Ouch!

Mylo so needed to have his nails clipped. They were so long! My sister in law came over to help cut his nails. It took all three of us to hold him. All was good until the last nail. CLIP! just a little to short. Poor pup, his nail was bleeding. It bled for a while, and I made a bandage out of cloth and duct tape. He was fine until the morning when he took it off and ended up banging his foot up against the kennel. 

Once again he was bleeding. So off to the vet where they put some liquid on his toe and bandaged it up with blue gauze.  These pics are from after going to the vet. He's got a little baggy on it to keep it dry as we were getting ready to just go out.

He's much better now. It only had to stay on for a day. But next time I think it'll be less stress to just take him to get it done.

Silly Pup

So Friday morning my alarm woke me up at 6 am. I was wide awake but did not want to get out of bed, So there I laid. Mylo has gotten used to me being up early to walk him before heading to work, so he was waiting for me to take him out. I heard him whining and I ignored it for a few minutes, until he came all the way upstairs and pushed his way into the bedroom. So that of course woke me up. Mylo accomplished coming up the stairs! 

So downstairs we went to go for a short walk so I could get home and ready for work. While I was getting ready Mylo was running up and down the stairs. Then of course it was time for me to leave for work and Mylo was upstairs. Do you think Mylo would come down stairs?

Of course not. He started whining and laying down when I tried to pull him down, he wouldn't follow me, I even tried treats. Finally it was 10 minutes before I had to be to work - I was already late so I figured he'd be fine since he had been going up and down the stairs earlier several times plus Chris would be home soon. I left his toys and treats on the bottom of the stairs hoping that would convince him to go down.

Quarter to 9 I called home to check on Mylo. Mylo was freaking out in the background. Chris said he hadnt come down the stairs and he cut the conversation real short to get back to Mylo. I was so worried.  I guess Chris tried to get him to come down and finally his Step Dad Dave came over and together they got him down. Mylo didnt go back up the stairs at all that day but of course... 

Saturday morning at 5:30 Mylo came running up the stairs to wake us but when we went to take him downstairs he pulled the same stunt. This time though we just pulled him down and he came with us. So that morning since I was up so early - Thanks Mylo. I headed to walmart before work and bought a gate for our stairs. Mylo has not been up since.  

We wont be blocking him from upstairs forever. Just while we are sleeping so he doesnt pull that stunt so early in the morning and lets us sleep in a little bit.

Mylo still has not bothered with the stairs to the basement ... yet.

Meeting Halfway

So yesterday I brought out a new toy for Mylo since he's pretty much eaten through his toys. He loved it. It was a tennis ball on a rope. He had the tennis ball destroyed in less than 10 minutes so all we have left is the rope. Chris threw it up stairs half way up and Mylo took the leap and walked up those stairs! He will still only go half way up, not all the way and he wont go on the basement stairs but he's getting there.. maybe too fast. 

Then last night I took Mylo out before bed and his Halti ripped and came off of him so I had a loose puppy! Luckily it was in the front yard and I found a huge stick so I kept him amused with it then went running towards the door to pound on it to get Chris but I decided to open it and whip the stick into the house. Luckily Mylo came running and I slammed the door closed. Chris later took Mylo out just on his leash. This is the second Halti we have gone through. The first one was a handme down from Carl so it had already been chewed but this new one we only had 5 days and it just fell apart .. it wasnt from being chewed on, just poor workmanship. So we are going to take it back and exchange it. 

Today Mylo was good for his walk with out his Halti. He did find a huge piece of ice which he obsessed over .. silly dog. 

Magic trick

So having a dog is not all fun and games. Although he does love to play tug which leads to trouble with our wood floors but I found this trick and thought Id share it with everyone who may have scratches due to dogs, or just normal wear and tare. Note that this does not work well for deep scratches.


Things You’ll Need:
Walnut, Brazil nut or pecan
Nutcracker
Butter knife
Soft cloth
Step 1:
Buy a bag of oily nutmeat like Brazil nuts, pecans or walnuts. You only need one or two nuts for this project, but they're good to have on hand for cooking and baking, anyway.
Step 2:
Place the nut between both sides of the nutcracker. Squeeze until the shell cracks.
Step 3:
Use your fingernail or a butter knife to carefully remove the pieces of nut from the shell. Try to get a larger piece to stay intact.
Step 4:
Holding the walnut in one hand, rub it into the scratches on the floor.
Step 5:
Watch as the nut's natural oils help hide the claw marks. The oils will fill in the scratch so it doesn't stand out so much.
Step 6:
Use a soft cloth to wipe away any excess oil.

Meet Mylo

A little about Mylo. 

Mylo came from the Humane Society after being there for 4 months. Mylo is 8 months old and weights a whopping 62 lbs. Mylo is afraid of cars, especially when they are parked too close to the side walk. He will not go near them and we must walk across the street just to get by. Mylo is also afraid of stairs, he will not go up or down them which is working in our favour right now as we dont need to worry about him getting into things he shouldnt. 

Actually we still need to worry about him getting into things. For example today Chris received the brand new edition of sports illustrated today in the mail. Chris did not get a chance to read it before Mylo had it torn into shreds. The crazy thing was that the magazine was up and towards the back of the counter where we thought it was safe. We were wrong. That dog will get into anything. 

He's also managed to get out of his collar once which resulted in a 2 hour chase where we finally tricked him into going into the school and managed getting his collar back on. Mylo has also found a way to get out of his harness. He gets it caught up around his neck and then we have to try and pull it off. Very difficult to do.

Mylo can also be a very good pup. Today my nephews came over and he just licked David and Kai instead of jumping and nipping at them which he likes to do to the rest of us. He also loves to sleep and from 6pm on he's a lazy bum.