(April 4, 2025 at 7:06 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: So, today went swell.  The new woman came to trim the dogs' nails.  She showed up without the company van and with one tool - a Dremel.

As it turns out the Dremel was almost out of charge and I didn't have a cord that would fit it.  So even though I moved the grooming table into the house and was all prepped for her, one dog managed to get his nails sorta, kinda trimmed.  

I am glad I didn't medicate the nutty one or the neurotic one as I try to use the meds sparingly.

I ordered my own Dremel and will figure it the fuck out if I have to do one paw at a time.

Cripes.

We're too afraid of hurting the dogs when they spaz out for stuff like nail trimming. We took them to the groomer and had that done. Groomers are far better at getting that done than we ever were. We have a new dog- a deer Chihuahua. We're pretty sure she was abused, beyond the simple fact of having been dropped at the shelter, pregnant, inside a bag with five other dogs. She had 4 puppies shortly after the attendants found her. We've had her two months and she is getting better at coming to me and licking the back of my hand...and then running away. She used to run in a panic if she had to get by any of the guys here when we were walking around. The male "humans" from her experience must have been pretty bad.  We don't want to take her to a groomer yet, we feel that she's been traumatized enough already.

(April 4, 2025 at 7:53 pm)Fireball Wrote:

(April 4, 2025 at 7:06 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: So, today went swell.  The new woman came to trim the dogs' nails.  She showed up without the company van and with one tool - a Dremel.

As it turns out the Dremel was almost out of charge and I didn't have a cord that would fit it.  So even though I moved the grooming table into the house and was all prepped for her, one dog managed to get his nails sorta, kinda trimmed.  

I am glad I didn't medicate the nutty one or the neurotic one as I try to use the meds sparingly.

I ordered my own Dremel and will figure it the fuck out if I have to do one paw at a time.

Cripes.

We're too afraid of hurting the dogs when they spaz out for stuff like nail trimming. We took them to the groomer and had that done. Groomers are far better at getting that done than we ever were. We have a new dog- a deer Chihuahua. We're pretty sure she was abused, beyond the simple fact of having been dropped at the shelter, pregnant, inside a bag with five other dogs. She had 4 puppies shortly after the attendants found her. We've had her two months and she is getting better at coming to me and licking the back of my hand...and then running away. She used to run in a panic if she had to get by any of the guys here when we were walking around. The male "humans" from her experience must have been pretty bad.   We don't want to take her to a groomer yet, we feel that she's been traumatized enough already.

This woman was supposedly a groomer and tried to upsell me to full grooms.  Yeah, that's not gonna happen with her.

Got woke up early by Quinn...our quivering, cowardly early warning system who can hear thunder from miles and miles away and wants me to be awake to share in the storm.

smh

This one is supposed to last for hours.

(April 5, 2025 at 8:21 am)arewethereyet Wrote: Got woke up early by Quinn...our quivering, cowardly early warning system who can hear thunder from miles and miles away and wants me to be awake to share in the storm.

smh

This one is supposed to last for hours.

That may be one of the benefits of having a deaf dog.

(April 5, 2025 at 9:02 am)brewer Wrote:

(April 5, 2025 at 8:21 am)arewethereyet Wrote: Got woke up early by Quinn...our quivering, cowardly early warning system who can hear thunder from miles and miles away and wants me to be awake to share in the storm.

smh

This one is supposed to last for hours.

That may be one of the benefits of having a deaf dog.

Quinn would feel the vibrations...sigh.

We have a barometric beagle/dachshund. When the barometric pressure drops, this badger killer starts trembling, WAY before it looks in any way that it's going to rain. Even sleeping. Her toenails rattle on the floor like castanets when she's sleeping and rain is on the way.

Yeah, thunder and fireworks freak Blackie out -- crawls in bed and trembles something fierce.

OK, here are our two new additions. The black and white one is called "Pepper", the brown and white one is called "Ginger". Wife calls them her Spice Girls. I fed Pepper lunch today and managed to get her to climb up into the recliner, a new skill. She was wiggling all over and Ginger jumped up and was wiggling all over. Both of them were competing for petting. That's a first for both. Ginger is finally trusting me, after all these weeks. 

I'm shit for photographs. Pepper does actually have eyes...

^The spice girls...LOL.

Happy to hear that the pups are settling in.

Tomorrow I have to take Hoss (aka Ziggy) to the vet for his senior dog exam and vaccines. Going to ask while there for something to have on hand when it appears his old bones are hurting him. Other than the occasional rough day, he seems to be doing pretty well. I hope the vet agrees.