Sickness, Puppies, and Poop
Last week I completely forgot that this past weekend was memorial day weekend. Shows you how zeroed in on the calendar I am. Fortunately, Leah did remember it was a holiday weekend had plans for us on Memorial day to spend some time with her family up at the lake house.
The start to the weekend… well… sucked. On Thursday, I got dead sick at work. Dizzy, sneezing, could not breath through my nose, and super drained. Went home over lunch and was down and out for the rest of the day and the next day and part of the day after that. Still didn’t feel 100% up until this morning. So I’m back at work banging away the computer problems and trying to figure out what is wrong with my laptop.
The big highlight, Ulric Von Kenai! We have a new puppy in the house, Ulric. He’s a rescue from the Twig project here in Madison. An awesome rescue group that we will do more foster work with in the future. Leah and the director got along to a freakish degree.
Ulric is a Siberian husky/German Shepard mix, about 12 or so weeks old, and all of 8 pounds. He’s a small little guy, but feisty. Makes sense that he is so small since he had a bad start of things. He was surrendered to animal control in Milwaukee by being dumped in the trash cans behind animal control along with his litter mates. A rather shitty way to start life.
Despite the hard start, he’s a great little guy. He loves being around other animals, and has become Sebastian’s shadow almost. He loves both Sebastian and Freyja and runs all over following them and trying to play with them. The only issue he has is with people. He is very people shy and runs away from folks when they come near. He is getting a lot better, but it does take some time to be able to get near him to pick him up. He is becoming more trusting and coming closer to us every day, so he is on the road to improvement.
Coming soon are more pictures of Ulric with his black tongue, funky tail, and his small furry legs jetting him across the lawn. For now, here’s a pic of him.
Now where does the poop fit in to all this? Well, when transitioning to a new house, puppies have a tendency to lose some training and have loose stools. Combine that with a puppy’s need to go bathroom every 2-3 hours, there’s been my fair share of poo to cleanup. (The poo makes Leah sick, so yours truly gets the cleanup duty there) Being sick and cleaning up loose poo is a great combination for a weekend. Though Ulric is worth it. 