Gone for a week

[AdoreMyDogs]

Thanks Rachel Yes Graham, Cassie & Ritz Bitz were roomies for a short amount of time while we were in the apartment searching for a house. Graham was never happy with that arrangment. Graham has been swimming quite a bit, but not as often as he would like, because the water is full of frogs so it's really muddy and it's a pain to have to wash him every time he comes in the house. I have been limiting him to one swim a day, instead of 50, like he would prefer. It's still alot more then he was ever able to swim before, being in a city home all of his life.

Cassie and Ritz are doing well without Graham, but they both really loved him. I am sure they miss him, but they will get over it with each others' company. Every time I go to my mothers' house I bring Graham, so they can keep in touch with each other

I forgot to mention that when I took Graham from my mom's house, she was so very sad. She knew that the day would come that Graham would have to leave, and she accepted that fact, but she was still heart-broken to see her "grand dog" leave. I love my mom so much, I could not have taken 2 dogs from her. That is not something I would wish upon my worst enemy, let alone my beloved mother. I decided to leave Cassie with my mom mainly due to the fact that 1) Cassie has already been "moved around" enough in her life and 2) I would not take 2 precious dogs from my sweet mom, leaving her with lonley little Ritz.

[ August 23, 2001: Message edited by: AdoreMyDogs ]

[Gio]

Welcome back both of you. I'm pleased you survived your move

[Stenograsaurus]

Welcome back, Aly. Looking forward to the time when you can be back on a full-time basis instead of a part-time basis.
Leslie, welcome back to you too. How honorable of you to leave one of your own behind to make your mother happy. Proud of you.

Welcome back Aly and Lesli!!! I for one don't know what it's like to live in one place for more than 5 years! That is our record for being in one house while I was growing up. After I went out on my own I have kept the tradition alive and right now I am up to 3 years and 3 months in the same house and I cannot wait to get the heck outta there! Moving stinks but on the other hand I love settling in to new places. I aquire quite a few things but I am no pack-rat so moving also means throwing a bunch of crap out! I love it.... unloading the clutter.

Aly I hope you get your computer set up soon! We totally miss you! And Lesli, give Graham and big hug and kiss for me... I am sure he is ecstatic about being the only doggie around.

[aly]

Hi everyone, I was trying to get back on the computer last night to catch up but I fell asleep at 7pm and didn't wake up until 16 hours later!!!!!! That's the most I've ever slept in my whole life. Even though my parents and sister helped me move, and I didn't have to do a whole lot of carrying, all my energy got zapped out. I also had to sleep on the floor of my empty apartment for a week and never got any good sleep there. The new apartment let me move my stuff in but wouldnt let me move in until yesterday.

This has been the smoothest move Shiloh has been through. I knew exactly what to do with her. Moving usually upsets her so much, but it went very well yesterday. When I took her in the car, I wrapped her in a sweater and held her and she felt a lot more secure. Then I took her up to the new apartment and put her in a big box in my closet. She moved out of the box and under the bed right away. I made a trail of clothes that I had slept in from under the bed to the living room and kitchen. It really worked! She only stayed under the bed for about two hours, then she came out and followed the trail of clothes, sniffing new things and jumping back on to a piece of my clothing when she felt unsafe. In our previous moves, she has sat in the closet for days, refusing to eat or go to the bathroom. Within hours this time, she was eating, drinking, and used the litter box too!

The dogs did pretty good with the move. Yesterday they were feeling a bit insecure and their seperation anxiety was a bit worse than normal, but Reece was still running around playing with toys and wrestling with Shiloh. OH! I forgot to tell you guys that Reece plays with toys now! He used to only want a toy if Harley had it and even then he'd never actually play with it. But now he plays with his toys nonstop. I think he wasn't sure how to or something.

I have taken some funny pictures during the move and will put them all together and show them to you guys asap

I move around so much too, I just can't wait to settle down somewhere (preferably on a ranch in the country!).

Cable guy is coming tomorrow sometime and then my computer will be online! I will catch up on all the messages then.

Welcome back Leslie!

[Daisy's Mom]

Welcome back Leslie! I really missed you! I'm glad Graham is happy, and that your mother got to keep sweet little Cassie girl!

Aly, I'm so happy the move went smoothly for your fur babies. Wow, that's a lot of sleep! LOL my record is 14 hours one day when I was sick