Whiskey

Well, a lot has gone on since we last talked.

May 15th I was out with my realtor looking at houses. In front of one house was a stray puppy. I picked it up and carried it through the house. He wiggled and squirmed a bit but decided that being held is alright.

Short brown hair with a black muzzle and a black tail, his sad little eyes were dull. Hip bones were sticking out as were all ribs. Not easily visible, but clearly felt was his breastbone. After we looked at the house I told the realtor that I didn't feel comfortable leaving him behind and she said he could come with us. We looked at another house before she stopped at a gas station and I bought a small bag of dog food. Knowing he hadn't eaten for a while I just gave him a small handful after each house we stopped at. He slept in my arms the rest of the time. After going back to her office I went to PetsMart to get him a collar. He slept in the cart most of the time so fitting him wasn't a problem. There wasn't a vet on call at that PetsMart so I called Scott to let him know I was bringing home a puppy. His sister and brother-in-law were there for the weekend.

I called the PetsMart in Norman and made an appt for that afternoon. Since I didn't have a name for him she put in Stray. His nails were cut and he got some worm medicine. The vet wanted him to get a bit healthier and some weight gained before he would start his shots.

His sister suggested the name Bear since that's what he looked like, and with those big feet of his, it was obvious that he was going to be a big dog. I named him Whiskey after the horse in the old western The Villain staring Kirk Douglas and a very young Arnie Schwarneger.

Wanted to name him Rio after another horse in a western starring Lou Gosset Jr. but Whiskey seemed to suit him better.

After a week the little guy was beginning to fill out some and was very active and hyper as puppies are. The vet estimated his age at about 3 1/2 months when I found him. So I gave him the birthday of Feb 1.

Now his is a lively neutered 30 lb pup. When I bought the collar it was about as small as I could make it, now it's let out as far as it will go and it's almost too snug on him. He gets his last round of boosters in three weeks. And I'm looking around for a puppy class to enroll him into.

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In other news June 27 was my last day in the apt that I got when I moved here 4 1/2 years ago. In April we got new managers, again and they changed the pet policy to pets under 20 lbs with a $200 deposit half of it non-refundable.

I've moved in with Scott. He's been wanting me to move in for awhile. He's seen some of the houses I was looking at and said I deserve a better house in a nicer neighborhood. Of course those houses were about $10-20,000 more than I could afford. By living with him I can save at least $550 dollars a month. I told him I could pay him some sort of rent. I told him I wanted to have extended basic cable and that I'd pay for it, so that's $40 a month there. Every time I bring it up he says "We'll figure it out later"

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Damn near every thing I own is in boxes in his guest bedroom or in a corner of the living room. I moved my couch, dresser and headboard with me and put the rest of the big stuff in storage. Will be going through the rest of the boxes and sorting what can go in storage and what can be donated and what can be trashed.

I took today off to get some stuff taken care of and I've got most of it done. The only thing I lack is calling a few places about car insurance and grocery shopping.

later