Wang wang

That's chinese for "woof". I wish Daisy understood more english. There are some things I would like to tell her:

• You are the cutest dog on earth
  
• Going for a walk does not mean we are going to follow your nose somewhere.


• You will never be a sled dog.


• You don't even like the cold weather.


• There is a weird thing on your eye right now, but it's getting better.


• The cats really aren't that impressed with your dog food. And even if they do eat it, I can give you more.


• We heard the knock at the door too.


• The food on any table is ours, actually any food that isn't on the floor is ours.


• I know they are fun to chase, but you will probably never catch a bird or a squirell.

• Whining does not accomplish anything, unless your goal was to annoy me.
• You're ticked
• My mom thinks you have more spots everytime she sees you
• I won't let Nick and Cristina shave you
• I don't really want to take your toy from you
• If it's raining outside, you really don't want to go out there and you will probably still make me get up, open the door for you, only to have you run out and run right back in without doing anything.
• We love you!

Iditarod Dreams

Daisy has big dreams. One of which is to be the world's first 30 pound sled dog. This makes our walks somewhat unpleasant for me. Until I found this:

I'm talking about the collar that goes around her nose. I put it on her and she was instantly transformed. She doesn't pull at all anymore, although sometimes she think that we are playing freeze tag. But, I keep telling her, no one tagged her.

I'm sorry Daisy

I take back everything I said about Daisy being a bad running partner. She has been a very loyal running partner for two years. Every time I want to go running, she is at my feet, panting and stretching, knowing she is in for an exhausting sniff-a-thon.

We went running last night, Me, Melissa, Nick and Daisy. On the way back, Daisy had what looked like a seizure. Nick picked her up and I ran home to get the car and some water and a phone book so we could call the emergency vet. When I got back to them, we tried to give Daisy some water, but by that point she couldn't even stand up. We got her in the car and blasted the air conditioner on her and she really started to perk up. By the time we got to the emergency vet she was smiling at everyone who worked there and barking her head off at the fact that she had to be locked up while she waited for the doctor to examine her. They did some blood work and checked her vitals and said we could take her home if we kept a close eye on her. The vet called at 12:30 last night with her blood work results. They think she either had a seizure or was extremely exhausted, poor thing.

We woke up every hour last night to check on her and we wouldn't let her off our bed. I can't even imagine having to take care of a child one day. This morning she is back to her old self. Chasing cats and barking at the neighbors. I am just glad she is ok. But, I don't think I can take her running again. It is strictly walks from now on. She gets more sniffing done that way anyway.

Dog

Nick and I have been hanging out with a couple that he works with and they just bought a house a mile away from us. It turns out that the girl likes to run. So the three of us, and sometimes another guy, have been meeting up a couple of times a week to go running. It really beats my runs with just my dog. My dog is nice, but not all that interesting. Plus, she goes wherever I go, won't set the pace and will let me just quit and go home if I feel like giving up, and for a backseat driver, she doesn't help me look for traffic at all. So, people companions have really improved my workouts.