Life with the Three Crazy Dogs

It’s Labor Day today.  No work till Tuesday but for me it will be till next Monday, Sept 8th.  I took the rest of the week off to burn some vacation hours.  It’s nice to get up on a Monday morning and not rushing to get ready for work.  I still get up around 5-ish on my days off.  I know I’m nuts, I can sleep in but 5-ish or 5:40 is sleeping in for me.  I’m up early to get my walks in before the weather turns nasty humid and hot.  By the way, this little fella is already 8 months old but he looks like he’s a year old and that was what the folks out in the dog park said.  He still has more to grow.  Guess I shouldn’t be calling “little fella”.  Should be calling him the “young man”. :)

Today will be the so-call last day of summer for the kids, too.  Back to school tomorrow.  Fall is here.  Good weather today.  Forcasters say it’s going to be a hot one today with the highs of 90F and wind gusting up to 29mph.  Jeez, thanks but I definitely don’t welcome the heat.  I am waiting for the rest of the week’s weather with temps in the 70’s during the day and 50’s in the evening/night.  Free air-conditioning for us, that means I can save some on my electric bill.  The air has been going on for the whole past few weeks. 

These past few days the weather was great for me.  They were in the upper 70’s, lower 80’s up till Friday.  I am waiting for the temps to drop a little bit more so I can transplant my perennials, the lillies.  I have ordered more of them and they yet to arrive.  They will ship to me in mid September.  I was hoping they will ship sooner so I could make use of my 5 days off to plant them.  Oh well, I will find time to plant them when they arrive before the first frost….

The first sign of fall……Cooper’s paws are quite raw from his constant licking due to allergies from pollen(left).  Ranger’s allergies is getting worse.  The inside of his legs are quite bald from his licking, chewing and gnawing.  Some parts of the insides of Ranger’s legs are actually raw where it’s past the skin and bleeding.  The little fella, Chase, is scratching, too, but not as bad as the two older ones.  Been bathing the two older boys with hydrocortisone and lidocaine shampoo to ease their itchiness on their paws.  Before their walks, I will spray Genesis, a topical steroid spray, and rub it in on their paws and legs.  Why before their walks is to distract them and let the application soak in to their skin.  If I spray their paws and let them do their thing in the house, they will lick the application off in a heart beat.

Next, fall is around the corner when the leaves are turning.  (Not a good picture.  Taken today on my walk this morning.)

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