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The Splash Diaries: week 3, day 17

Image by >>>WonderMike<<< via Flickr Saturday, September 11 I just had to put the girls in crates for a few minutes to settle them down. Now that they are trying to play with each other, I have to spend more time on manners – no full-roar racing up and down the stairs, don’t play with [...]

Splash Diaries – Day 5

Monday, August 30. My first day, my “practice” day at staying home writing all day. The girls spent the day peaceably in their crates after a really long walk this morning. Now it’s almost time for another really long walk before it gets dark and the kamikaze bunnies come out. While I was waiting for [...]

The Splash Diaries – day 4

Sunday, August 29 – day 4 Busy days yesterday and today. I tried for the first time yesterday (Saturday) to leave Splash crated for about five hours. I hope to work up to being able to leave her happily crated while I or her new owners are working all day long. She managed five hours [...]

The Splash Diaries: Day 2

Image via Wikipedia Friday, August 27 No problem getting Splash to eat her food when it’s doused in Panacur(R), so the first dose of the hookworm protocol is in. I upped her meal to a heaping cup and a half. She’ll get that twice a day until I can get 5-7 pounds on her. She’s [...]

The Splash Diaries – Day 1

Image by sombraala via Flickr Thursday, August 26 Splash the retired racing greyhound foster dog arrived at 10:15am. Cindy drove down to Ithaca this morning to pick her up from the people who transported her up from Florida, where she was released from the track earlier this month. The greyhound people call this a “haul.” [...]