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My dog is so hyper!

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Our Lab puppy is now 9 months old and she’s growing like a weed!

I was just telling the folks over at my other blog that she’s now 60 lb and it’s becoming harder and harder to take her for a walk because she tugs on the leash so hard that she’s almost pulling us off our feet. In other words she’s a real drag – or we are! We use a comfort wrap harness when we walk her and it helps to some degree, but she’s so strong!

Normally in the evenings she calms down and while she still plays a lot she also takes naps, especially as the evening drags on. Last night though … she just wouldn’t calm down. It was like she was on a pep pill or something.

She was running back and forth from room to room, jumping up on the couch beside my husband dropping her toy bones on him to get him to play and so on.

At one point she came racing into the room and jumped on our leather recycling chair and almost tipped it over backwards! If I hadn’t caught it both she and the chair would have crashed to the ground. She did manage to whack the home theater speaker while she was running around and just about knocked it off it’s speaker mount too.

We’ve talked to other Lab owners and most say their pups were pretty hyper too, but we get the feeling when we talk to them that our Midnight is a lot more hyper than their’s were … or maybe time has faded the memory of that hectic time now that their dogs have calmed down.

I just hope that Midnight starts to calm down a bit soon – at least while we’re out walking with her. Someone told us the other day that she’ll calm a bit when we get her spayed. We haven’t done that yet but plan to sometime in the next month or two. Does anyone know if it’s true that she’ll calm when she’s spayed?

If anyone has any tips as to how to get her to be a bit more co-operative when we take her out for walks I’d appreciate some advice. Thanks!





Losing weight

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I just thought I’d give you an update on my continuing weight loss. As regular readers know I’ve been off work on medical leave for more than two years due to Crohn’s Disease.

Over the past two years I’ve managed to gain a few pounds due mainly to inactivity thanks to my abdominal pain. Last November we got a Lab puppy to keep me company and as a way to motivate me to get more active. Dogs need to get outside, even if you don’t feel like taking them out, right?

Well, between Midnight keeping me busy and now Spring gardening tasks etc I’ve noticed that I’ve started to lose some weight. I hadn’t gained a lot of weight, but enough that I wasn’t looking forward to summer shorts and skimpier clothes if you know what I mean!

So I’m happy to say that the weight seems to be dropping off without the help of a strict diet or dieting aids like Slimquick. I’ve just become more active.

Of course I do watch what I eat. I have to since I have Crohns as I have trouble digesting quite a few foods. However I do try to eat low fat foods, lean proteins and limit the sweets.

Have you been trying to lose weight? What have you done and have you been successful?

Midnight got her first heartworm test

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We took Midnight to the vet earlier this evening. She had to have her first heartworm test.

It was actually the first time she’d ever had blood work done too and she was nervous. She’s usually pretty good when we go to the vet, but it seems pretty much each time we go she sees a different vet. I don’t know why, but she was stress from the moment we went into the exam room.

Chris and the doctor struggled to get her up on the exam table and then she leaned into Chris so that she could be as far away from the vet as possible. It’s too bad because this vet was really nice. Our favorite vet at the clinic left recently to start his own clinic in Scarborough … so we probably won’t be going to see him since it’s so far. Since this vet was nice we’ll try to make more appointments with him if we can.

The other vets at the clinic all seem to be chauvinistic and talk down to me … or don’t even talk to me when I ask questions. No, this isn’t my imagination. Chris has noticed and it’s ticked him off .. especially since I’m a nurse and I can understand the information that the doctors are telling us .. but when one won’t talk to me it’s kind of hard not to get ticked off.

Anyway … Midnight was very good for her blood test. Didn’t even flinch – which I presume means the doctor did a good job with that needle.

Hopefully the heartworm test will be negative. We left the clinic with a box of heartworm pills – Sentinel brand. We didn’t get the Heartgard brand as it has Ivermectin in it and I’ve heard about far too many exotic animals and a few dogs that have died after being treated with Ivermectin … so no, not taking any chances with my puppy!

Funny thing … before we left Midnight warmed up to the doctor and started playing with him. Unfortunately she took a shining to his watch. I think it was a Patek and well … she knocked it off his wrist. Oops!

That’s one tired dog!

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Our Lab puppy Midnight got a lot of exercise today. Chris took her out to the park not just once, but three times! He also took her for at least three walks.

She’s pooped!

Midnight is so tired that she actually put herself to bed. She went into her crate at about 11 pm and she’s been lying in her doggy bed ever since. She almost never goes to bed until my husband heads for bed … then I usually take her outside to do her business, give her a cookie and then off to her crate she goes.

To go to bed without her cookie? That’s almost unheard of!

I lost a few pounds

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Hey, I think I lost some weight. Remember I said that I’d gained a little bit of weight lately due to being so sick and not moving around as much? Yes, thank you Crohn’s disease – not.

I don’t weigh myself. One of my doctors weighs me regularly and that’s enough for me. I’ve always had a fear of the scales – even when I was a major bean pole.

I have noticed over the last week or so that my pants and other clothing seems loser. So yeah, I’ll take that as proof that I’ve lost a bit of weight.

I don’t eat much thanks to the Crohn’s disease. Inactivity is my main problem since I feel so awful most of the time. I guess I have been more active over the last few weeks thanks to Spring having arrived. I’ve been out in the garden tidying it up and walking the dog a little more often. It must be working.

I want to be back in shape by the time the hot weather gets here. Heck, I even considered trying Orovo but I’m not much for taking pills to boost my energy. Its the pain that’s the real problem. If I could get rid of that I’d be back to my old self in no time at all.

Anyone else trying to lose a few pounds by dieting or increasing your activity levels?

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