Lanie Update

Because Lanie rarely gets a chance to play on the internet, I thought I'd give everyone a quick update on the girl.

For the last month she has taken to refusing to go into The Dog Room, an entire room in the house dedicated to her. She will not enter to lay on her futon, to eat, or to drink water. Since I was afraid she was going to starve, and her growling stomach was disrupting my study time, I have taken to feeding her on the first step just beyond The Dog Room gate. She now stands in the kitchen, grabs a mouthful of food, and carries it to the living room. She has also found an alternate source of water in the gutter drain in the backyard. I am trying to break her of this habit, and therefore am forced to drag her into The Dog Room twice a day to make sure she stays hydrated.


I recently decided to try to order some bones off the internet for her, mostly because PetsMart is running a racket on those things. She prefers the natural bones over rawhide, and I do too because they leave an easily vaccummed mess instead of a carpet cleaner, brush, and elbow grease mess behind. So, I placed my order and we both waited patiently for our package. I ordered 20 "ham bones" that ended up being about 8inches in length, a nice quick snack for the Loo. The other ones, however, were called "mammoth bones" and they weren't lying. These things are 3 feet long femur bones of one huge, but 3-legged, cow. Without even removing it from the plastic wrapping, Lanie was drooling over the treat. They are nasty looking, and smell of beef, but they are worth it. After three days of at least a couple of hours of chewing a day, she has barely made a dent. Best $5 unit price I've ever spent on the dog.

And today, Lanie went to The Dog Wash for a nice bath and nail clipping. She knew something was up when I got dressed for school and then put her on her leash and loaded her up. She normally loves car rides, but she shook like a leaf today. It tore my heart to bits, but she smelled, and my olfactory sense won out. We got to The Dog Wash, and she seemed excited until we walked in. Then she knew. So she assumed the Bambi position, all four legs splayed out on the concrete floor refusing to move anywhere. The people told me to go ahead and leave, that the dogs sometimes calm down once their owner is out of sight. I can't believe I left my girl there. But, I've got my phone right next to me in case she decides to break out and head home (it's only a block and a half away) or if any other problems arise.