Random Thoughts about life in general, living in the big city of Toronto
Midnight is growing up. It’s hard to believe that she’s just over 9 months old now! She’s been with us for 6 months and it’s amazing how many changes she’s gone through in that time.
Last week we took her to the vet for a heartworm test and to start her on her first prescription of heartworm preventative medications. She’s had needles at the vets before but this was her first blood work. She did well and the heartworm test was negative.
While we were at the vets she got weighed and she’s up to 27.1 kg or 59.7 lb. Considering how sick she was the first two months she was with us I thought she’d probably top out at around this weight, but she’s still got some growing to do, so she might get a little bigger.
Anyway, with her weight up to close to 60 pounds I now know why she’s pretty much pulling Chris and I off our feet when we walk her. You wouldn’t think she’d be strong enough to pretty much drag an adult around, but she’s darn strong! I guess because she’s still quite low to the ground she’s able to pull us off balance.
We’ve tried taking her for walks with just a leash on – way too much pulling, used a gentle leader for a while but that took the hair off her muzzle, tried the Sporn halter for a few months and that worked well up until about a month and a half ago and then now we’re using a Comfort Wrap harness. The comfort wrap is working much better than the Sporn, but walks are still almost unbearable.
It’s gotten to the point that Chris complains that his knees are sore when he comes back from walking her. His shoulder is also sore too. I’m barely walking her these days. In an earlier post I explained that I’ve been dizzy several times over the last couple of weeks. If I’m feeling dizzy or weak or if my stomach is causing me pain the chances of her making me fall when I walk her is even greater. Just letting outside on her leash to do her business is a tug of war too.
It’s not like she hasn’t had any training. I work with her all the time to teach her new commands and tricks, plus she’s been through puppy training and intermediate dog training as well.
Earlier today I took her for a walk to the local corner store. Walking there was ok but she was acting up in the store. The store owner needed to get one of the things I was buying from a back storage area so I decided to continue our walk and then return to the store. Well, on our way back the store owner saw me being dragged around by Midnight. She thought it was funny, but I was exhausted by then! I was also frustrated and angry at Midnight. Crazy hyper Labrador Retriever puppy.
Any suggestions as to how we can get her to stop tugging, or do we just have to wait for her to calm down a bit more? She’s pretty good when she’s indoors, but she gets so excited when she’s outside that she barely listens to our commands.
Summer is just about here and I’m sure that quite a few of you are beginning to plan your summer holiday. I don’t even know what we’re going to do for our summer vacation this year, but I’m sure I’ll try to find an interesting place for us to go soon.
If you are going to be flying anywhere you should visit lowfares.com where you’ll be able to find cheap flights to destinations all over the world.
Just type in the city you’ll be departing from and the city you’d like to fly to, plus the date of your planned holiday and LowFares.com will give you a selection of low fares a wide variety of travel sites. You can compare prices and flight details and chose which one works best for you.
You can also take a look at vacation deals or build your own vacation package by booking hotels and renting a vehicle directly through the lowfares.com website.
With the economy down and gas prices rising I’m sure you’ll be looking for ways to save money this summer. Yet everyone still wants to have a vacation, don’t they? So why don’t you visit lowfares.com and see if you can book a great holiday and save money at the same time?
You might remember that I’ve posted some photos of what are called Lily flowering tulips. Some of their petals are longer than the rest and when the tulip is just beginning to open it had an unusual yet lovely appearance.
The lily flowering tulip is most lily like when it’s fully open … this one is just about done it’s bloom and is staying open all the time. Wouldn’t you have mistaken it for a lily if I hadn’t told you it was a tulip?
If you have a garden make sure you look at your plants and flowers every few days so that you can see how they change as they age. I find it very interesting!
Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit As the Garden Grows for more information. GTS participants remember to check in at As the Garden Grows each week so that we’ll know you made a new post!
Wordless Wednesday
This guy looks like he’s reliving his disco days and seriously scaring the clubs female patrons!
The look on the girl to the rights face is just priceless. Perhaps this man has even more hair on his back than he does on his shoulders and chest? Maybe that’s why she’s making that face!
My husband just wrote a post on his blog about Disco – and well disco era clothing being back – and I think this photo would fit right into that post perfectly.
