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Update on Nadine and Rosie
8/17/06
I'll try to
take some photo's of the girls this weekend ... I've been meaning to send an
update to PMR but ..... ;->>>
Nadine has lost all her weight and is a
proper sized Chi only about 6 lbs ...Rosie however has gained every pound
Nadine lost!!!
Now that it is cooling down we
will be taking walks and trying to get her a bit more active.
Nadine has come into her own and
actually barks a little now. I had never heard her say a word until the
last few months, she's just starting barking. I have to say I really enjoy
it when she lets out a few sounds. She rules the house, I am only here to
serve her, she knows it and boy does she use it. She has cataracts to the
point where her vision is fairly impaired. She runs into furniture, walls,
doors all the time. We try not to move the furniture around too much and
leave her a path from one end of the house to the other to run. Bill calls
it "taking laps". He will tell her to take a few laps and she'll run,
FLAT-OUT, I mean as fast as she can!!! From one end of the house to the
other .... to the front door and then turns around and runs FLAT-OUT to the
back door. She is in the early stages of Alzheimer's so she gets confused
and agitated but the vet has given her some medication to calm her anxiety a
bit. But she is healthy and happy and spoiled rotten!
Bill gets home before I do and he
swears the girls must know how to tell time because right around 5pm they
wake up, get up and go sit by the back door waiting for me to get home so he
lets them out in the back yard to wait for me. Rosie is my timid little
girl and she gets scared really easily so we try to make sure that doesn't
happen! When I get home from work each day she runs up to me for her
welcome home belly rub and then runs away and circles the yard and comes
flying back at me to do it all over again. We'll repeat this belly rub
followed by a run until she's too tired to run anymore. Which isn't too
long! But, it's nice to know she misses me and is really glad to see me
when I get home. Nadine comes up to me to say welcome home and get the top
of her head scratched then she's at the door wanting to get back inside.
She's got a red velvet pillow with gold trim that says "Spoiled Rotten" on
it and she LOVE's it. Rosie's favorite place is under my bed (it is over a
crawl space and the wood floor is nice and cool) and she especially likes it
during thunder storms.
I'll try and get some digital
pictures of the family this weekend and send them on.
They have truly been a blessing
in my life and I am so glad PMR brought them into my life. I don't know
where I'd be without them!
All the best,
Tracy
Subject: Update on Nadine and Rosie her last puppy
was born out of the
mill when she was 11 years old,
Nadine had given all her previous pups at 6 weeks old
to the Pet Shops.
She loved her last puppy so much we adopted them out
together. ( Robin)
Nadine on the left Rosie is on the right.
The girls are great. They adapted better and quicker than I'd even hoped
for.
They immediately took to Bear's big pillow and we put a blanket on it
and it's now theirs. No matter where we put it the girls go and lay on it.
Nadine has also found Bears special spot next to the hot water pipe. So she
lays closest to it (age has it's benefits) Rosie next to her and Bear is on
the outside next to Rosie. I'm trying to sneak a digital picture but as soon
as they see me they jump up and come running.
Nadine has become my special
girl, she follows me where ever I go. She loves to sit on my lap and has
even occasionally slept with me in the big people bed for a lazy Saturday
morning nap. She loves to lay on the couch with Ron at night or if he comes
home before me in the afternoon he grabs the whole trio and naps on the
sofa. Nadine's so happy with him there that she doesn't even budge when the
other two jump up and com e running because they
Most importantly and quite wonderfully, Rosie has been coming out of her
shell and is quite the little playmate for Bear. They were a little shy of
each other at first but they LOVE to run and chase each other in the yard.
They play tag for hours! Bear chases Rosie until he gets tired of it and
then she turns around and chases her. She has also learned to play with all
the toys! We can't get her to fetch or tug like Bear will but she plays
keep-away with Bear with every toy he has! It's great fun! They are such a
treat to watch.
The girls love the backyard, Nadine lays in the garden on a little pile of
mulch she pushed together (I'll build her a more suitable pad when the
weather's a bit better) and the two kids run crazily around the yard in
circles and back and under the patio furniture, then under the swing then
over to the gate and under the grill then back to the swing and around the
garden ..... you get the picture?
We're quite thrilled with our family and they seem to be happier and happier
every day. As I'm writing this, Nadine is laying on a blanket in a reclining
chair next to me. Ron is napping with Bear in the bedroom and Rosie is
sitting at my feet chewing on a stuff frog's ear.
My current challenges include trying to get the girls to stop doing their
business in the house (they are getting better, especially as the weather
gets better, I don't have to fight to get them outside) and trying to get
the girls to take a walk with Bear and I. Nadine absolutely refuses to move
once she's outside the backyard so I carry her in a pouch on my chest. Rosie
fights the leash terribly but she's learning a little by Bear's example. We
take slow, short walks and try to get her used to it. She'll be great at it
soon, we know!
Thanks pretty much what the family is up to.
Thanks Puppymillrescue for
bringing our girls to us. We are very happy with them.
Tracy, Ron, Bear-Bear, Nadine and Rosie Jones
Date: Wed Apr 3, 2002 12:40 am
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