A Couple of Doggie Shorts

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Listening to: Green Day - 86
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Poor Bella

The drama never ends with this poor broken dog.
I was really tired of bathing a dog & cleaning poop every night.
So I got a fancy dog house & it has been nice enough to leave her outside.
Last week went awesome! I was much happier that is for sure & I thought that Bella was digging the new routine.
Tonight I come home to a dog with four bloody paws. She paced all day. She walked in endless circles so much so that her paws are raw & bleeding.
WTH am I gonna do with this poor thing?
I've got a vet appointment, I'm hoping that he will give her some anti-anxiety medication.
In the interim I'm putting gauze & baby socks on her feet to try to keep the sores clean.


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Listening to: Aerosmith - Monkey on My Back
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Can Dogs Contemplate Murder?

Last night we found Zoie with her teeth around Bella's collar & she was shaking it (& Bella) for all she was worth.
Bella just took it & just sat calmly. As I reached for her collar to straighten it up I found I could not get my finger between it & her neck.
Holy shit! Zoie just tried to kill Bella!
Now that Zoie knows how to strangle her sister.....Will she try again?

This would make a good Stephen King story.



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Listening to: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - The Fire Inside
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Bella

Bella fits in wonderful with our family. I think her & Zoie are related somehow.
Bella has a fetish with poop right now.....she likes to eat it
They make a powder to mix in their food that makes poop taste bad. Zoie went through this as a puppy. Counting the accidents that she has had (One involving paw painting with poop in her crate!) I still think she is doing awesome & learning fast.
She did give Zoie her cold. Now everyone in this house has had this nasty cold! Bella had antibiotics for her cold, I'll have to get some for Zoie.

Bella has gained weight fast, she loves food.

She loves me to death....I keep tripping over her, she does not like it when she can't see me or be near me.





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Listening to: 311 - T & P Combo
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Our Rescue Dog

I'd like to introduce to you all the new edition to our family.
Ta Da! Here's Bella!

Bella is a puppy mill survivor. This means that she has spent her one & a half years in cage. She may have even had a litter of puppies


I had to give her a bath straight off. She had crap caked on her huge paws.

She is all legs this one She is timid. She has played well with Zoie. Although she niped at Zoie for not much while she was trying to sleep. (A bit like me there LOL)
They say she is a Yorkshire Terrier but I think she's mixed with Doberman or Schnauzer.
More pictures!


Bella is skin & bones. I hope to fatten her up. I hope to get her to trust & love.
I found Bella through a search on the internet. There are plenty more where Bella came from. If anyone can open their hearts & home please do.
I was turned down last year & was not expecting to get approved. I was pleasantly surprised!


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Listening to: Aerosmith - Rag Doll
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Zoie & Food

My little freak Zoie has treated her food luke warm since she came to live with us. Royal Canin was what she was raised on. She would eat her bowl empty then leave it for a couple days at a time. This pattern has gotten worse in the last few months.
The girl can't live on cookies.
I tried some Halo dog food (The company Ellen bought). So I had two bowls of food sitting out. She could would eat both bowls at once then leave the bowls sitting full of food for days.
I noticed that when we went to her BFF's she would go straight to Hattie's food bowel & eat like I did not feed her.
Her tummy has been upset this weekend. She has not had many kibbles. So I went to the Vet's & got a bag of Hill's Science Diet.
Right out of the bag she loved it. I hope she keeps liking it.



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Listening to: Billy Idol - Flesh For Fantasy
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Chompers?

She does not look like a chompers. Yes she was sleeping in this position. She only lifted her head because I grabbed the camera.




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Listening to: Heart - I Need the Rain
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I do not qualify.

As many of you know I put my application in to adopt a PuppyMill survivor.
I thought Zoie needs a friend. I don't really want to go through puppiness again. OMG I never knew that there were so many dogs in need of love out there. Even Yorkies!
So, in my search of a non-shedding small dog (not really thinking of what a PuppyMill Survivor dog would be (behave) like.) I fell in love with Shadow.
After several e-mails & pictures of my yard & of course the crazy long application. They said that absolutely no PuppyMill dogs go to unfenced yards. These rescue dogs are prone to bolting & are usually uncatchable.
This just means that it was not meant to be at this moment. We do & have needed to finish fencing the yard off. Zoie loves to run. she's not great at always coming when I call her either.
In the interim I'm going to do more research on these rescue dogs. I was in no way prepared for how difficult it might be to acclimate one to real family life.
The web site just makes you want to help:)


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Listening to: Bonnie Raitt - Something To Talk About
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Zoie's a year old!

Our Monster Zoie AKA Chompers is a years old today!
She acts like a haughty queen most of the time hence the tiara.

Happy Birthday Zoie!



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Listening to: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me The Breeze
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I forgot to tell this Zoie story.

I think it was Monday night. Ms. Queen Zoie came in through the doggie door with something in her mouth. I'll be damned if it was not a 3 inch frozen turd. I had to pry her jaws open whilst Robert grabbed the turdcycle, which he promptly disposed of.
Sometimes this dog really tries my patience! :)





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Listening to: Heart - Nothin' At All
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Weekends seem so short...

But the days seems to be getting longer. I can actually envision spring, I think it is just around the corner.

Yesterday was the first day that my arm was pain free in like five months. It is very much a relief.



Zoie got a this rockin blanky from her Aunt Denise. She loves it:) Look at her face!

More Pictures!

This weekend was Rock Band weekend on Xbox. I won all of my on-line battles W00T!
I have one more song to conquer on hard to go on to the second set. There are about 4 songs on Medium that I'm having trouble getting five stars on.
Go with the Flow, Next to you, Vasoline.
I ordered drums for these game but they are on backorder:( I really need to get another wireless guitar also & a partner in crime. I could force Robert to play:) DO it or else, LOL!




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Listening to: Nazareth - Whiskey drinking woman
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Zoie's hair cut was a big adventure for her!

Zoie got to spend a whole night & day with Aunt Donna & Hattie. She went to the doggie spa today. She's so cute.
I think though that she is a bit angry with me, I think she missed me. She has slept since the very moment we got home. I keep thinking she is sick because she is never this calm.

More pics!

On another note.....I keep seeing Ellen talk about & play Guitar Hero on her show. She had a kid on today play through the Fire & Flames on expert. *grrr* I miss playing I'll never get to expert if I keep having to be on the sidelines!
Even though I've not been playing my Tennis Elbow has not improved. I expect to get a shot next time I go in to the doctor.



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Listening to: Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
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Wonderful Tuesday....Zoie graduated & much more.

When I walked in the house after work I knew that they had finished the walls. Nothing will give you a headache like polyurethane! They got three walls finished. So I'll have to sniff fumes for a few days at least.








Zoie graduated from obedience school. She still needs much work. (Like maybe not peeing on my floors anymore!)
She is much better behaved since we started class though.









Upon leaving class we were greeted with this sunset. It was so beautiful it broke my heart.

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Zoie ascairt

Zoie was afraid of my birthday card. She is so funny.

Zoie the head of household.

Zoie has one more class. She has learned To heal, sit, sit/stay, down, down/stay, sit from down 2 ways, stand, come, zig zig heal.

I even managed to jog with out her tripping me the other day. She does really good on everything except down. She still is very stubborn, but I think maybe her streaks of FU are getting shorter.







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Listening to: Ted - Motor City Madhouse
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Zoie's daddy fetish....

Zoie enjoys chewing on her daddy. Check out how much she likes this & why she is called Chompers!

Zoie & school

She was a little more of a booger today. She did some barking & growling. But she is not doing bad. She does not like the lay down thing. Today we learned laydown, sit/stay.
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Zoie's first day of school

I'm a rotten mommy! I forgot to take the camera. (I will take it next week I swear). I made Robert do all the work because he & Zoie truly need to work out their differences. She did better than I gave her credit for. I will be practicing with her everyday. They say not to work them more than ten minutes at a time & to make it fun. Today we did Heal, Sit, turn left, turn right, & fast & slow. I wish I'd gotten those pictures there is one German Shepard there that could eat me in one bite!

Gangster Zoie

She loves her walk & insists on taking them NOW!
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Zoie & Toys

Yes Zoie has a toy box. Said Toy box is full to the brim with toys. Tonight Zoie thought it would be very funny to get almost every single toy out. (No she does not put her toys away) It is too funny to watch her dragging things out of the hole in the toy box. My house looks like a hurricane went through when she has all the toys out.
More pictures of Zoie