Lunar Day

When I got home after a great evening meal of pizza, Luna had vomited all her food...I guess I got overzealous with the snacks when she arrived. The amazing thing was this kid actually moved away the blanket when she spewed, so it didn't get dirty. This made the clean up really quick: what a clever and thoughtful dog :) I remember the last time I vomited, no way I had a mind for anything...

We took a wee threesome walk to the park to pee, and then all went to bed, me in the middle, Claire and Nobu on my left and right, and Luna at my feet. She woke up in the middle of the night scratching the carpet furiously, so i put her out to pee, and then we settled in again for more sleep. At six the scratching began again, so i massaged her and she snuggled up under the downie, cozy and warm, and we slept until breakfast.

Luna does seem to like Ziwipeak venison. She's been eating at 900am and 1800, so maybe our breakfast this morning was a little early, which is why she didn't eat...but she's just had a handful or so of Ziwipeak, which is very full of sustenance. A threesome walk to the local park had her pulling on her short leash on the way, and trotting gently on the way home, able to stop and chat and say hello to other dogs no problem. Claire even had a wee sniff at her along the way, and was being very restrained on the walk, quite aware of the situation and thinking about not making hassle for me. It's all going to be work out just fine!

And then there were three...

 You can see Luna is meant to be a big dog! So this is what stunted growth looks like...her jaw has masses of extra skinfolds because she hasn't been given the chance to chew and develop the lower jaw, and she needs to stretch in all directions, just like Nobu when he first came, all cramped up and trying to be one third of her true size. She's had her vaccination, the rabies shot will be in two weeks or so and at that time I can talk to the vet about her health, needs to be spayed, and possible signs of breast cancer, so at the same time may lose her mammary glands, to be determined. I'll see how that subsides with the loving and good food, with the stress letting up, maybe it'll disappear, breathing angel healing light into her every time I stroke her...let the healing begin!

Lunchtime walk

in Kuraki park to savor the autumn tints, and found a carpet of scattered camelia blossoms...

Motomachi Halloween

Pictures are courtesy of Boutique for Dogs
 
 

 Nobu and Claire in Motomachi for Halloween :)
http://ameblo.jp/boutique-for-dogs/entry-11663613328.html

 

It was incredibly crowded with hundreds of little kids, but Nobu and Claire were very patient, not panicking at all in the huge crowd, and sometimes stopping to be petted and cooed at. Very stressful, so popping into the boutique was like entering an oasis in a storm. They have the most gorgeous outfits, I'd love to get Claire a Chanel suit type dog coat...Meanwhile Claire's Halloween outfit, princess, with a pink rose and gold top don't show in the picture, but she was perfect! Nobu had 全国制覇　on the back of his shirt, the perfect high school delinquent. Ended up at Slow Cafe for a salad, and met up with the other small dogs in the boutique for dogs blog entry, Snow White and Jack Sparrow, and some other cuties, a wonderful group of Halloween dogs with their owners. Came home exhausted but tired...getting too old for the whole shebang....

Autumn dog run

Claire always looks fantastic with the autumn tints

Nobu has become a real splash dog!

Just the day for a walk

I got tired on the way home, 12000steps today what with morning and afternoon walk...the dogs were sploshing around in the muddy terraced wetland area of the park, so I gave them a nice shower with Luminosa shampoo when we got home. I folded up Nobu's cage and put out a Costco doggie bed instead, so Nobu's got to get used to taking his meals in the kitchen. I thought it best to begin changing some things before a third foster arrives (in case a third foster arrives), because there's no way we can fit three cages in the sitting room, or anywhere else for that matter. At any rate get Nobu used to the change so he doesn't get nervous and link it to the new dog (assuming they come) or anything. The sitting room is much more comfortable without the cage, for both us and the dogs...Claire immediately took over the sunny spot.

B-Wood Dog Run

Thursdays is doggie day, and we go off to the dog run if weather and energy permits. Although Claire and Nobu like the country dog runs off the Tomei, this time we stayed in the city and headed for B-wood, where they do a delicious plate of spaghetti with egg plant and zucchini. Claire actually got up the spirits to growl and play a little with Nobu, and I had a bag full of toys to switch with their attention span...which is about one to three tosses or tussles, not big fans of fetch, my babies. Claire likes to do a standing jump in the air to catch things, and Nobu likes to play tug of war and will fetch for about three goes before the excitement fades...