Th one thing the vet praises me for are Charlie's teeth. I noticed the other day that with the slightly larger bones - 1 step up from minis -his one back tooth is almost clean again. Guess I need to stick with the next step up bones. Sometimes I break them in half and he chews them in a different space then when I give him a whole one.
Charlie and I share hard boiled eggs. I cut of a bit of white for him and I eat the rest. I need to eat better and I don't eat them everyday but I do seem to be gaining weight. SORT'A!
Charlie is more active today. Not as much as yesterday but any increase is good news. The thing is I have been trying to analyze what part of his body is bothering him. He is going up and down the back stairs again with no problem. The front porch is only a step of two.
He has begun to do this circle thing before he tries to jump on my bed. He used to have no problem now he has to circle to left then gather his energy and reach up with his left front paw and leap.
Remember I told about Charlies bad rear left hip. It is more and more obvious that the problem is there. I can only tell the vet what he is doing and not doing - describe - and tell her I have no money right now. She may feel his hip and see if there is anything noticable. Fingers crossed she will do that if nothing else.
He loves chips. So I give him the tinest pieces I can break off. I know salt is bad for dogs. Bad mom!
It's either give him some or have him drool all over my leg or bed..8-(
Charlie and I love our rituals. He eats between 4 to 5:30. I get up now at weird hours but may make it back to bed after I give him his breakfast between the hours above. He goes back to bed as well. Then when I get up make the bed get dressed and begin to prep the bird and squirrel food, have some coffee he know it is time he can go out. So we do.
Since Chance is gone I no longer do the catbox and the house trash before I feed the birds etc. it is He and I feeding the birds, etc and walking the yard as I feed.
I moved the trash cat box to after I give Charlie his kong with a teaspoon full of PNB. Usually while I walk to the mailbox down the hill and back.
Then he gets 1/2 of a tiny apple quartered at least. He may get a few of those small carrots.
After that he gets his biscuit(s) and his tiny Darford hearts and his dental chew. It works really well. And the small everythings are cheaper.
His breath smelled bad for a while but is getting better since I went to the larger small biscuits.
He gets dry food and water for breakfast first then the birdfeeding ritual and the mail ritual then the apple and treat ritual.
Lunch is simplier as dry food and water - not together. next to each other.
Dinner is after 4pm and is a tablespoon of canned chunk beefy pedigree food and 2 bones at least and another dental chew. That's it for the day.
Oh and I wrote all that because no matter how he is acting his eating is still constant.
Though he has this one major habit that has become an obsession. If we are outside to feed or just walk... he will head for the corner of the yard
that faces down the hill. He stares down there, or at the yards across the street where there is a dog - never seen just heard and will stare at the driveway of the home of the small sausage dog that attacked Charlie first along with the furry puppy who learned to attack Charlie though my chain link fence. Remember when I ended up tied to a cedar tree to keep charlie from attacking those dogs.. well the puppy is gone but that weiner dog is still here and CHarlie dosn't care if it barks but if he sees it I have to leash him and put him in the house. I do not think fondly of the owner of the house or his gf and her dog.
anyway. Charlie stares at these houses be it inthe back yard looking down the hill or inthe front looking across the street up at the house caddy corner to my house. Anyway - they don't talk to me and I won't talk to them.
Well that enough for now. But I am the one who needs to add weight so I am stingy when I give Charlie 1 tiny bit of my hard boiled. And I need to make some popcorn it's been a while and he's due that treat. Just plain I get butter and a bi of salt. 8-)
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