Day 7 Gordon Ramsey in dog form.
Well it is official i have turned my Baby boy into a complete spoilt monster. Spending the 1st few days post amp tempting Guiness with all types of human food, to make sure he was eating enough for the tablets not to effect his tummy, has turned him into the Gordon Ramsey of the dog world. Tonight the only thing he will eat is ham, best cooked on the bone ham, that i had brought to make packed lunches for the family.
I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place with this situation at the moment as i cant administer his without he eats, and he thinks im telling a very funny joke when i put his usual dog food down in front of him, something tells me mummy has made a rod for her own back here :-|.
All in i think think Guiness seems to be doing fine maybe a little quieter than i would like but he is more than happy to just snuggle up and have lots and lots of love, which i certainly am more than willing to give out by the bucket load. He has managed , for the 1st time today get all the way up the stairs by himself. I had gone up to put some washing away turned round and there he was wagging his tail saying look mum, look what i can do.
I am certainly on the count down now to when his stitches come out all though he has managed to remove 1 all by himself in the middle of the night last night, luckily the place he has taken it from had healed very nicely and my vets has told me not to worry. I do keep pointing to the cone of shame and telling him he will have to wear it if he is a naughty boy, there is however a sneaky suspicion inside me that tells me my boy has more influence over me than vice versa he he.
Ha! What a quick learner Guiness is. Doesn’t it just take your breath away how resilient and determined he is after all that he’s been through? I can absolutely see the look on his face (and can certainly imagine yours!) when he climbed the stairs and stood waiting behind you.
I’m happy he’s doing well. Buckets and buckets of loving is just what he needs right now and it sounds like you’re doing a fine job in giving it to him.
Way to go, Guiness. And kudos to you too, mom. It’s been a tough road for both of you in different ways.
September 23rd, 2010 at 1:13 amChloe surprised me too with her unexpected trip up 15 wooden, slippery stairs. I think my jaw fell to the floor. And as for the food? Chloe was the same. I ended up spoiling her the first few days, then gradually weaning her off to a minimal spoiling level.
And speaking of which, since she moved in with me she hasn’t eaten much so I made her some turkey breast, chopped carrot, egg and kibble mix for dinner. She ate all of it. Going to be hard to wean her off because she too looks at me like her dry kibble is some sort of joke.
Its not hard to see that they are the ones training US. Your blog made me laugh though…
-Chloe’s mom
September 23rd, 2010 at 4:52 amCall me a dumb American, but who’s Gordon Ramsey?
September 25th, 2010 at 4:06 am