for him.

I'm going to guess that he'll weigh about 15lbs just because he *is* a cavalier and then I've read that generally you can times the weight at 3 months times 3 and you'll have a good idea of his final weight, give or take a few pounds. That would put him at around 12lbs but I think that would be too small.

Anyway. It doesn't matter too much, as long as he's eating well and getting a pretty good diet.

Today I fed:

Puppy: Chicken Wing, 1/4 cup carrots, un peu apple sauce.

Titus: 1/2 chicken winglet (1/4 chicken wing), 1/8 cup carrots, un peu apple sauce

Parvovirus and Titering.

1. You CAN titer puppies.

2. Puppies need 3 sets of boosters about 3-4 weeks apart.



There's a lot of controversy over this. There are "nutty" breeders that vaccinate every week then nutty breeders that stop vaccinating at 10 weeks. There are some equally nutty veterinarians that vaccinate upwards of six times. I wish someone would just titer these puppies to really see if they need the constant vaccinations. No one ever does, why not?

Same thing with the foods.



I'm truly exhausted right now. I love my little Titus and so does Puppy. Except she humps him a lot and I don't want her to because it causes him to tuck his tail when she's only playing with him. He's not old enough to play like that yet - but one day soon he'll be able to keep up with her. I can't wait until he reaches about ten pounds, even though he's going to be about 8-10 pounds larger than her. I think the fact that he's essentially growing up with her will prevent her from being afraid of him later. She doesn't tend to care for dogs too much bigger than her (she's scared, really).

Anyway, maybe Wednesday, when I'm far less worn out, I will post a more lengthy post.