i just want to report as a proud charli mom that she passed her advanced obedience & qualified for intermediate agility training yesterday; she’s also going to begin herding (w real sheep in addition to the dry herding she already does)! hopefully she’ll pass her CGC soon & we’ll get started on some competitions & titles by the fall 😌 my best girl
Emma had a big day today!! The chis got beans before dinner, so she practiced her tugging skills. It's still so much fun seeing her play like a real dog. 🥰
Then after dinner, I made trash enrichment for Addy, so I offered Emma a few paper balls of treats. I had to unwrap the first round, she was pretty unsure. After she got her nerve up, she started to nose through the paper a bit more! We tried some loose balls and she started to really get into it! She even worked up to a medium tight one before we finished.
some of you may remember my cat from when she was sick years ago and Tumblr helped her pull through! I come to you now to humbly request Good Vibes for her, because she's old and not doin' too well with the kinds of problems money can't fix. please gaze upon her visage and get the same serotonin I do:
Haven't been doing much with Emma or dogs this week after burning myself out a bit rescuing neglected small creatures at the beginning of the week.
But I have been noticing lately that she's been getting very confident at navigating and perching on the back of the couch! Excellent chihuahua behavior unlocked. She's also just getting more confident with moving around and on top of the humans on the couch. We've got to watch her bc sometimes this newfound boldness means she tries to nab your food if you're not paying attention. 😂
And on the food note, she's been doing very good at not showing guarding behaviors with our food over the past few weeks! We haven't done anything very specific with that, mostly just not sharing food while eating, enforcing being in her corner bed or on a different couch area while we have food, and not leaving food sitting around. I think her continuing to settle and grow confidence a little is helping as well.
I haven't mentioned her on here lately, but don't worry, Princess Strawbzilla fans - she's doing just fine! She's had a busy schedule of catching bugs, cuddling her humans, and spurning the hopeful advances of her Gentleman Caller (a friendly neighborhood ginger cat with one orange brain cell, which he used to go <3 - an effort which she did not appreciate one bit).
We recently celebrated our first year with the Princess (yay!) and today she went to the vet for a checkup and her shots. I'm delighted to report that my little Strawb is in great shape! The vet commented that she was extremely clean, her coat was in excellent condition, and she seemed very calm - and that she has lost two whole pounds in the last year, which is fantastic news. She's now down to 16lbs, still very cuddly but definitely more cat-shaped.
She is also up-to-date on her kitty vaccines and is once again licensed to practice being a kitty in the State of [Redacted].
The Princess sends her love to everyone (except her would-be suitor, who just gets angry "RRRRRRR" noises).
somewhat accidentally beta’d the start to akari’s first pokemon, fixed the start of misbis 3, and got started on another artfight project :) time to chill and read some manga before dinner, take care of the ponies, and then do a lil more artsy stuff before bed tonight. kayaking tomorrow!!!
the urge to tell this woman that she's fucking dumb in the pettiest most angry way vs. me having to calm myself down and be as friendly about pointing out things she might want to reconsider because I am trying to help this horse and telling her off in any way will just result in her shutting down and not considering my (very valid) points at all
vet appt today for normas little footsie inflammation! feel like a celebrity every time we come to visit bc everyone wants to see the little rats and talk about how sweet and beautiful and cool and awesome they are 😎