Empty feeling....

Our house has an empty feeling this week. We are not allowed to bring our dog with us when we move in July, so we got rid of her last weekend. It was terribly sad. My hubby even almost cried, and he has never really cared for the dog (at least that is what he says). We took her to the Humane Society, where hopefully she has been adopted into a good family by now. I miss her a lot already. Little things remind me of her all the time, and I find myself thinking about her being here when she really isn't. Last night at dinner my 4 year old announced that she had forgotten to feed the dog before dinner. I guess I am not the only one that thinks she is still around. Every time the doorbell rings I expect her to start barking. When I drop food on the floor while cooking I just expect it to be gone when I look down, but now I have to clean it up myself. I have had to stop myself from shouting at the dog to not lick the fork that one of my kids just dropped on the floor. I miss her charging into my room in the morning and putting her paws up on my bed to see why I am still in bed. I miss her cleaning up the crumbs under the dinner table. Now I have to sweep every single day. I miss her warm little body sleeping next to my feet while I am reading. I miss playing fetch with her and watching my 2 year old throw the dog's ball down the stairs for her to go get. I miss her getting excited everytime I put my walking shoes on because she knows she gets to go for a walk. I miss her adorable little face and those puppy dog eyes. I miss her funny noises and her following me around. I hope she has found a good family who will love her and take good care of her. I will miss you Josie.

Healthy Dog...

This is our dog, Josie. She is a 5 year old Dachshund.

I loved her the first time I saw her. She has adorable puppy dog eyes that just plead with you for some attention. She use to be my husband's Grandma's dog, but she could not take care of her, so we kind of "inherited" her. She had been so neglected that she needed to be house broken again. We got her during one of the worst winters on record in Logan. I remember taking her out at 4:00a.m. to go to the bathroom in several feet of snow. Boy were we glad when she was finally house broken! She has been part of our family for just over 4 years now. She is sometimes a nuisance with her loud bark (you wouldn't think that such a little dog could bark so loud!), her leaky bladder problems, and her tendancy to vomit when she eats something she shouldn't, but despite it all, we really enjoy having her. This last week Josie developed a little tick. She would walk around and shake her head funny. I checked her out and found that she had puss all over inside her ear. It was disgusting. We got her into the vet and they had to knock her out to clean out her ears, and then started her on antibiotics. Today is her last day of antibiotics. I am so excited! It is worse giving your dog medicine than it is giving it to your child. Josie usually will wolf down anything, but for some reason she didn't want anything to do with those little red pills. So we have been coating them with a little peanut butter, and then she doesn't even notice. It is nice to have our dog acting like herself again. Even though my DH thinks it wasn't worth the $133 vet visit, it is still nice to have our little dog around.