I'm going to catch up on all your pet threads very soon [View all]

[IrishAyes]

But contractors have been here this week and I can barely keep up with email.

And I will drop this one little note myself: Thank God that Brigid did not go into heat before I could get her spayed. That's where she is today, also for dew claws and microchipping. It's a great animal hospital so I don't worry about her, but it broke my heart not being able to feed her last night. She was a stray, starved almost to death before other rescuers in Indiana set up a relay to bring her to me. So she's bound to have extra sharp food anxieties. Of course she had all she wanted for breakfast and lunch, but when dinner started looking late, she kept begging. I've always fed her rather well (not too much) so she must've felt some degree of betrayal. However, when she comes home tonight, the small amount I can give her until tomorrow will be the very finest. I

Molly already misses her. I can tell when MM's upset or anxious in the least, because then she won't eat the greatest delicacies unless I hand feed her. I don't think I spoiled the chows too much, because I trained them not to touch any food until I gave it to them in a special bowl and then left the room. All I had to do was return and they'd stop eating until I left the room again.

But you can indulge the urge to spoil little ones a bit more. And I admit that any dog who gets away with demanding to be hand fed is at least a tad spoiled.

Regardless, I'm thinking of cutting the legs off the spindle baby bed they sleep in and using it for a coffee table since Brigid's constantly whipping tail will soon be able to clear a regular coffee table with ease. If you didn't read my other post, I found out that tail cropping has to be done when they're little bitty bitty pups because later on it's harder on them than spaying.

So I'll adjust by changing coffee tables. Guess both dogs are spoiled....