Rage the Gentle Giant

Rage

I was pet-sitting a very sweet doggy at my house two nights ago. The furries were not very happy having another dog here, though; we had to keep Sookie and the cats in different rooms, as we didn't trust having this big dog around our much smaller animals. However, even behind the baby gate Sookie was acting much more aggressive towards Rage (the other dog) than she was with Sookie. Rage just appeared to want to play with her, while Sookie kept barking warningly and growling. Even though she is tiny, Sookie can be one tough cookie and understandably doesn't like strange animals- particularly other dogs- in her house.

Unlike the furbabies, the humans of the house LOVED having Rage here. Contrary to her name, she is a sweetheart and was so well behaved. She slept with my brother for the first half of the night, and then with me. She must have thought she was much smaller than she really was, as she would sometimes try to lay down on top of us!

It goes without saying that we were sad to see her go the next day. We managed to get some adorable pictures of her, including the one I captured above. She is holding a toy bone in her mouth, which she carried with her practically the entire time she was here after finding it lying around our house. It originally belonged to Sookie, but because she no longer plays with it and Rage seemed to love it so much we ended up letting her take it home with her.

Oh, and I also forgot to mention that she is a service dog in-training for her daddy.

Howling and peeing :)

Tonight will be my last night pet sitting for Powell and Mimi. They are such sweet dogs- I will miss them a lot (hopefully they'll need me to pet sit for them again soon)!

Whenever someone sings or plays music on an instrument (such as the piano), Powell feels the need to 'sing' along too. He does the same thing when someone howls. Only about 15 minutes ago, I managed to capture a video of him doing just that with me. He is definitely one vocal dog!






In addition, I went with my mom to Barnes & Noble today for some coffee, snacks, and reading. While I was skimming through one magazine, I saw something that made me giggle- a device called Whiz Freedom. It enables a gal to pee just like the guys do. :)

 

I could definitely see how this would come in handy, though... particularly during lengthy road trips!

 

 



Pick me up, already!

 

Mimi waiting for me to lift her onto the bed. After all, her tiny weenie dog legs can't jump up THAT high!

Sookie's trick

Sookie wanted to show everyone a little trick that she has mastered (sorry for the blurry quality again, my phone camera's horrible).

In bed with Powell and Mimi

Once again I am blogging from the bedroom and am joined by Powell, as well as Mimi (Powell's a Vizsla, Mimi's a Dachshund). While Powell has been by my side constantly and has always slept with me from the first night I pet-sat him (which actually was only a few weeks ago), Mimi has gone from somewhat keeping her distance from me to following me around almost as much as her 'brother' does.

In fact, here is a picture I took of them about 15 minutes ago. Mimi was lying down with her head under the covers with Powell, but she awoke while I was taking the picture- though I think the result turned out adorable. And yes, that is Powell curled up under the blanket behind her. :)

 

And thanks everyone for the well-wishes. I feel a bit better today (at least my nose isn't really running anymore), but I still feel lethargic and out of it which is also due to the fact that I'm still not really sleeping through the night. Well, I'm hoping that tonight will be different.

 

I hope everyone else also has a great night and a restful sleep!

Feeling crappy today

I haven't been on here much for the past few days as I have been dealing with a pretty bad cold. And I didn't sleep much last night on top of that since my nose has been stuffy and running nonstop (I swear I must have gone through like 100 tissues already!). I hope to take a nap soon or at least go to bed really early tonight.

Today is my first of ten nights of pet sitting as well, so that will keep me busy. Currently I am lying down next to Powell, one of the dogs I am pet sitting for, who is napping and snoring quite loudly- and who I look forward to joining very soon!

I am really tired and need some rest so I will keep it short today, but I'll end it with an adorable picture that I found. I didn't take it, but the dog's elated expression is too cute to resist!

Some cute pictures

Here are some cute pictures of the furbabies that I found on my sister's Facebook page...


Sookie lookin' pretty after just being groomed (she looks nothing like this now and is way overdue for another grooming).

 



What happened to your ears, Sookie??

 

Sookie and the cats gathering for food.

 

Sookie being a meanie and stealing food from Stray the cat. Stray certainly doesn't seem happy about it...

 

Stray must have had a hard day when this was taken.
 

Baby on her Scooby Doo pillow.
 

Sherbet curiously looking at the camera.
 

Sookie's chunky belly! It might be about time to put her on a diet.

Sherbet- continued

In my previous post, I had mentioned that I had not captured a recent video of Sherbet. So I had decided on that very day- well, yesterday- that I would create one. In the video, he is curiously looking at my hairless Chinese Crested, Sookie while hiding behind a vacuum.

Often when Sookie approaches him and tries to play with him, he gets a bit nervous and hisses with his back arched up and tries to hit her with his paw, then hides. However, when she walks away he will attempt to bravely sneak up on her. It's weird, I know.