BOXER ADVENTURES

 

 I left first thing this morning to go pick up Marc at the hospital and bring him home. I knew the dogs were going to be both very excited when they saw him and I was extremely nervous about them jumping up on him and injuring him.  So before he came into the house I went in and put their collars on and leashed them both.  As expected they were both incredibly excited just to see him let alone when they could smell him and know that he was back and that he smelled different.  It took some time with me holding them firmly with the leashes to make sure that they didn't jump - especially Booker! Obviously he's the young boy who's so full of it!  But once they were in a common frame of mind they were able to sniff him and ask him to pet them without being overly rambunctious.  Tonight they've just been going over multiple times to check on him smell him and I think just being happy that he's back home. They have been gentle and subdued either because it's still...

 Last Saturday Marc had a medical event.  Over the past week, he has been hospitalized out of the area.  So I have been gone a lot of the time and our schedules are all out of whack. While obviously my main concern has been Marc, but I also have been worrying about the dogs.  Fortunately I've had people to help by going over and let them out just to run and go to the bathroom. Since Marc works out of our house they are spoiled and are used to having someone home most of the time. The first day that I was gone Booker found a sponge that we use when washing the vehicles that we had out planning to be put back in the garage and destroyed it.  I was mostly worried that he had swallowed a piece but fortunately he didnt.  Other than that, the only casualty has been some paperwork that I left on my desk.  I've actually been pretty proud of them - they've been handling this like champs.  They definitely know something's wrong and they've been looking all ...