New old dog: it's love again.

and it I'm working up to buying film. Turns out the film I have is b & w and wouldn't do justice if it did still work. Or it might, since I really like b & w, but I want to show her color. (Maybe I'll practice on it. But then, who would develop it?)
I think I still have appropriate batteries in the freezer, time to get out the old nikon directions. (That's the camera I knocked on the Spanish Steps but still worked, and it wasn't one of the old hardbodies, which I have two of but both broken.)

Meantime, Door Jam, Love Dog, and Woofums, all the same dog, went to the care home today with Roger and was the star of the show again, or vice versa, as he says she loves everyone.

Roger has a story to tell on it..

Ok, what makes a dog in New Mexico fling herself out of the house?

I now know the signs of need to pee and defecate plus signs of curiousity. This is faster. A mouse? A lizard?

Do dogs eat lizards?
Do dogs snag mice?

I know some dog breeds have a prey instinct. My Borfder Collie does not as he is a herder. As such, he has zero interest in prey. In SW FL I'm knee-deep in small lizards and my dog pays no attention to them or the exotic birds that flit about the property.

However, if the opportunity arose, he'd herd anything small into a neat package.

Thanks. My first thought was mouse, but I've never seen one here and lizard is a guess - there is a nifty one in Diane's yard, maybe thirty blocks away.

So, like, what happens if a dog eats a lizard?
(whatever it is is small and fast)

I belirve that lizards generally are OK but perhaps check it with a Vet. Frogs bad (mildly posionous toxin), and Iguanas not so much (bacteria laden mouths).

Here's an "If my dog eats a frog question" and a Vet answer:

"This is usually no problem as long as you are dealing with a frog or a non-toxic species of toad. You see frogs and toads are able to excrete a slight toxin from their skins which is bitter and designed to make animals which have picked them up drop them at once and so the frog escapes. This toxin can make your dog foam at the mouth and salivate and sometimes vomit or feel slightly unwell fro a few hours. All you need do here is to flush out your dog's mouth with lots of water and the situation will normally correct itself in a few hours.

But and it is a very big but : Be aware though that in some parts of the world, including parts of the USA, there are poisonous species of toads and toad poisoning can be very serious or even life threatening

Read more: My dog ate a frog this evening and is foaming at the mouth. - JustAnswer http://www.justanswer.com/dog-health/4miea-dog-ate-frog-evening-foaming-mouth.html#ixzz1wyPcjqJ0"

snort, packaged birdies..

Thanks, rags..

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First time in a longer while than I knew that I'm visiting judging by when you began this thread. You have a new dog? Congratulations!

I'm off to read from the beginning.

McKenzie, you know I am interested in anything you say.

Much as I do.

But big woof is in the hallway.

What a lovely dog, hope I could have one soon~

Katy was out back for her morning ablutions and I went out behind her to make sure there was water out there on the shaded patio area. (update, she learned to use the outside water bowl). There she was flying about, chasing a bird way above her who likes and maybe nests in the italian cypress.

Good. I'm glad she's found gainful employment.

Not to say that chasing birds is Katy's only, or even most important job. Once a week, she volunters to visit an assisted living facility. Katy is a real Therapy Dog, you know.

Lordy two shoes, Roger and I took Katy yesterday to get her nails clipped.
I brought up that Katy, past initial interest, totally ignored her Merrick Captain bone (supposed to last three weeks but I had wondered if she'd be interested at all and I was right).
The shop person said that's true sometimes with the non meat bones, and suggested I brush the bone with peanut butter oil, just the oil.

So I just did. Now I have a crazed dog working a bone around the house.

Try giving a dollop of peanut butter to a cat. They usually love it, and it drives them nuts.

Like the new avatar, by the way.

I don't like it but it's real, so I'll own it - I am just no longer visually the older woman I've shown off and on, a photo taken by Mame. Maybe I should chub up.

Stay tuned for earlier photos as avatars.

Wondering if peanut oil would be a good thing to coat the faux bone.

I find that the oil that rises to the top of cheap organic peanut butter works best (peanut oil is expensive here) for tempting the old boy dog when pills have to be snuck in

Ah, but I have some peanut oil in my possession, that I rarely use.

Will report back.

As it happens, I think I am giving her less food than she is used to, following the vet guy's take. She is not yet a sylph, and if she were that might be bad news, but I think she is a tad slimmer. Somewhat hard to tell with coat loss going on. I, and maybe Roger will come with me, will take her to the vet center in Corrales one of these months to see if there is some level of progress re her weight - free, just we take her to the scale and the reception/smart person from my view will help and get the weight logged on her chart.

I can't afford cheap organic peanut butter.
But that's a thought. Maybe I should put it on a reimbursal list.
That's not sardonic, I really watch expense.