billroper, posts by tag: dogs - LiveJournal (original) (raw)

| | Gretchen and I had fun doing our concert for Festival of the Living Rooms today. And it was nice to knock some of the rust off, because there's not been much opportunity to do this in the last year or more.In a tragic development (just ask the cat), Sunshine's food dish became empty today *and* we were out of cat food due to a malfunction of the minivan on Friday. This meant I got to run to the store and pick up more cat food on the way home from dinner, but we hadn't yet filled the dish. We were sitting downstairs watching TV when Gretchen said "Pause that for a minute. I heard something."A moment later, I looked up and saw a feline head poking up from the debris field on the kitchen table, apparently still hunting for food. Since Sunshine is *greatly* reluctant to be in the same room with the Ruby the Dog, this tells us that she was *really* hungry.There is food in her dish now.Tags:cats, dogs, filk, home, musings Yesterday, there was some time after dinner and before sunset, so the temperature being pleasant for a change, Gretchen and I wandered out to the patio to sit for a spell, along with Ruby the Dog.Of course, the thing Ruby likes best in the world is fetching things and it turns out that I am better at flinging her "squid" toy (a Kong Wubba) than anyone else in the family as I get both height and distance, which makes it easier for Ruby to run under. She will chase the toy to point of exhaustion, happy every minute.It's nice to see that much happiness. :)Tags:dogs, home, musings For the first time in a year, the kids have gone back to in-person schooling. Gretchen has gone to pick them up. I am up here trying to work with an increasingly urgent Ruby the Dog who has come up here to check up on the only person in the house.She has now decided to lie down next to me, apparently to make sure that I don't get away...Tags:dogs, home, musings, school Today's snow was more of a challenge for the snowblower than the previous. It rather reminded me of the Groundhog Day Blizzard from ten years ago, as there was less snow, but it was definitely heavier. But the driveway and sidewalks were cleared.We picked up maybe another couple of inches of snow during the day today, so I will get up early tomorrow and blow that away.In other news, we have now moved Sunshine's litter box and food dishes to the upstairs landing, so we'll see if she's good with that. (Further away from the dog? Yeah, probably good with that.)Tags:cats, dogs, home, musings, weather Not a lot to report today. Halloween decorating proceeds apace. Some laundry was laundered.And a *second* dog toy was flung (accidentally) onto the roof today. We are hoping to recover them when they come to clean the gutters out in about a month.In other news, both the furnace and chimney were checked out on Saturday morning. The heat was turned on Saturday night, because it's been getting cold around here. Meanwhile, I need to go down and cut down the scrap wood from the fence. It's old untreated cedar. It should burn nicely.And I pulled out the guitar. I played a number of songs, including "Apology", because practice is a good thing, especially when you're pulling it out direct from memory with no cheat sheets. Other than the complete crash and burn at the beginning of verse three when Ruby came trotting by with one of her new dog toys and distracted Gretchen completely, it went pretty well.Maybe we should put Ruby in her kennel for the concert...Tags:dogs, home, music, musings, pegasus Ruby made her first trip to the groomer in months today. Her claws were trimmed and a metric ton of undercoat was washed and brushed away. This explains what I've been sweeping off the floor. The *huge* piles of undercoat that I've been sweeping off the floor.Anyway, Ruby looks much better. And her paws are no longer lethal weapons.Her R-factor is substantially reduced as well, which is good, given the weather outside.Tags:dogs, home, musings No bonus round this post, but let's briefly revisit Down the Dog and discuss a few things that did *not* go down Ruby the Dog.Gretchen was eating some fake crab meat for lunch the other day. Ruby was waiting patiently in front of her, so Gretchen pulled out a bit of the crab meat from the package and gave it to her. Ruby quite politely took it and placed it on the floor. She then proceeded to ignore it for what would have been the rest of time had we not decided that we did not want a piece of fake crab meat on our floor for quite that long of a duration.Several weeks ago, I went to pick up breakfast at McDonald's. For some inexplicable reason (as in, they goofed), we found an order of McDonald's hash browns in the bag. I have been convinced that I don't care for these, despite their resemblance to tater tots, which I *do* like quite a bit. I figured why not try one and was immediately remembered why I don't like them. They may look like an oversized tater tot, but they don't taste like one.Well, Ruby was there and there was one remaining hash brown, so I handed it to her. Ruby took it and then proceeded to walk around the house whimpering in the way that she does when she has something that is nominally food that she *really* doesn't want to eat.Eventually, she wandered back to join us in the living room, still carrying the hash brown. We held out the empty wrapper from a Sausage McMuffin with Egg and Ruby *immediately* dropped the hash brown so that she could lick out the empty wrapper.And there you have it. McDonald's Hash Browns: less appealing than an empty McMuffin wrapper.Just ask Ruby.Tags:dogs, food, home, musings I appear to have tweaked my surgically repaired knee this morning while putting my shoe on. It's moderately sore, but seems to be improving, so I just need to take it easy for a few days. Well, it's not like I'm going anywhere...In other news, I was getting ready to head off to bed when I realized that my used Bydureon injector was still in my shirt pocket and hadn't yet made its way to the sharps container. I pulled it out of my pocket and Ruby the Dog immediately perked up, thinking that I was holding the stick that makes the fly dance. She was a *very* attentive dog. I had to tell her, sadly, that this was not the stick and it was time for bed.The treat she got after getting in her kennel probably made her feel better.And Gretchen has promised to find the real stick tomorrow.Tags:dogs, health, home, musings We have a small silver laser pointer that we refer to as "The Stick That Makes The Fly Dance". It turns out that Ruby the Dog really, *really* likes to chase the little red dot (a.k.a. "The Fly") around. She *knows* that it comes from the stick, but this does not reduce her amusement with the process. It's fun to watch and it tires her out, both of which are good things.I had let Ruby out on the way to bed. I went to the refrigerator and removed my Bydureon pen to carry it upstairs to warm up before taking my weekly injection. Because it is supposed to be kept horizontal until you are ready to shake it and use it, I was carrying it carefully in the correct position as I opened the back door to let Ruby back in.Ruby took one look and decided that I was carrying The Stick That Makes The Fly Dance. She became *greatly* attentive, bouncing around in front of me, and trying to jump up and grab the stick.This is not a great idea with the laser pointer, but it is an especially bad idea with my meds.She eventually got in front of me on the first landing of the stairs. I gave in and called to K to find the *real* stick and entertain the dog for a bit.It is now very loud downstairs.But Ruby should sleep well.Tags:dogs, home, musings I made less progress on coding at work today than I might have due to a surfeit of meetings and landing an appointment with my optometrist for late in the afternoon. Since she's only seeing patients on Mondays now and I called this morning, it was a good break, but it's an hour drive each way to Evanston, so it ate up the remainder of the afternoon. The good news is that my eyes continue to be fine (if myopic). The bad news is that the dilation hasn't quite finished wearing off, so things are very bright.In other news, Ruby the Dog's bandage was scheduled to come off today. She has, however, been resistant to this concept, so the bandage is still (mostly) on her leg. This may change by morning, as there a gap at the top for her to work at.I'm still coughing up the remains of the flu, but it's getting better. Gretchen remains two days behind me on the recovery profile, which is at least two days further back than she'd prefer to be.Tags:dogs, health, home, musings, work It turns out that the injury to Ruby's paw was more severe than we had hoped originally. The vet spent some substantial time stitching her back up. She is now wearing a large bandage on one paw and wondering exactly what she did to deserve this.Antibiotics are part of the mix. If nothing goes wrong, she should be fine, but she will be doing less running around the yard for a bit.Tags:dogs, home, musings I took Ruby for a short walk tonight. Unfortunately, this was one of those cases where everything was going wrong. Before I got out the door, I went to zip up my winter jacket and the zipper pulled loose at the bottom of the coat. It's probably repairable, but meant that I couldn't zip it up in the cold weather. Well, there was always the light jacket.Did I mention that it is *way* too cold for the light jacket?But Ruby got out on the front porch on her leash and was the most excited dog on the planet. We walked to the end of the block and back, which was about as much cold weather as I could stand in the light jacket. We got back about the time that Gretchen was leaving to run out and pick something up for Julie at a drive-thru. Ruby likes riding in the van, so I turned her over to Gretchen.Sadly, Ruby had injured her paw earlier in the day and it had bled quite a bit. It didn't seem to be bothering her at all before or after the walk, but it opened up again in the van, so she'll likely need to see the vet in the morning.But she *really* enjoyed her walk.Tags:dogs, home, musings So it was getting late and Gretchen and I were sitting downstairs with Ruby the Dog happily asleep on her bed after a couple of nights in the kennel. I stood up to head upstairs to go to bed and suddenly Ruby is up like a flash as I walk into the kitchen, barking and hurling her ball at me.Apparently, I am to throw the ball. This is not a *great* surprise, as I am the most reliable ball thrower in the house. (Gretchen also throws the ball, but not as far. K & J have to be bludgeoned into throwing the ball in most cases.)I pick up the ball, open the door, Ruby rushes out and I hurl the ball into the chilly darkness. I figure Ruby will turn around and run back in, but she starts circling."No, Ruby, come in!" Then she stops and squats."Yes, Ruby, go ahead and pee before you go to bed. That's what *I'm* going to do."I turn to Gretchen and say, "I probably shouldn't be shouting that out the back door at this hour of the night. It'll bother the neighbors.""Oh, by now, the neighbors have given up being bothered."Probably true.Tags:dogs, home, musings The temperature today was in the upper 40s and, although cloudy, it was dry out. Also Mariano's had a sale on porterhouse steak. So we decided to fire up the charcoal grill for dinner tonight.I opened up the cabinet and pulled out the big lighter and Ruby went nuts. She was barking and prancing around the door, as she apparently recognized that the big lighter means that I am going to go out and put meat on the fire, and I'll be going in and out the door a lot, and she can go out with me, and maybe I'll even throw the ball. (Which I might have done, had she ever produced one.)This was one excited dog.Anyway, the steaks were quite good and, being porterhouses, a couple of suitable bones remained, one of which was gifted to Ruby tonight; the other is in the fridge and will go to her later.All this made her very happy.Tags:dogs, home, musings After a day at work where I got a lot of things done, I went downstairs and out to the garage to assemble the rest of the new lawn furniture so that I can put it out on the patio and dispose of the boxes which are taking up a great deal of space in the garage and making it impossible to find some things we are looking for that have been misplaced there.I finished assembling the lawn furniture just in time for dinner and as the first period of the Blues / Bruins Stanley Cup Final Game 7 wound up the first period with the Blues leading 2-0. So we tuned in to that.Just after the second period ended, it started to rain, knocking out our satellite reception. But I found I could stream the broadcast on my phone. And as the third period started, the rain cleared out and the TV came back to life.And then we let Ruby out.Apparently, there was a skunk who was about as annoyed by the rain as I was. Ruby caught a blast full in the face. I mixed up some deskunking fluid for Gretchen who was good enough to go try to bathe Ruby the Dog while I watched hockey. Sadly, Ruby did not really *want* to be bathed and the deskunking was not entirely successful. As I discovered later, the downstairs is pretty smelly. We will air it out tomorrow.Meanwhile, the Blues won the Stanley Cup, beating the Bruins 4-1.Cool!And tomorrow, Ruby is going to the pet store for a better bath.Tags:dogs, hockey, home, musings, work Gretchen glanced out the front window this morning and saw a black, furry dog butt vanishing into the distance. Upon further inspection, it turned out that two boards had come loose from the fence in the corner of the yard at some point. One was not to be found, but I have spare boards in the garage. Ruby came back looking for people and was confined in the house while Katie and I made a quick repair.*sigh*Well, at least she came back.Tags:dogs, home, musings Buddy (or Skeezix) has been mostly confined to the library, because he's still not sure he wants to share the house with Ruby. I've sat with him in the library a couple of evenings after Ruby has gone to bed in her kennel with the door open and he's wandered down the hall a bit, but not very far.So I have a new plan.Ruby has gone to bed. And the door to the library has been left open, although all of the bedroom doors upstairs are closed.We'll see how this goes. (He's already ventured as far as the family room while we watched the end of the Cubs game.)Tags:cats, dogs, home, musings We have had the same lawn service for a great many years. We have been anxiously awaiting their arrival this spring, but it has been cold and rainy and the lawn hasn't actually needed to be dealt with (or even necessarily dry enough to be mowed), so we figured they'd be showing up soon.In the last week or so, it has become apparent that the lawn *really* needs to be mowed and that they aren't showing up. We've tried getting in contact with them, but have had no luck.So it is time to find a new lawn service. And it is *urgently* time to get the lawn mowed.We had a fellow out to give us an estimate yesterday. I spent some time out in the yard picking up the debris that normally would be removed in the spring cleanup, with some help from Katie. He looked at the improved version of the yard and allowed as to how we might have a bigger set of jobs than he could deal with, so he referred us to someone else.That someone else is coming early tomorrow morning. In preparation, I went out after dinner and just before dark with two grocery bags. One collected any remaining trash that I ran into (not much), the other collected a full bag of squeaky balls and other dog toys. The fuller the latter bag got, the more excited Ruby became.I was *not*, however, going to be throwing any of those balls around the freshly policed yard.I turned the bag over to Gretchen when I came in. Ruby proceeded to mug her for a half-dozen or so balls.That dog *loves* her squeaky balls. :)Tags:dogs, home, musings As part of our continuing effort to convince Skeezix (or maybe "Buddy", which is starting to look like a suitable name for the kitty) that he would like to learn to tolerate the dog as the price of joining the rest of the family, we took advantage of the good weather today. Gretchen took Ruby the Dog out to the back yard and spent some substantial time throwing the ball, while we opened the door to the library and let the cat walk out and explore.It did not take long for the cat to find the stairs and come up to see what was up here. Then he vanished into Julie's room. Then he just vanished.Eventually, this became a problem, because Gretchen *really* needed to come in, but the cat could not be found and we didn't really want to abandon Ruby outside. But necessity is a mother (or something like that), so Ruby was locked in her kennel until Skeezix/Buddy decided to wander back out of Julie's room where he could be corralled and returned to the library.He is a *very* sweet kitty.So far, so good.(And we are looking for a pet gate for the library door.)Tags:cats, dogs, home, musings Skeezix seems happy to see us when we come into the library. Still not so thrilled about the dog at the door, but I didn't expect that yet. Katie brought Skeezix out of the library and into the family room where Ruby the Dog was encountered and Skeezix fled to a spot underneath my recliner chair where he decided he was going to stay.This was about the time that *I* decided to go to lunch. :)During my absence, the chair was tipped up, and Skeezix was extracted and returned to the library.Among today's purchases for our new resident was catnip.Skeezix approves.Tags:cats, dogs, home, musings This morning, after the girls went to school, I picked up Skeezix, scritched his head and tried to carry him out of the library. Ruby was waiting at the door. Skeezix objected strenuously. I closed the door, put Skeezix down, and he went to hide in a bookshelf.We will try this again.Later.Tags:cats, dogs, home, musings Today's recording session having fallen through because having a bad cold means not trying to record vocals today (not *my* bad cold, just to be clear), I figured I could spend a little time working on Juanita's album. Having forgotten where I left off, I decided to pick up with Peter Grubb, because I like the song.I had been hammering on it for a couple of hours getting parts balanced when suddenly I realized that I had been discovered by Ruby the Dog, who is *not* supposed to be in the basement.I guess she heard about this other dog who was being abused and decided that she needed to show up and take care of it.Good dog! Now go upstairs...Tags:dodeka, dogs, filk, home, musings I was reminded of Ruby's unusual dining habits after I went out to refill the indoor container with dog food. It was a new bag, so most of it went into the container in the garage. And it was a flavor Ruby hadn't encountered before, because I try to mix it up to keep her from getting bored.I put two scoops of dog food in her dish and went to sit in my chair. And then I watched as Ruby would take a mouthful of dog food, carry it from her dish to the rug next to the back door, drop it on the rug, and pick up a bit at a time and chew it while looking out the back door. It's something she does pretty regularly.I guess it's a doggy TV dinner.Tags:dogs, home, musings I was working on one thing or another at work this afternoon when I heard Julie shout, "The fence has blown down! I kept Ruby from going out the door!"Oh, good. Better that Ruby the Dog be *inside* the house than *outside* it with a downed fence, as that's an invitation for a long chase. I went down to inspect the situation which had been triggered by the 60 mile per hour gusts that we had this afternoon.It was the section of the fence in the corner of the yard, so if Ruby had escaped, it would have been into *another* fenced yard, which was the *good* news. The bad news is that the bad section of fence was behind some enthusiastic bridal wreath. Oh, and did I mention the thick sticky mud in that corner?I grabbed the hammer and some large nails and went out to try to do an emergency repair. The good news was that both ends of the top 2x4 had pulled loose, but the bottom 2x4 was still attached. I pushed the fence section back into place and renailed the moderately rotted rail on the more accessible end while I plotted rebuilding the fence section in better weather.The less accessible end was more of a challenge, as the aforementioned thick sticky mud was trying to keep my shoes as a trophy. But I kept the shoes and got a nail through the rail.The fence is back up, at least for now.And Ruby the Dog did not make an escape. :)Tags:dogs, home, musings, weather Ruby and I are alone in the house at the moment. She came upstairs to my office, I rubbed her head, and she is now lying on the floor, next to my chair, asleep.This will change, of course, the moment that I move from the chair.Tags:dogs, home, musings Previous 25 EntriesTop of Page | | 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