Monday, March 4, 2013

2 dogs are better than 1!!

Too much to write so ill post mostly photos.

Charlie has been really good in the car lately. We are still taking him on short rides with no Dramamine. Sometimes he sits up to look out the window. He's still drooling a lot in the car, but no mishaps the past few times!

We are dogsitting for Daisy for a week and a half while her family is on vaycay. And I sortof feel Ike we are in a doggie vaycay. HAVING TWO DOGS IS AWESOME!!!!!!

Here are some photos for the past few days:























Monday, February 25, 2013

Long time coming...

Oh, Charlie boy. He has been quite the little charmer lately. We've been taking him on short car rides when we are doing errands or whatever and he's getting so comfortable with being in the car! Sometimes he even gets in on his own (albeit with a lot of coaxing and treats) but every time we do it, it seems like it gets a tiny bit easier.

When we take him on short car rides, we don't give him Dramamine. But he doesn't get sick! Last time, he actually just laid down in the back. He was panting and drooling a lot but he was mostly calm. I think maybe he's never been in a car before and this is completely new to him. And we are being so patient :)

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Charlie in the car

Charlie has been really warming up to Mark lately! He's been listening to him more and more. He cuddles up to him on the couch and in bed. He's been going to Mark when he's called. He hasn't been as attached to me, which is a huge relief.

Mark spent some time with Charlie in the car earlier. He said that it went well! See photos below. Charlie didn't jump in the car on his own, but sometimes he does after a LOT of coaxing. Mark said that Charlie was nervous at first. He drove around the block then parked and played some games on his phone while Charlie got used to just sitting in the car. He sat up in his seat and looked around and got pretty comfortable and calm. It took him about half an hour to calm down. Maybe we need to start leaving 45 minutes early when we take him in the car. What a hassel! It will get easier though :)

We are trying to teach him to roll over but he gets freaked out and jumps up and scurries away. So we are working with him when he's calm and he rolls on his side and lifts his leg and looks at us like "pet my belly!". That's when we work with him by getting down in the floor and petting him and physically rolling him to his other side while saying "roll over" then praising him. He will get it soon enough :)





Saturday, January 26, 2013

Road trip success!

Forgot to check in the the other day, but we successfully took Charlie for a ride in the car and he didn't puke! This. Is. Huge. Last weekend we went to Marks sisters for dinner and wanted to bring little Charles along. We gave him a whole Dramamine in a few pieces of cheese. I love tricking him like that. Lol. Sucka!!

Then we took him out for a walk and I made him walk past the cars, really close to them. I could tell he was like "What's going on? Why are you making me walk so close to the cars, lady?" Then we took him over to our car (oh, did I mention we got a car? WE GOT A CAR!!!!!) and walked him around it. And I made him lay down next to the open door to the back seat and Mark was situating the plastic on the seat, just in cases. He was very uncomfortable and I was trying to do what Caesar does, where he uses his hand & fingers to mimic a dogs mouth on Charles neck, to show him that I'm in charge. His poor little legs were shaking. It was adorable but I felt bad for him. And at the same time, I know he's being irrational. He's not in any danger by being in the car. He just needs to get used to that. Oh, we also had the Thunder Shirt on him, which usually keeps him pretty calm.

So on top of the Dramamine and Thunder Shirt, Mark sat in the back seat with him et voila! No throwing up.

The ride home, we basically did the same thing and I sat in the back while Mark drove. And no throwing up!

We do want to work with him on this. The first step is to get him to jump into the car on his own... That will be a major step towards his recovery. We know it will take time and its something we will definitely work towards because we want to go on lots of trips like camping an to the beach and cross country! And we all know there's no way you can take a pukey dog cross country.

Oh, and I was home sick the other day and this little guy cuddled with me on the couch:



These are photos of Mark's youngest niece playing with Charlie. And in the last image, Daisy stuck her head in :)










Sunday, January 13, 2013

Oh, what a day!

And now I'm off to give him a much needed bath.

Playing in the sand/mud on the baseball diamond before hitting up the trails.


Getting mucky.

This is not an optical illusion - the water was orange. Contaminated!!


MUDBLOOD!

Cool tree.

he's too quick for me

dirt boy

Friday, January 11, 2013

The latest Charlie garb

My friend made these Charlie pins for me!

The first one is of Charlie leaping into the water at the dog beach. The second one is o him posing and looking all handsome. And the third one is of his big happy smile.

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Famliy Photos

Attempted to use the self-timer on the camer tonight. Tried to get some family portraits. None of them turned out very well! At least one of us is blurry in each of them. See for yourself:









Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Reindeer Pup!



Photo quality isn't very good from my phone, so I'll leave it to your imagination. In real life, he looks so awesome.


This is Mark's sister's doggie, Daisy. Last time I posted a photo of her, she was Charlie's size. She's about 6 months old now and at the awkward teenage phase. She's so lanky and adorable.


Charles watching video's of dogs on Youtube.com  (I will post a link to the videos-a must see!)


More Daisy. She moves so quick, my camera phone isn't built for action shots!


A still of Daisy :)


And for kicks, the Ikea monkey. I LOL every time I see this little guy.

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