Still Catching Up

During my blog hiatus I went up to Santa Fe twice to visit with my sister and brother-in-law and it was great fun to see them and to get out of town for awhile and a nice and welcome break from being a full-time puppy parent.

My parents came here another weekend to visit and helped out a great deal with the dogs which was another nice and welcome break for me. We also went to the NMSU versus Boise State WAC final basketball game which was a very exciting game with multiple overtimes.

At the last test the dogs still both tested positive for coccidia but they finished another round of medication last week and I will take another sample in to the vet tomorrow.

Bodhi is at the kennel this weekend from Friday morning to Sunday afternoon because I had meetings all day Friday and a hike all day Saturday and the kennel does not open until this afternoon. Maddie was supposed to go to the kennel too but she came down with an eye infection or eye injury so I took her to the vet instead of the kennel on Friday. She got some medication and is looking and feeling better and it was nice to have her here with me on Friday and Saturday nights. It is strangely quiet without Bodhi around but very nice to get some one-on-one time with Maddie again. I took her to the vet on Saturday morning for boarding and then my phenomenal neighbor Kim picked her up in the afternoon and dropped her off at the house.

Dog training is going well with Bodhi learning lots of good things and Maddie being reminded of lots of good things that she learned a while ago.

I think my dishwasher is broken and so I envision a new one in my near future. I got an online subscription to Consumer Reports so I could get information on all large kitchen appliances. I had picked out new everything based on the reports. But then I started reading consumer reviews on other sites and it turns out that consumers were not necessarily happy with products that got good ratings. So I am still gatering information and doing dishes by hand.