Monday's Mish Mash

We received a package in the mail on Saturday. It was from Hootie and Baby Rocket Dog. A few weeks ago Hootie posted about his day at the PetWalk. His mom said Hootie was a stinker because he had done something naughty, and the first commenter to guess what it was would get a prize. And we WON!!! We will let you visit that post and see if you can figure out what Hootie had done.

Here is the package, such a pretty label, and there were some beautiful flower stickers on the back, but Mom forgot to get a pic of them. You can see more of the opening of the package in the video below, but here is what was inside.
A trio of Safari Animals for the OP Pack, one for each of us.
Thanks, Hootie and BRD. We love these tug toys.
Thunder decided he liked this one.
But then he decided he might like to have the zebra too. And now for the video.







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Java, the handsome chocolate lab big brother to the Rocky Creek Scotties, has crossed the Rainbow Bridge. He was such a wonderful big brother to all his pupmates. Sadly he hadn't been doing too well, and his family knew it was time to say good bye. Please stop by their blog and leave them some good wishes. RIP, dear Java.


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Many of you have commented on how much Ciara is growing. Mom will have to start doing pics of her with a reference point. Yes, she is indeed growing. TD and Phantom would say that her mouth is getting bigger and louder. But she has really grown a lot in size. She was 17.4 lb.s when she arrived a little over three weeks ago. As of Saturday she is at 21.8 lbs. She eats and plays well. She is very close to being fully potty trained. We have removed the newspapers from the floor and over the past several days, she has had only one accident. She is excellent at night, loves to sleep in her crate, and doesn't cry until she hears the humans stirring or one of the boys. She is almost the perfect pup. BUT she is starting to chew a little more. The vet said she is about to lose some of her baby teeth and we should expect the chewing to get more intense. But she does love her toys, and Mom says she can chew them all she wants as long as she leaves the chair rungs, the woodwork, and anything else that is off limits for her teeth alone.

The one issue we have had with her is not the nicest of topics. So if you don't like poop talk, skip this paragraph. Ciara has not had a firm poop since the second day she arrived. We had NOT changed her food, and we gave her bottled water for about a week to be sure it wasn't due to the change in water sources. She has been checked and rechecked and rechecked again for worms, giardia, and any other identifiable disease. At first the thought was that she had an overgrowth of bacteria due to the stress of the move. She has been on several different antibiotics and has been getting fortiflora, a probiotic, sprinkled on her food. She got a steroid shot to calm down any inflammation in her gastrointestinal tract. We also switched her to a prescription low residue kibble for about a week and a half. Nothing seemed to help. So as of Saturday night, we are slowly moving her from the low residue kibble to the grain-free kibble that TD and Phantom eat. We have seen some very slight improvement and are optimistic things will get better once she is fully moved to the grain free. At this point we don't know what the next step will be.

But as you can see, she is looking good.
And yes, Thunder is still here.
And Phantom too.
He still prefers to let TD take the lead in playing with the little one.
But Thunder is never too far from his big brother.


And here are a few of the three of us together, well, sort of together:)


Hey Phantom, c'mon over here and join us.


Ciara, let's get this done, just look at Mom.


OK, Thunder. We'll just let Phantom snooze.

Woos - Phantom, Thunder, and Ciara