It is Saturday. Hooray for the weekend! Chloe spent most of the morning sleeping and the heat kept us inside until later in the day. We did our normal walk and ran into Chanel and Chloe’s friend Barton. He is a Doodle just like Chanel, except blonde. Whenever we run into Barton, He and Chanel run around and chase each other. Well today, Chloe decided she is not 14 and wanted to get into the action. Unfortunately, we didn’t have a camera! Darn it. One of the few times I left the house without my phone. Chloe and Chanel would always wrestle around and both would jump up on their hind legs and paw each other. We always said they were playing Black Bear/Brown Bear for some reason. You know how Bears get up on their hind legs and wrestle. Well on Saturday, Chloe decided she was going to do that to Barton. She would get her front paws in the air and try to jump on Barton, but fall back since her hind legs are weak. But she would get right back up and try to get on him again. You could tell she was having fun and was like, if I were young, you would be through Barton! You will see pictures of Barton on the next post. He is a cutie.
Since we moved out to the desert, we have had to be aware of how hot the sidewalks are. It got hot in Florida, but these sidewalks in the sun all day get pretty hot and bother Chloe’s paws. They don’t bother Chanel though. Maybe it is Chloe’s age. After looking at all kinds of booties and sport socks or shoes for dogs, we came up with a cheap alternative that works perfect. Kids athletic socks from target work perfect. And Chloe is half Greyhound, so it looks like she can break out in a sprint any second!
On Saturday night, we went for a longer walk with a different route. Chloe gets bored if you go the same way all the time, so a change in scenery gives her an extra boost of energy and she loves it. She is one strong dog. Today we think we felt the lymph node in her left front arm pit and it was a little swollen. We can’t find the node in her chest to see how that one is. But she is still eating us out of house and home and wants her daily walks. She seems to be panting a little more and, at times, seems to have a hard time getting comfortable. We are keeping an eye on her though. All in all, she is doing good today!
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