I slept in until 7:30 or so but Ziggy didn't come to wake me. Are those days of her coming in the mornings to snuggle gone?
She woke up very obedient and calm.
She has a big hard lump on her back. It's probably from the heartworm shots a month ago, but it seems to be getting more prominent. Will be keeping an eye on it.
I made the mistake of telling her that we would go see her friend Roux hours before I'm ready for us to do that. Now she's watching me like a hawk. (For the third heartworm treatment shot, she was really dragging and clearly not feeling well, but as soon as I said: "Do you want to go see your friend Matthew [the vet tech]?" she leaped up and was super excited. Ziggy LOVES her friends. She and Roux aren't soul friends, they are more friends by situation - because Roux's parents are wonderful and let Ziggy stay with them when I travel. But Ziggy and Roux do get along pretty well - Ziggy is too worked up for him but when they settle down they often nap near each other and seem to have a good relationship.
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We went to visit our friends and it was lovely. Ziggy and Roux are soul buddies now - they are very comfortable with each other. Ziggy isn't feeling herself and Roux was willing to let her set the tone (though he was SO EXCITED to see us and kept running and leaping about with such glee). Shortly after we got there, they were lying near each other in the grass, just comfortable with each other. And Ziggy really loves Roux's people - they are calm and kind and she appreciates them greatly even if she is sassy sometimes. Roux is not very affectionate with them so they kind of like Ziggy hugs and kisses.
Ziggy did do some barking at him which is annoying; I was able to redirect sometimes with treats. She seemed to be over threshold at one point and I said that's it, we're going, and she settled down. We left not long after that, but because I have other things to do. She passed out on the drive back. She is really not herself - she was still doing heartworm cough and her stamina is very low. She would sprint but then need to rest. And now she's sleeping on the couch, just really worn out by the day. Poor baby.
She woke up very obedient and calm.
She has a big hard lump on her back. It's probably from the heartworm shots a month ago, but it seems to be getting more prominent. Will be keeping an eye on it.
I made the mistake of telling her that we would go see her friend Roux hours before I'm ready for us to do that. Now she's watching me like a hawk. (For the third heartworm treatment shot, she was really dragging and clearly not feeling well, but as soon as I said: "Do you want to go see your friend Matthew [the vet tech]?" she leaped up and was super excited. Ziggy LOVES her friends. She and Roux aren't soul friends, they are more friends by situation - because Roux's parents are wonderful and let Ziggy stay with them when I travel. But Ziggy and Roux do get along pretty well - Ziggy is too worked up for him but when they settle down they often nap near each other and seem to have a good relationship.
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We went to visit our friends and it was lovely. Ziggy and Roux are soul buddies now - they are very comfortable with each other. Ziggy isn't feeling herself and Roux was willing to let her set the tone (though he was SO EXCITED to see us and kept running and leaping about with such glee). Shortly after we got there, they were lying near each other in the grass, just comfortable with each other. And Ziggy really loves Roux's people - they are calm and kind and she appreciates them greatly even if she is sassy sometimes. Roux is not very affectionate with them so they kind of like Ziggy hugs and kisses.
Ziggy did do some barking at him which is annoying; I was able to redirect sometimes with treats. She seemed to be over threshold at one point and I said that's it, we're going, and she settled down. We left not long after that, but because I have other things to do. She passed out on the drive back. She is really not herself - she was still doing heartworm cough and her stamina is very low. She would sprint but then need to rest. And now she's sleeping on the couch, just really worn out by the day. Poor baby.
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