Life with the Three Crazy Dogs

The temp shot up to 76F yesterday.  I have been sneezing, and sneezing every day for the last 2+ weeks.  From the moment I get up, step out of the house into the car to where I am going, I will be sneezing.  I blame it on the spring pollenation in the air.  I’m not taking any antihistamines yet.  I’m gonna wait till I can’t tolerate this darn sneezing.  Every one in the office told me allergies can happen to a person at any time.  Beautiful.  Absolutely. Fantastic.

Speaking of allergies, Ranger’s allergies are getting worse day by day.  We called Dr. Mitchell and he prescribed Atopica for him.  I picked up the medication this afternoon and this medication is so, so expensive.  Because of his weight and his size, he need to take 100mg and 50mg capsules daily for 15 days.  The two packages costs me $198.88.  I really hope this new medication will work for him.  Of all the success stories I have read about this Atopica, it’s a good medication to control allergy in dogs.  The main side effect of this medication is gastrointestinal problems where your pooch will throw up initially during the first dose of meds.  So far, Ranger is doing great.  No throwing up.  He is outside now chilling out to the evening cool air.

Will I ever get a French Bull  dog in the future?  I don’t think hubby will like that idea of a bull dog.  I don’t mind French bull dogs, but DB will absolutely go berserk if he sees one in his house or apartment or whatever future dwelling we will be residing in!  He told me he will never get an ankle biter as a pet.   So much for the idea of adopting a petite size puppy.

I have met and personally spent some time with a few French Bull dogs while I was at the dog park.  I love bringing my boys to the dog park.  That is the only place where they can really be “free”, literally.   These French Bull dogs are in fact very friendly.  They bark at strangers a lot, and which dog wouldn’t, but once you lower yourself to pat them and talk to them, they are the friendliest little creatures I have seen.  

One of the French Bull dog owner told me caring a French Bull dog puppy is nothing special; it is the same as any other puppy.  The pup still needs a lot of attention and especially for this type of  dog breed, they love attention and very loving towards their owners.  French Bull dog are companion dogs.  They are definitely not watchdogs and, therefore, they do not bark a lot.  They will, however, snort quite a bit when they get excite.

French Bull dogs are in fact from the non-sporting breed according to the AKC.  For those I have seen in the dog park, the owners do put on a little sweater over their Frenchies to keep them warm when the weather is cold.  There is hardly any fat on these dogs if you keep their weight under control.  If you are use to exercises them outdoors, then daily walks are a must for them.  This breed does not need a lot of exercise so it makes it a great companion dog for the not so active person.  Moreover, these little fellas has a very clownish character who loves to play.  

The dog can run and walk a lot but never allow them to jump off, for example a counter, high table, bed, or even off your arm if you are carrying it especially when young.    French Bull dogs are very sensitive to heat.  It is advisable not to over exercise the Frenchie in the dead of summer.  Moreover, this breed do not swim very well either.  With its flat nose, owners need to remember that these Frenchies will snore when sleeping.   

*Picture source from dogchannel.com*

Our Vegas trip is just two weeks to go.  I’m so glad we have our accommodations all figured out.  Leong was able to get us to The Mirage, too.  Initially we thought we need to look for other hotel deals in Las Vegas but, aha, Leong has the connections, he got a good deal for us.  Tammi and I will be sharing the room, it won’t be that bad of bill then.  I’m so pumped for this trip.  I hope my dream of sky diving will come true

It’s been ages since I last wrote a post that is not paid.   Last weekend was a goner but it was so worth it.  It was a well spent Friday and Saturday at work at my PT job.  Simmie came down to the cities and put up a night at our place.  As usual she and I went for our dim sum fix at Jun Bo, ate till I could not eat anymore.  The funny thing happened was David, Corrine’s son said on Saturday he wants me to go dim sum-ing with him on Sunday.  He told me his mom will call me on Sunday and I will meet them for lunch.

Simmie and I just got to Jun Bo, Corrine called me and I told her I just got there.  She said she is too tired to go out after her accupuncture.  So I told her just tell him I ain’t going.  He called me later to let me know he is not coming and call to say Hi.  Sweet kid.  Twenty minutes later, both mother and son showed up.  He was so darn happy gotta eat dim sum and see me.  Corrine says he likes to play with me and I have been his card buddy for a while now and had to put up with his so call “beatings”, his soccer and reading to him.

Anyways, on Sunday I told Corrine Simmie and I will be joining her and her family plus Tammy and her hubby for dinner in Minneapolis.  I drove myself to Minneapolis to Cafe Levain on Chicago Avenue.  As usual, I got lost since I took a different turn and drove to Lord knows where.  Simmie called me and came to my rescue.  Well, she was already there at the restaurant waiting for me.  I was 30 blocks away from the restaurant.  No wonder I hate driving to Minneapolis.  When we finally got there, I was relieved but pissed of at myself with piss poor sense of direction.

Dinner was good.  The chef at the restaurant, Adam knows Corrine very well.  He goes to her restaurant every Monday.  He cooked us a special meal which was so darn good and the bill came out to be an awsome one too.  There were seven courses and for the 8 and minus 1 half way through the meal, the entire bill came to $50.00  Adam gave us a very special discount.

This morning I Googled up Simmie’s college so I can read up on the concert she will be performing this weekend and during her Euro trip.  I then told DB I want to go to St Cloud for the concert on Friday, he was not too keen about me driving to St Cloud on my own.  Then I asked him if he wanna come along, his reply: Not really but I guess I have to.  When I came home I told him I can follow a friend to St Cloud and return the same night.  He said I have already starting my weekend a repeat of last.  And he said it with sarcasm too.  Son of a bitch.  Whatever.  Looks like I might not be going to please the man.

Spring is here, DB removed the plastic coverings on the windows which he put up last fall.  He kept telling me he want to replace the windows in our house.  The plastic coverings helped a little but our gas bills were still super high last winter.  If we can’t replace the windows, I think I rather see the current sinks go and replace by stainless steel ones.  The ones we have now are porcelains.  They stain and needs to be polished all the time.  Who has the time to do that……