After Kat’s birthday party the other day, Nano’s nose started running. Then Alyce. Then me. Yesterday we were all completely miserable, lazing the day away on the couch. Running for Kleenexes until we ran out, then substituting with napkins (which BTW, do not feel good on a red sore nose). Christiano and I both started running fevers. It was a joy, let me tell you.
I got up this morning and I can almost breathe. And I don’t feel quite like I was run over by a Mack truck.
That is good because today is the day Katiana gets to have her slumber party. I was really worried that we were all going to be sick still.
I’m still not sure how many girls are coming. Out of 11 that were invited, I know 4 can’t come, 2 can come and haven’t heard from the other 5. I’m not sure if they will show up or maybe their invite got lost.
On top of being sick, I’ve been scrubbing my carpet over and over.
Jasper came.
Remember, I was going to adopt another Chinese Crested about 1 1/2 months ago?
The lady was sick and couldn’t get him to me. (She had to drive to KC where her home is, she goes to school here at ISU.)
I adopted Suki, the little chihuahua mix, because she needed a home.
Then I got the call that Jasper was almost here.
He’s a boy.
When he gets excited, he pees.
Clean that up.
I didn’t know what food he was on. He’s been eating the girls’ dog food, which I have been assured is one of the best you can get.
His stomach is not quite used to that.
I’ve been cleaning that up since he got here too.
Now, what happens when one dog goes in the house?
The other 2 think they can also.
Clean that up also.
I’ve just left my carpet steam cleaner out.
It’s easier that way.
I need kennels to crate them in until we get this under control and everyone is re-house-trained.
I wasn’t sure we were going to be able to keep Jasper.
He bit Pato.
In his defense, he was a tad sexually frustrated.
See, I have an appointment to get Suki spayed the 11th.
She was in heat when I got her.
She also was in a diaper as soon as we had a male dog in the house.
Jasper was trying to hump the diaper.
One time he got the diaper off and I interrupted the act. He hung his head in shame and his boy parts dragged on the floor. Alyce was very concerned that something was wrong with Jasper’s wee wee.
That night he bit Pato he’d been told no about 1000 times and to get away from Suki’s toosh.
Pato tried to pick him up to put him in Jordan’s room for the night. Jasper didn’t want to sleep in Jordan’s room. He yelped when Pato touched him and bit.
Pato said that’s his one chance. No more biting.
Jasper is much more content now that Suki is out of heat and he has a bed on the floor next to my bed, next to the girls’ beds. Though he completely stressed Junie out when he decided he liked her bed the best.
Junie retaliated after I got Jasper his own bed. She slept in it. Jasper got the pink satin, fur trimmed bed.
Take that mr man dog.
So, now I know the whole world is full of dogs that need adopted. I also know that I am at my limit. Though my heart strings get tugged every time I hear of a dog that needs a new home, and I’m worried all the backyard breeders will adopt the purebred ones and put them through what Junie went through, I can’t save them all on my own.
3 little dogs is enough for our family.
3 little dogs and 7 little birds is enough for our family.
I am really lucky that Pato likes animals as much as I do. The kids are lucky that I like animals as much as I do because I get help maybe once every other day taking the dogs out to pee.
Have a great day!
I’ve got to get stuff ready for Kat’s soccer game and slumber party.
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New home and you’ve got so much to do, i think it’s realy positive because you know what you’ve got to do and you are not bored. I hope you all are backing to healthiness.
Oh, man, I hear ya. My son has been running a fever so I kept him home today and now he seems fine and I am coming down with what feels like a cold! Ugh. It’s like, can I send you to daycare now?
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Oh Heather, glad that you guys are starting to feel better, hope the slumber party goes well– I really don’t understand why people don’t RSVP to things. When I read about your animals it makes me wish that just the 5 of us weren’t overcrowding our townhouse — can’t see adding an animal to the mix right now, even though the kids really want one–but until they learn to clean up for themselves better and I get my life under more control it would not be responsible to bring an animal into our house, plus financially we can barely feed ourselves sometimes let alone an animal. Take care.
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