Is it bedtime yet? 😳

Is it bedtime yet?  😳

So I had my dog trainer friend come over and help me with Win.  I am just not very comfortable with a dog who's growling at me.  She tricked him into her slip lead with some chopped up weenies and now we've got a long leash on him that will not be removed before his transport.  It's hanging out of his crate so that I can open the door and urge him out with it.  I hope that makes things easier on us both.

I told her how things went this morning with me reaching in and him ducking to the back and hiding his head.  That is avoidance - him telling me to leave him alone.  When I didn't listen and persisted - he growled.  He was just telling me to back off the only way he knew how.  So.  I do appreciate the warnings.  Better than him just snapping on me.  I do wish he wasn't so scared, though.

OH, I can't fucking EVEN right now.

OH, I can't fucking EVEN right now.  Wow.  Next time I have a gut feeling I'm going with it - consequences be damned.  It couldn't have turned out any worse.

Part of my family found a sick puppy last year. I treated her for parvo (they paid the $100 for the shots, I did the work) and she survived. They decided that they wanted her after she was well. I wasn't too keen on giving her to them, but I did. I felt obligated because they paid for her treatment. Saw her outside of their house one day covered in ticks and wandering in and out of the road. I'm kicking my own ass right now for not picking her up and taking her then. She's had puppies and now they don't want her. I should have gone with my gut. I'm so angry. It's just really upsetting. They promised they'd take good care of her AND GET HER SPAYED. Didn't happen and now they can't be bothered with her anymore.

From the way it all sounded a lot of good intentions were floating around, but no action came into play. And here we are. My aunt did get the pups into rescue, but I still feel really betrayed and hurt. I will never give animals away like that again. Everyone will go through a rescue, or just have to fuck the fuck off. Seriously. I can't even trust my own family to do the right thing, it seems.

In other animal news:

In other animal news:  Win does not want to come out of his crate.  The one time he did willingly I'm guessing he did so because he had to pee so bad.  I have not had that kind of luck since then.  In fact he growled at me this morning for trying to take him out.  I'm thinking I'll just let him hold it until I get home and then maybe he'll be more willing to cooperate.  I feel really bad doing that, but I don't know him that well.  I don't really want to be bitten.  He still seems really nervous.  Still jumps every time I touch him.  😐

Last night when I went to check on Little Mama...

Last night when I went to check on Little Mama I found that I'd left her cage open - ALL DAY.  I must have been having a brain fart or something.  I know I was all distracted with the cleaning up of the diarrhea.

Anyway, I'm not too mad at myself over that one.  The garage is pretty safe.  If she'd gotten out there wouldn't have been anything that could hurt her in there.  She couldn't have left the garage or anything, either.

Funny thing was it didn't look like she'd left the cage.  And if she did she'd decided to come back to it.  Maybe she's enjoying her little vacation.

Also, she didn't have diarrhea this morning.  She'd peed, but no poop at all.  She was just sleeping hard with her babies when I went in.  She didn't even wake up to notice me.  Or she didn't let on if she did.  🙂

Went to check on Little Mama.

Went to check on Little Mama.  One of the babies was out WALKING on her.  🙂  It was so adorable.  If I'd had my camera and not been up to my elbows in opossum diarrhea I would have TOTALLY taken a picture.

The first day here her poop was solid black and there were some hard parts, but some of it was soft.  The last couple of days it has been firm and brown.  Today, there was poop EVERYWHERE.  It wasn't just water diarrhea, but it was soft and she obviously got it all over her.  🙁

The only thing I did different was give her a small, SMALL piece of banana with her dinner yesterday.  Maybe that was my mistake.  I wonder if canned pumpkin will help harden her poops back up...  I know it works on dogs.

Kim, April, John, Janet, Beth - any suggestions?

Win willingly came out of his crate this morning! 😃

Win willingly came out of his crate this morning! 😃

Went to feed Little Mama and she's in her hammock, again.

Went to feed Little Mama and she's in her hammock, again.  Or still.  😂  She hadn't pottied and her water was still full.  Every time I checked on her before now there had been no food or water left.  I'm guessing she had been in that pipe and missed out on food and hydration for a couple of days, at least.  Maybe she's finally leveling out now.  🙂

In other animal news if anyone is doing any spring cleaning I could definitely use some old blankets, towels, and sweatshirts right now.  If anyone wants to meet me with stuff like that just send me a message or leave me a comment.  You can also drop off stuff at work until about 5 pm, Monday - Friday.  If nothing turns up I'll hit the thrift stores, but I thought I'd shake you all down before I went shopping.  😉