I'd always wondered what the differences were.

I'd always wondered what the differences were.  I've had pets spayed and neutered at both regular vets and Alabama Spay/Neuter.  I've sent MANY fosters to Alabama Spay / Neuter.  Everyone has done well, thank goodness.

Nappy did have to go back to the clinic for IV fluids, but she is a large dog, was an adult at the time, and they said she was going into or just coming out of heat (I had no idea - I get everyone fixed ASAP so I don't have to deal with that).  She did great after fluids and came home with no other problems.

Now I will be able to make a more informed decision based on the animal that needs spaying or neutering.  I am glad I came across this.

Sorry for the lack of updates on Beau / Roger.

Sorry for the lack of updates on Beau / Roger. He's doing fine, but it's just been a hard week of getting used to a new schedule and all that.

So... as you probably noticed I haven't settled on a name. I mostly just call him "puppy." It's nothing personal, but I haven't spent a super lot of time with him. My heart is just... I don't know. I'm glad he's ok and I don't mind him being here, but I don't feel that I have much to offer emotionally. I usually try to connect with my fosters more, but I just can't right now. I don't know. My heart feels like it's tired and just dead-ish. It's just been a bad year. 🙁

Anyway. He's been de-wormed and he takes the antibiotic for his skin like a good boy. I put it in wet food and he gobbles it down without a second thought, thank goodness. He also eats like a horse. His belly is getting a little round, which is adorable. 🙂 I know he was lacking nutrition because his coat (what was left of it) was extremely brittle and dry. Due to that and the fact that he's a growing boy I feed him as much as he wants right now. He certainly lets me know when he's still hungry! LOL

Other than that, he has shredded my stash of newspapers that I used for lining cages or whatever. LOL I didn't think to move them out of his reach, so that's on me and it's no big deal. I'm glad he found a way to entertain himself. 😛 I did buy him a rope toy and he loves to sling that around. He tries his best to get Faith to play with him, but she just gets on top of a crate out of his reach. Poor little dude. He has to hang out with old ladies all day!

So yeah. He's doing pretty well. He pooped in the house once in all the time he's been here. I didn't even get on to him for it - I just cleaned it up. Having a great pack of dogs is invaluable when you're fostering because they often do a lot of the training work for you just by being a great leader / example. Anyway, I'd say that's some pretty quick learning for a baby. He does seem really intelligent - when he's not running around jumping all over the place. LOL

So there you go. I'll try to get some pics this weekend. I think his hair is starting to fill in a little bit. 🙂 He's really gonna be handsome when he stops looking so mangy. 😃

If this is so small you can't even read it, no worries.

If this is so small you can't even read it, no worries.  The main thing that excites me is that stand-alone red bar at the top that's almost finished filling up.  😃

I swear ever since Ms. Wheeler showed this to our class I check it obsessively at the end of every semester.  Even though my GPA is not where I want it (thank you, D from 2001), I feel accomplished.  I'm doing things.  I feel SO satisfied every time more of those bars turn from blue to yellow.  😃😃😃

Today was mostly pretty good.

Today was mostly pretty good. I'm home early, but exhausted. I've been wanting to do my nails, but I'm just so tired. We'll see.

Shadow called me when he got home from school to tell me that Booka had been throwing up. I'm gonna make him some chicken soup soon. I swear if I lose one more dog this year I'm digging them all up and getting in the grave with them. I will just lay there crying until I die.

Something amazing has happened.

Something amazing has happened.  I'm awake this early (actually got up at 6:30) and I'm not even mad about it.  I'm fighting the urge to get back in my bed, but I'm trying to create a good habit where I'm up earlier than I need to be so that my mornings aren't crazy and rushed.  I also got up early on Tuesday and Wednesday, but I was miserable, so this is better.  LOL

I was so tired and stressed yesterday that I didn't even tell y'all what I survived.  I had a harvester ant on me!  In the few years that I've had my horned lizards, Koopa and Peach, I've never once gotten an ant on me.  It was so scary.  (I hear their bite is like a hornet sting).  I was trying to feed the lizards, but the ants weren't sleepy enough.  They started crawling everywhere.  I was like, "OMG, this is how I die."  One actually got on me, but I blew him into the tank before he could bite me.  I had the jeeblies for like, some hours.  It was serious.  LOL

Today reinforced my belief that people are crap.

Today reinforced my belief that people are crap. Not all of you, but definitely a lot of you.

I can't tell you how many times I've been harassed by people from Happy Tails because they break the rules and I ask them not to. I had to block someone today, and then she sent her friend after me.

Literally a month ago I was dealing with this same person's mother. The mom was mad that I didn't approve her post bashing a vet clinic, so she came to my personal page and started commenting. Then she had the nerve to tell me to leave her alone! Her daughter tried to pull the same crap this morning, threatening to report me for harassment. I said my peace and blocked her. That's when she sent her friend, but I'm totally the one doing the harassing.

I don't get it. Why do people think they are special and above the rules? How does anyone get so entitled? And why is it that when these people are in the wrong they lose all control and sink to attacking someone's character, or better yet, name-calling? I guess because they have no other defense. But still, it's annoying to death and it blows my mind. Believe it or not I don't wake up every day looking for someone to fight.

I aced my test and have an A in the class! YAYYY!

I aced my test and have an A in the class! YAYYY!

Summer semester down. All A's again! Phew and thank goodness!