Rain rain go away! It’s been raining for 3 days now - with 2 more in the forecast! That means muddy paws and pent up energy! I snapped these pix of Herbie at 5:30 am this morning. He doesn’t mind the rain coat …. and he finally just said - “Hey! Let’s play ball ANYWAY!!!”
I couldn’t resist doing a little photoshop chopping on this picture of Herbie with his mouth open.
Do you dress up your dog? I love seeing a dog in a little Tshirt - or in a fancy collar. Herbie will allow me to dress him, but I’m not sure how much pleasure HE is getting out of it . I even have a little raincoat that he WILL wear when it’s pouring down rain. We have a winter coat, cute little tshirts and fancy bandanas to wear too. I have a good friend who has an embroidery business, and she makes the cutest things for dogs. She’ll even make stuff to order for you.
Here is her website Simply Irresisible Creations
Check out Herbie in some of her creations
Muscle Dog 4th of July T - with matching elastic collar
Yes .. He’s priceless! - Fleece shirt - variety of sayings available
We took another road trip yesterday - we’re at the lake now. Herbie loves it here - he gets to be with Chief and Quanto. He and Chief have just worn each other out playing. They look so much alike. They act so differently. Chief minds his master almost completely. When Herbie is around the other dogs - it’s as if he has human hearing loss. Can’t hear a thing I’m saying. I know it’s my fault. My son was the same way.
Herbie grew up with Doodle - our semi-wild cat. Doodle used to come in the house - B.H. but is basically a wild cat that I can touch sometimes. Doodle will allow Herbie to paw at him, lick him, and nose him. Yesterday and today Doodle tempted fate by rolling in the dirt within Herbie’s cable length. Herbie, to his credit, did not try to catch him, he just stood and quivered all over. Today Doodle actually PLAYED with Herbie - running where Herbie could chase him and up and down a small tree in the yard. When I opened to door to put a stop to this dangerous play, Doodle was sitting in the middle of the road cleaning his paws. Herbie was barking at him. and barking at him .. and barking ….
Herbie is a natural born hunter. When he was only 9 months old he caught an opossum - (it played dead) - I had to knock it away from him so he’d let it go. It jumped in the pond and retreated under the jonboat. A few days later we were in woods, and I could hear him bark bark barking - he wouldn’t come when I called him. I found him in a big pile of trees and limbs. It smelled so bad I could hardly stand it. I had to physically DRAG him from it (while holding my breath). He had another opossum cornered.
The birds in our yard are all on notice. He was trying to climb our crab apple tree when he was just an itty feller.
I’ve found him playing with mice that he’s caught.
We have a semi-tame squirrel that tempts fate at least once a day. He knows the limits of Herbie’s cable.
And of course - there is the infamous Muskrat killing incident that I blogged about earlier.
All this from my precious little house dog (ha ha)
Herbie is not a big fan of getting his hair cut. He will be good for the groomer, but he’s always so miserable afterwards that I’m having serious thoughts about just letting him being shaggy - and keeping him in the A.C. from now on. Even though we use no perfume spray, hypoallergenic shampoo, oatmeal shampoo - conditioning afterwards - benedryl - He itches and scratches badly for about 3 weeks after a grooming. The last two times he’s been groomed, he’s also been weired out afterwards. He won’t step on the floor (or will only do so reluctantly and very little) - He looks at the carpet as if it has snakes under it. He’s ok outside, and was fine in TX on the tile floors. He would walk along the back of the couch, and only jump down when he got close to the door. He even jumped up on my Dad’s lap - and he’s NEVER done that before.
I did research on the net about it - wrote to Yahoo for advice - nothing seemed to help him except time. He’s doing ok now, even rang the bell to go out yesterday for the first time since he was groomed. Someone suggested that the trimming on his paws and nails may have done it - the carpet felt strange - or it even hurt his feet. I don’t know - I just know I’m going to think long and hard before taking him in again. (I don’t think they did anything to hurt him there - he LOVES going to the vet believe it or not) I’m just glad he’s back to normal!
Wow is this scary! I had to take back dogfood twice! I used mighty dog pouches, and mighty dog cans to mix in with dry food for Herbie. He didn’t show any signs of being ill - thank goodness. I now have beneful meals for him, mixed with the dry, but with the reports now coming in about contaminated dry food - I’m getting a little nervous. How do we know which food is good - going to stay good - ? I guess an alternative would be to make our own dog food.
I found a site that sells recipes - 245 of them - Sounds like a good deal to me! I don’t know what I’d do if something would happen to Herbie!
CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE SITE
I’ve also added a page with the information on it so it’s a permanent link.
And now the picture of the day
Herbie and Chief have been buddies since the beginning. Herbie is such a pest to his big bro - but Chief is the most good natured dog that he lets him jump bite yip yap and follow him without censure. I love this picture of the two of them watching the catfish feed in our pond. It’s like Chief didn’t want Herbie to get to close to the fish.
How cool is that! This is the second time that Herbie has been chosen as the face of the breed on Dogster! I mean I think he’s cute - but it’s always nice to hear the same from others. Dogster also has a cool new thing - they have ‘badges’ with your dog’s picture on it - (see below)
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Herbie
Welsh Terrier
Chief
Airedale