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Sadie’s First Airplane Ride!

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Last week Sadie joined me on a very exciting adventure – her first airplane ride! It’s only a 2 hour flight from here to Florida, so I thought this would be a good first flight for Sadie to take. We flew on JetBlue, so Sadie was able to ride with me as my carry-on bag. I just had to make sure that she was in a soft-sided carrier that met the airline under-seat requirements, which I’ve heard are a little stricter than other airlines. I also brought along Sadie’s vaccination records and a certificate of good health from her vet just in case someone at the airport or hotels asked to see them (no one asked, but better safe than sorry).
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Black and White Sunday #29

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Last week Sadie and I took a walk through another new park. We pass this park all the time, but we’ve never gone inside because it contains mostly sports fields that are always crowded. But for some reason the park was completely empty that day, so we took the opportunity for Sadie to have a sniff around. There were no exciting discoveries like last week’s waterfall, but Sadie still enjoyed all the new smells. She was especially curious about the bleachers, although she was too nervous to jump onto them herself. Continue reading

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The Importance of Microchipping – It’s National Check the Chip Day!

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The American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Animal Hospital Association has declared today, August 15th, National Check the Chip Day.

I’m the kind of dog Mom that constantly worries something might spook my dog and she’ll run off or get lost if her leash breaks. What if she slips out of her harness? Or someone opens the door and doesn’t notice that she went outside? I think you get the overprotective picture. That’s why getting Sadie microchipped was on the top of my new puppy to do list. Not only does a microchip help ensure her safety if she ever gets lost, but it also goes a long way to ensuring my piece of mind.
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Where Shall I Eat Today?

 


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Most pet owners have a specific spot set up for their pets to eat, where their food and water dishes remain on a daily basis. This is typically in the kitchen area, as it is usually the easiest place in the house to clean up after messy pets. What I would like to know is how many pets actually stick to this arrangement? If you hand them food outside of this area, that’s a different story. But is Sadie the only one who does not like to stay in one place while eating?

The photo above is Sadie’s everyday set up for food and water. Notice by the carpet that this is in my living room, not the kitchen. I tried to keep her food and water in the kitchen for a while, but Sadie often dislikes the kitchen floor and would simply refuse to eat or drink if she had to walk on that floor to do so (click here to read the full post about Sadie’s Flooring Phobias). By moving the bowls into the living room I have a better chance of getting her to use them, but Sadie just can’t seem to stick to one place. If she’s in the mood for dry food, I often find a trail of kibble leading from the living room into my bedroom. Sadie takes mouthfuls of the food from her bowl in the living room and brings it to the bedroom, where she drops it on the floor and then chooses which pieces she will eat. Thankfully she does not do this with wet food. Instead, Sadie sometimes completely ignores her wet food when it’s in her bowl in the living room. But if I move the bowl into the bedroom with me, Sadie will suddenly decide to eat the food. And although she has a water bowl in the living room as it’s part of a set with the food bowl, Sadie usually won’t drink water from that bowl. Instead I need to keep a separate water bowl in my bedroom for her, where she happily drinks and stays hydrated. And if you give her a treat, you never know where it will end up. I think I’ll need a whole other blog post to talk about her burying and reburying treats all over the house. I’m just glad that I’ve gotten used to most of Sadie’s quirky eating habits and can anticipate what needs to be done to make sure she gets the proper nutrition every day.

 

This post is part of the Tasty Tuesday blog hop brought to you by Sugar the Golden Retriever and Kol’s Notes.
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A Nice, Comfy Bucket?

 


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So over the weekend I was getting everything ready for a barbecue and searching in the closet for things I haven’t used since last Summer. I took out one of those plastic bucket/tub things that you use to put ice and drinks in to carry them outdoors and placed it on the floor while I continued my search. Sadie had been hovering near me, wondering what I was up to, and immediately pounced on the bucket. She kept circling it, sniffing it, and poking at it with her paws. Then Sadie got frustrated. She wanted to sniff the bottom of the bucket, but she couldn’t quite reach. Every time she put her paws up on the side to try and reach her head inside, the thing would start to tip over and she’d scoot back until it stopped moving. After three or four tries Sadie started barking at it, as if yelling at it to stay still.
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