Clockwise from bottom left: Polly, Henry, and Harriet
It’s not often that all three of them are close enough to get a group photo at the same time that I have a camera in my hands. I love the way Harriet is looking over her shoulder at Henry, who has an ever so slightly evil glint in her left eye. Miss Brown knows that cats are bad news.
From the end of the sofa, Harriet can keep an eye on the patio. She thinks she’s the neighborhood watch. She’s not at all barky, but grumbles and whines whenever people or other dogs trespass on her territory. And, her territory is everything she can see. She gets particularly upset when cats walk along the tree line at the other side of the back field.
Harriet spent some time outside with me (away from the horrible, no good kittens) while I moved some plants around in the garden. She’s been very good about staying out of the flower beds, which surprises me. While I was working, she just sunbathed and pretty much ignored what I was doing.
Polly (the camera I wanted)
Henry (the camera I ended up with)
Both those are unedited, except for cropping. The one below was from the camera I returned and has had a good bit of Photoshopping.
Miss Brown
…helps the Benadryl go down.
It’s easy peasy to pill Harriet, but I like to give her pills to her with peanut butter, because she gets totally blissed out when she eats it. It’s pure doggie crack.
Harriet was almost out of food, so I stopped to pick some up on my way home from work. This time, Wellness Core, which is what I wanted to get last time, as it is grain free, but they were out. It was in stock this time, and she likes it just as much as the Wellness Super 5 Mix.
There’s a shot of Pandora toward the end. She was supervising.
Harriet just had her ears washed, so she had to do the “rub her face on the back of the couch” routine.
Harriet went back to the vet yesterday. Her ear infection is still not cleared up, and her feet are still bothering her. Swabs from both showed bacteria and yeast, so we got more wipes for her feet, oral anti-fungal/yeast tablets, and drops for her ears. The ear scope and swabs hurt and made her cry and shiver. Poor puppy.
But she was very good for the vet, even though she was in pain. Then again last night, when I was putting drops in her ears, she started shivering. I don’t know if it was in anticipation that it would hurt, or because it really did hurt. She was fine for this morning’s drops, so hopefully her ears are getting less painful.
I went to two different places to look for Harriet’s food, but everyone was out of it. This was another (sort of) limited ingredient food that looked similar enough, to I decided to give it a try. Well, not me, personally. Anyway, Harriet likes it, and she spent about an hour cleaning out the inside of the bag.
Miss Freezydog got a new fleece yesterday. It’s a cheapo, but I needed to see how it fit and how it’ll wear, before I order something better quality online. Like, in theory, a large should fit her, but she really needs an XL, because she’s so deep chested. Now I know. This one is okay, though not idea, because the fabric is a little stretchy. Alsotoo, pink. It’s not a great color for redheads.
She also got a new collar. The nylon one she had was still very nice, but because it was braided, it made the fur on her neck lay funny. We’re back to leather, which I prefer.
I was vacuuming and looked over to see Harriet watching me, with her nose buried in her fleece blanket. Weirdo.
It’s not arctic outside, but it’s finally coldish. That means it’s time for soup, right? I replaced my missing stock pot a couple of weeks ago, so I’m making potato soup for lunch. Mmmm.
red paper boat 