Evening all! Well despite all of the rain, everything is ok here in lovely uptown Seffner. No major damage. Just some small tree limbs down and I will no doubt have to mow the grass. Now that it has had a good drink, I bet it will be waist high by the weekend.
I should be able to take the laptop with me on the bus tomorrow. I wish I could find a smaller one. That thing (even though it is only five pounds) gets heavy after awhile.
Things are still about the same for my Mother and I. Nothing truly earth shattering to report.
Well, maybe one thing.
Bear has been mourning the passing of Brandi and I have had the vet several times. He wasn’t eating and was losing a lot a weight. The vet told me that I really needed to find him a buddy. I have been looking and think/thought I found him a nice one.
Her name is Sheena (the name she came with not one I picked) and I got her from the pound. She’s a two year old lab mix. Her ex owner was a service man who got called to active duty so he couldn’t take her with him. She seemed very well behaved at the pound and is already house broke, knows how to sit/lay down/stay on command, already was spayed, had her micro chip and all of her shots.
I’ve had her for a few weeks now. I knew it takes awhile for both dogs to get to know each other and for her to get to know us. But we’ve had some problems. Some fighting (which has slacked off quite a bit--just misunderstandings about whose bowl/goodies/toys was whos and such) along with some digging and tearing things up. Like my headphones for the computer. I came home one night and they were completely destroyed.
Tonight I came home and she dug up my four O’clocks that was hand raising in the back yard in flower boxes. I had to move them all the front yard. Worse a week ago she dug up Brandi. I had to rebury her and put the old lawn mower over the site to keep her safe.
I like Sheena very much, as does Mom but I worry about some of the things she does. I had to take Bears collar off of him because she started the habit of grabbing him by it and pulling him across the yard. I was scared she might choke him to death. She also can knock him down and has done so a few times. I don't think she means to but she gets to running and just slams into him.
She's a very happy dog, full of energy but might be a bit to young for Bear. I knew better then to get a puppy but had hoped that a two year old would be a bit settled down. Sheena seemed pretty quiet at the pound but once I got her home--Wow! She's a little firecracker and is ready to GO!
I hate the thoughts of taking her back to pound but I’m at the 50/50 point decision to do so.
On the other hand, she seems to love Bear. She licks his face and has a fit when I try to clear his ear or if she thinks I’m hurting him. In fact, she tries to lick his ear and his paw.
Bear also seems to like her as well. He does play with her and his eating has picked right back up right from the very first night I got her.
Tonight when someone walked in front of our house, they both stood side by side and “chased” the offending person down the street with their barks.
Anyway, I think Sheena and I may need a bit more time before I make any decisions.
And that’s the latest from my neck of the woods.
