Our dear boy turned 11 months old a few days ago! I can't believe how close he is to 1 year old. He's pretty much fully transitioned to Adult dog food now. He is shedding like a mofo right now... In fact, in that picture above you can see little tufts of his fur by his back leg that are popping out! We were starting to get kind of worried by it (since it's Winter and all...), but he still has TONS of thick fur, so I don't think it's thinning or anything. Oh, also in that picture above you can see that he fully hops up on our ottoman now! He barely fits... If he grows any more, his butt won't fit on there.
Yesterday I had a very not-fun day with poor Guinness... By the time McGee got home from work, I was at the end of my rope and kinda lost it crying a bit. It was SO cold yesterday (this was the day when it reached a high of like 15 degrees, and the low ended up being -2 degrees), and Guinness's poor paws were not doing well with the really freezing temperatures and all of the salt all over the sidewalks (the salt can burn their paws). I was trying very hard to keep him off of the salt, but it's literally impossible. So, that resulted in pitiful limping by poor Guinness after a few minutes outside... We'd only stay outside long enough for him to go to the bathroom (no walks at all yesterday! Poor guy), and then we'd head back inside and I'd clean off his paws. It was so sad every time I had to take him out.
And then to REALLY top off the day... After we got back from one trip out (about 30 or 45 minutes before McGee got home), a black dog came running down the hallway on our floor and attacked Guinness. It was snarling at him and growling and biting at him... I saw the owner start running towards us when he saw his dog coming after mine. I was yelling at the dog and trying really hard to get Guinness away from it, but it wasn't working too well since the other dog wasn't on a leash. I was trying to put myself between the dog and Guinness... probably not bright, but that was my instinct. I wish my instinct had been to drop-kick the other dog! The owner finally caught up to his dog and pulled it away from Guinness. He apologized and said that his dog is "usually friendly". Poor Guinness was just standing there next to me, very confused... He really seemed like he didn't understand what just happened. We've thoroughly checked him out and he seems fine, except for a small wound on his leg. Our poor little guy... We're keeping a close eye on him, and we've been in touch with the owner of the other dog (he's the friend of our new neighbors... We HATE our new neighbors, by the way). He assured us that his dog has all of his shots and everything, and he gave us his vet's info (he uses the same vet as us, so that's handy), so we double-checked that his dog is thoroughly up-to-date on his shots. And the owner promised to keep his dog on a leash from now on. Ugh.
Sooooooooo today we went house-hunting for a rental to move into. I'm SO over this apartment complex. Right now, we're hoping February 1 as a move date, even though our lease here isn't up until mid-March. We saw one house today that we like a lot (in Flourtown, PA) and we also saw 2 houses that are a definite "No". We're hoping to look at a few more this week, and then decide. I'll keep you all posted!
I hope you're all staying warm!
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