Walking to our park. Windy again. Just like yesterday's post LOL! Except Tibby is wearing her winter coat and not her raincoat.
Our park is flooded. We had fun watching people who were late to work try to take this road as a short cut. They would zoom past us and then slam on the breaks when they realized the road was flooded.
March isn't being very nice to us. It snowed the first week of March and now we are in a Winter Storm Warning for more snow. What happened to the lamb?!?
Tibby and I went for a walk. It was windy, cold and raining.
See? Windy.
Also, notice dirty feet. Tibby was so interested in watching one of my neighbors take in her garbage can that she walked into a pot hole full of dirty water.
Our park is flooded.
The water is very deep. Yesterday it was starting to flood, when we walked through the park, and the water was about 3 feet deep on the right side of the path. The left side is a runoff pond - it's about 8 feet deep or maybe deeper.
The road to the park will be flooded soon. It floods every spring and then after any hard rain during the summer. Good thing: No cars on the road. Bad thing: The park also floods, so we can't walk there either.
After our walk it was time to rinse Tibby off. Tibby is getting very good about 'wait'. I left her in the tub and went to find her towel. She didn't move at all!
Even when Catty came to laugh at her (or offer her sympathy?).
I'm sure I'll use that title 50 more times this Spring! Today was garbage day. Tibby does not like the garbage can. It's big, brown and rolls around. Last night, during our walk, the street was lined with garbage cans. Tibby wasn't fazed at all! She even stopped to pee next to one. Yay! I think, just like her puppyhood fear of man hole covers, she is growing out of her garbage can fear.
This morning it was raining. When we went outside for our walk there was a crack of lightning and thunder right above us! Tibby was startled, but I just acted like that was completely normal and continued walking along. She rolled up her tail and trotted along beside me.
Jessie, my childhood dog, was deathly afraid of thunderstorms and fireworks. I wish they had invented thundershirts when she was alive. When I brought Tibby home I didn't want her to be afraid of anything. Of course, it would be nice if she would be cautious about some things like - strange men, cars, eating garbage!
Tibby has never loved tennis balls. They were one of the first toys I bought her, because my childhood dog, Jessie, always loved them and we had fun playing fetch together. However, Jessie was a senior rescue and she was never able to learn to fetch outside. I have been trying from day one with Tibby to do lots of fetching inside and outside. Of course, the weather hasn't cooperated. Remember winter? Maybe that's why Jessie never learned to fetch outside?
Anyway, up until the end of Jan. it didn't really matter if it was -30 or 75 degrees outside. Tibby didn't like tennis balls!! Ewwww they're fuzzy! Or maybe her mouth was too small? Well, now she likes them! Yay! I mean really how was she going to be a flyball dog if she couldn't fetch a tennis ball?!? Just kidding, the nearest flyball club/team is 3 hours away. Agility I will drive for. Flyball maybe not. I don't think Tibby could handle all the dogs running near her. But who knows? She surprises me all the time. Like now she loves tennis balls.
Video of Tibby 'fetching' tennis balls. Yeah we're working on that.....
So Tibby has decided that she will not go potty in the backyard. The melting snow is revealing various thing, scattered around the yard, that I forgot about. It looks like a pottery serial killer decided to use my backyard as a burial site. These half buried things scare Tibby. Fine. We are back to 4-6 walks a day (or more, it's nice outside!). Great. Except.......I have to wash Tibby's feet, legs and belly after EVERY single walk. All the sand, salt and muck from 6 months of snow has melted into the road. It is nasty. Also, I am apparently the only person in the WHOLE city that picks up after my dog. There are literally piles of dog poop all over the streets and sidewalks. I should take pictures of it - you wouldn't believe it unless you saw it. Some people must throw the poop from their yards into the street. There is an excess of poop in front of certain houses. I've lived in a few places. This city has hardly any rules and rarely enforces any of them. There aren't any poop laws - apparently!
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In other news.....anyone else love to pluck ear hair? I finished plucking Tibby's ear hair a couple days ago. I spread it over 2 days, so she wouldn't get sick of it. She slept through it both times. I had my headband flashlight thingy and my tweezers - looked like I was doing surgery on poor Tibby! I just love to get way down in the ear, find a little wax/hair and yank it out. One thing that no one mentioned when I was thinking about a Tibetan Terrier - they don't shed, so their ear hair keeps growing.......so you are going to have to pluck that out.
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Tibby is so tired tonight. We took 5 walks today and one was for almost 2 hours. Yay Spring!
Tibby is potty trained. Or was, until temptation came in by way of the new carpet. Before the carpet was even installed - it was still partially rolled up - she had 'christened' it. It happened while I was at work. Really got to stop going to work and leaving other people around Tibby.
Well, maybe that was just a fluke. They weren't paying attention and she really needed to go. Although I would like to mention that I told them to leave the baby gate up (again!).
This morning I was playing with Tibby in the living room on the carpet. She had gone outside to potty and when she came inside we started playing. One second she was playing (with me!) and the next she squatted and tried to pee on the carpet! I picked her up really fast and took her outside. Unfortunately, she was successful (just a tiny bit). So I spent the next 1/2 hour cleaning the carpet. Before she peed she didn't sniff around or act like she needed to go.
Well, this is not good. Tibby has it out for the new carpet. I want to have carpet, but I also want to have Tibby on the carpet. What to do?
Prepare yourself.
No one seems to talk about this,
But I can't be the first person to have done this.
Diapers.
Yes, diapers.
She only wears them when we are going to be in the living room on the carpet. Otherwise she runs around 'naked'. So far she hasn't had an accident with or without the diapers. She asks to go outside just like she normally does.
I'm going to be brave and admit it - I LOVE these diapers!
Why didn't I think of this a long time ago? Now when we go to visit friends and family I can relax. I don't have to watch her like a hawk and ignore everyone, because I'm terrified she will accidentally pee on their carpet.
I don't know why carpeting is so attractive to her, but hopefully she will realize that she can't pee on carpeting, just like she can't pee on tile and hardwood.
Does Tibby like the diapers? Well, she doesn't seem to know that they are there. She jumps, runs, shakes, rolls and tears around like she normally does. Proof? See the video below.
Tibby is wearing modified Luvs diapers. I couldn't find anywhere in town that sold actual dog diapers.
Independent, curious, highly intelligent,clever, mischievous, precocious, strong-minded, playful. Collected from various sources:
1 -Stubbornness. Tibetan Terriers have an independent mind of their own and can be stubborn and manipulative. You must show them, through absolute consistency, that you mean what you say.
2-Suspiciousness or timidity when not socialized enough.
3-"Separation anxiety" (destructiveness and barking) when left alone too much.
4-Lively and playful at times, yet also calm and low-key.
5-Makes a good watchdog but is not aggressive with people.
6-Most are amiable with other animals, though perhaps a bit bossy.
7- The Tibetan Terrier is very stubborn in general and must be shown from Day One that you are in control.
8-An athletic and agile sure-footed climber, and a clever problem-solver who often uses his paws with great adeptness to open doors and hold toys.
9- 1/3 Dog + 1/3 Cat + 1/3 Teenager = 1 Tibetan Terrier
10-Tibetan Terriers are family-oriented: they love to play games and participate in activities with their people.
Patience and a sense of humor are musts for the people of a Tibetan Terrier.
