Fat Dog Mylo

So this blog has not been touched in awhile.. seems like its gone to the sidelines. 

And since Kiefer has been born seems like Mylo has too.

We used to go to the dog park or swimming all the time. Plus walks did not feel like a chore before we had a baby but now its tough trying to do things with a "not well behaved" dog and baby in tow. 

Today we had an eye opener. Mylo went for his vaccines and checkup. He's now 79lbs. He's gained about 8 lbs since last checkup. Not horrible but the Vet would like to see him back down around 70 or 72ish. 

Mylo does still get walked 2x a day - thats more than a lot of dogs but he has been getting more table scraps...

Kiefer droppings (cracker crumbs or rice puffs), plus I did give him leftover rice last night. And we can't forget that whole chicken breast he ate - bones and all! 

Do you think that might be adding to the weight situation??

So here is our plan:

NO people food at all!! 

That means I have to watch Kiefer's food droppings, and stop forgetting food on the counter -Yes Mylo eats whats left out. (Bad dog) 

Also watch the treats we are giving him. We haven't been giving him too many lately. I realized that the other day. We used to give him treats for everything. (Sitting, staying, and any other trick he can do)

Last but not least; More exercise. I need to go for longer walks, or play with Mylo in the backyard or find a way to take Mylo to the park.

I really don't like FAT LABS... and I don't want Mylo to turn into one.

Best of Friends??

Kiefer loves Milo!

Im not sure how Milo feels exactly but they play together so well. Milo either licks Kiefer silly or he just lays beside him while Kiefer grabs and pokes at Milo. 

Broken

So today, Brandon and I took our dogs swimming and for a hike. Milo and Buddy loved it! We only had one incident where Milo decided to go down a deep hill to the water.. and couldnt get back up. So Brandon had to go down and rescue him.

After we came back  into town, I took Milo to get his nails clipped. Thats when I noticed him limping. I couldn't figure out where it had happened. Later I thought it must have happened during Milo trying to climb back up the steep hill and falling. 

But no.

Milo had been fine afterwards, running around the field, no problems walking. 

Then I realized it must have been in the car on the way home. Milo started freaking out in the back seat about something... we couldn't figure out what and just thought Milo was being silly. Then I looked back and he was sitting so perfectly, just staring out the window. He continued to do so all the way home. 

This is not normal at all for Milo. He is always jumping around and trying to come up to the front seat. Brandon figured Milo was just tired and I thought "Ya, swimming for almost 2 hours would do that..." and didnt think much else about it.

But then I noticed later the base of the car seat had been unbuckled and on the floor. Milo had done this somehow in his little freak out.. and thats when I realized he must have hurt himself somehow during all this. 

Milo is limping a tiny bit. But Im sure he will be fine. After all he still bolts to the window to growl at people as they pass by and if he can do that.. he will survive.

Biking

Since I've had a baby, my bike has not been touched this spring/summer. Its hard to ride a bike when you have an infant who most of the time is attached to the hip. 

I've missed my bike. So the other day, I purchased a bike pump and did some maintenance to my bike. 

Now, after Kiefer falls asleep in the evenings Milo and I go for a bike ride. We don't go far. Actually, all we bike is the court just around the corner. I bike down the middle of the road with Milo running beside me. We do the court usually about 4 or 5 times and then head home.

Milo's doing pretty good with the bike, he only nips at my feet a couple of times (maybe like twice) but he still needs to get used to the bike. I find biking in the middle of the road helps as it prevents Milo from stopping or pulling me to smell everything. And luckily its a court and late at night so there is no traffic. 

I'm hoping it will benefit Milo has well, Keep him exercised and work off some of his energy. I haven't seen too much of an affect with that yet but its only been 2 nights.  We will see...

Lousy Guard Dog

Saturday night a bunch of punk kids decided to go for a swim in our neighbours pool. ( the neighbour behind us ) 

Once they were done swimming in the pool, they decided for some reason to not sneak back out the way they came but kicked in one of the fence boards and came through our backyard to walk right out the gate.

I heard the kids at 4:30 in the morning. They woke me up. Milo was still sleeping so I didnt think too much of it. I figured it was one of our neighbours but it sounded too close so I got up to check it out... by the time I looked out the window they were just walking by my house. I figured they had just come from the bar and were super loud becuase they were drunk.

Then that morning I noticed the gate was open. I knew I had closed it because I had made sure of it after April and Eric had left. (We had a campfire)

I mentioned the gate was open to Chris and he checked the shed to make sure nothing had gone missing. Luckily nothing did. Later, around lunch I noticed it was very bright in the corner of our backyard.. I could see the neighbours pool. Thats when I noticed the board was broken in half and on the ground. Someone had kicked through the fence. 

I showed Chris and he went to talk to the neighbour, thats when they realized the kids must have been in the pool and decided to head out through our yard.

All this and Milo slept right through it.

We also had another incident two Saturdays past. Some kid(s) stole one of our solar lights from the porch.

Again Milo heard nothing.

The sun is not too kind on black

Summer is here!

Im very excited. Looking forward to spending lots of time at the pool or just lazing around enjoying the weather.

Unfortunately its not all good news, Milo is a black dog, black and the sun don't mix well. We've had to shorten our walks because it gets too hot for the poor guy. Even I've noticed how hot it is. (Im not complaining) we've waited soo long for this weather, putting up with the cold. 

Milo will hopefully still enjoy being outside, just in the backyard. Our Maple tree provides lots of shade that he should be fine for small amounts of time outside. Unfortunately, Milo has been banned from the backyard until our deck is finished.. which should be real soon, But for now there is too much stuff in our backyard for him to get into and cause trouble with. 

New Friends

Today while walking Milo and Kiefer, I ran into another lady who was walking her dog and baby as well. Her name is Klaudina, and her daughter is Klara and she has a german shepherd named Kiya.

We met in Belmont Village, where our dogs first growled at eachother. 

Milo does not get along with German shepherds on leash, but he's fine off leash. 

We passed eachother and crossed the street. Klaudina started yelling over at me, asking questions about Kiefer and Milo. 

Finally I got tired of yelling across at eachother and walked over where the two dogs sniffed, growled, sniffed then decided it was time to play. 

We chatted for a bit, our babies are only 10 days apart, our dogs are both 2 years old and she lives up the street on a court off my street. 

Once I heard that I said, lets walk. 

And we had a delightful conversation while we walked our babies and dogs. 

It must have been quite the site to see as we both had dogs, and a baby in a carrier. A few passerby's commented that we were twins. 

Today our walk ended up being almost 2 hours! But it was very enjoyable and Im sure we will have many more to look forward too.