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4.30.13 Spring Reflections: Achoooo!

30 Apr

It always amazes me how the plants just seem to ‘pop’ all of a sudden.  This April, here in the Mid-Atlantic, we had a record snow fall, record cold, and record heat.  I am glad to report, though cooler than normal temperatures overall this month, ‘spring has sprung!’  As you can see reflected in my front door.
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Sofie and Louise watching the flowers grow.

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My front garden. Spring 2013

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Noel watching the flowers grow last year (because I just love this picture).

Poor Sofie Bear has been struggling terribly with seasonal allergies this spring, and I keep her on a daily dose of Benadryl, which seems to be helping.  She has this incredible sense of self preservation, on days when the pollen is maximum strength (like last Friday) she refused to go outside (smart girl).  As I write this we are thankfully having a light rain, which maybe will bring the pollen count down.  Until I moved to the Mid-Atlantic my animals never suffered from seasonal allergies, but it appears that this is a really bad area for both humans and pets.

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One thing I know for sure is that this too shall pass, I just hope for Sofie’s sake it is sooner, rather than later.

Today’s lesson from Sofie – When the world outside is unsafe for you – stay in – go back to bed.  But do try again tomorrow.

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Do your animals get seasonal allergies?  What do you do?

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on April 30, 2013 in Dogs

 

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4.12.13 Follow Up Friday: Sum.. Sum.. Summer Time

12 Apr
Go Home, Lil' Baby

Go Home, Lil’ Baby

Spring/Summer hit the Mid-Atlantic big time this week.  So the girls and I were down by the water a lot.  The week started out with all this very terrible squirrel activity, and my little murderers monsters sweet doggies were not aware of the havoc they reeked for their tired sensitive animal loving Mom.  I find it interesting that we brought squirrel baby  #2 to the park to find a safer nest and ever since then Sofie has refused to walk to the park with me.  Maybe she does not want to bump into the baby she almost killed.  (I am only just now thinking of that).

I haven’t been blogging about Sofie’s difficulties this week, but I have posted them on Facebook.  Do you follow DOGDAZCATS2 on Facebook?  It is nice to also have that avenue to actually have conversations with other pet lovers outside of just the comments in a daily blog post.  Please do come visit our page and LIKE us so that we know who you are and we can LIKE you back.  A ‘Like’ in Facebook, is a ‘FOLLOW’ in WordPress.

dup0080402ask_prvSofie has refused to walk down the block to the park.  She started this on Monday.  She gets half way down the block and sits down (little stubborn Sheltie thing that she is) and wants to go home.  It has gotten hotter and hotter each day, but I don’t think that is it because if it was that bad outside, I would not have gone for a walk.  We even walked with Mojo (her buddy).  But no go!

The interesting thing is she will take the similar distance walk in the other direction, to the river. Go figure?  Is it the baby squirrel sending psychic messages to turn back?

I started her on 50 mg of Benadryl (antihistimine) just in case it is allergies (1 mg for every pound of dog the vet says).

Thank you Readers for liking the games we play down by the water, especially when we found Lucy, our neighbor’s Jack Russell Terrier at the dock hiding in a boat.

I am sorry to report that my stupid state of Maryland was not able to agree on the bill that would have saved many Bully Breed and Bully-Mix owners from having to possibly give up their pets because of Breed Discrimination in the state. It was all because of one sentence that the Senate and House differed on.  I am just appalled and ashamed at the things that lawmakers sometimes do.

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My step-daughter lost her best friend’s 18-year-old brother on Wednesday in a car crash with 3 other boys.  The cause – excessive speeding.  Please remember that nothing is worth driving that fast for.  Speed kills so many people, animals, and ruins lives forever.  Talk to your kids, today!  And talk to yourself too!

That’s it for the week. Thanks for playing along with us.

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Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on April 12, 2013 in Cats, Dogs

 

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9.21.12 A-a-a-achooooo!

21 Sep

Fall is here.  The air is crisp and the days are getting shorter.  The dogs love the breezes and coldness of the days.  They like to sit out on the deck in the afternoon and just lie in the late day sun.  That is the good part of the season.  The bad part is that Sofie is suffering terribly (as am I) from fall allergies.  I have never seen her have so much trouble before (well she is only going to be 2).  She coughs and wheezes, like she is trying to hack up a hairball.  The other night she woke in her kennel and cried and cried to go out, and then threw up for a long time, ate more grass, threw up some more.   She does not want to get sick in her kennel (which is really nice of her).  I went out in the field with her but she could not calm down.  I was so sad for her.  Finally, I got her to come in (good because it was 2AM and raining) and we went back to bed.  I have her on 50 mg of Benadryl and that really seems to help.  (I am taking Sudafed because Benadryl makes me fall asleep).  Louise’s eyes run and are gooey, but nothing like Sofie’s problem.  Poor baby! 

I hate when my furries are sick.  It is really hard to know the best thing to do for them.  Sometimes it even takes me a day to realize what is going on with them.  At times like this, with allergies, all you can do is deal with the symptoms.  In many cases, animal or human, time is the best healer, but if there are things that can help make us more comfortable while we are waiting for things to pass in time (like pollen), than I am all for those too.  The Allergist says to not open the windows or go outside, but that is kind of silly in my book.  I am not going to run the air conditioner when it is cool outside just to clear the air of pollen which is going to come in any way.  I guess if it was killing us, I would do it, but since the antihistamines seem to work, than I don’t have to.  So now Sofie and Louise and I are going for a walk in the dangerous air, but if we don’t then we don’t get exercise, and then we get stiff, and then we will not feel well…..  Sorry, I am rambling, I guess I get blue when my furries get green.

Do your furries have allergies? How do you deal with them?  Do you have any alternative approaches to allergy therapy?

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on September 21, 2012 in Dogs

 

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