I really screwed up! I normally feed my dogs twice a day and on sunday I forgot to feed them in the am… left the house and got busy. Dinner time rolled around and they were starved. So I doubled up the food and fed them the whole day’s rations at once. I didnt really think so much about it because I used to feed once a day for a LONG time. Now as you may or may not know Saints are very prone to Bloat, Torsion – Gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV). I feed Iams large breed and they eat 4 cups a day, 3 for the labs. (Please do not jump on me over my feeding choices…)

So they eat, lay down and are lazy sods the rest of the night. Rufus started acting like he didn’t feel very well. Overly lethargic. He was on the bed cuddling with me and I had to drag his limp carcass off the bed when OH wanted to go to bed. He lay down on the floor and starts hacking, panting, coughing and retching with out getting up. I FREAK! I am like OMG he has bloat! I feel his tummy and it is not hard or distended so I have a bit of hope. I sat up with him til 3 am watching…. I let him out around midnight and I think he may have gotten sick outside because he came back in feeling some better and lay down on his pillow and no more coughing/retching.

He coughs and hacks quite a bit because he grooms himself so much. I was afraid it was a cardiac cough but he has been tested and both the vets agree that it is not his heart, it is healthy. They think it is more like hairballs.. Presumably dogs with long hair that groom alot will hack like hairballs and it is nothing to worry about.

I was so exhausted the next day from my vigil. I was so worried about him and have given him 10,000 hugs and told him he scared mommy at least 1000.

He is back to his old ornery roast steeling self….. Thank goodness!!!
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I have been toying with the idea of going vegetarian. Well, I bought a 3 pound roast and put it in the crock pot to slow cook. I planned on eating the roast as my send off to meat. I put it in around 11 am and left the house. Knowing that Rufus will get on the counters, I put the crock pot on top of my microwave out of reach. I leave the house for a few hours. After picking up my son from wrestling practice, I get a call from my hubby and I say we’re having roast for dinner barring the dogs getting a hold of it… hahahaha well I think everyone sees where this is going.

I get in and the smell of roast is heavy in the air, but no roast! Rufus knocked the crock pot over on its side and french onion soup is all over the counter. Not a single bit of meat anywhere! I was crushed! I was really looking forward to dinner and those turds ate it all! I wonder who all partook in the fricassee. Hera and Eris were in their crates and I dont think they would have shared with Zeus or Apollo. I am not even sure Rufus shared with Brutus. I am still sooo mad I cant see straight.

How could they??!!!!

I just pulled up the blog after a long absence. I cant believe it has actually been this long since I blogged last about my favorite things in the world! I cant believe I haven’t been reading the other blogs I had gotten so hooked on. Time has been thin since school has gone back into session and I have not had as much time to devote to blogging.

Well, here is an up date. All the dogs are good. They are all behaving and enjoying the cooler weather. I missed them terribly when I went to England and from what my son says they pined for me for days.

It is a nice day out so I am going to go out back and play with them and snap some pictures.