Day 20: The Naughty Step, Sticky Feet & Cooking Up a Storm
- Samantha Knight
- Feb 22, 2022
- 4 min read
Updated: Apr 6, 2022
After his early night and sweet little snores filling the house until at least 8.30am this morning! (Wow what a lay in), you would be forgiven for thinking that he would be a well rested 'dream dog' this morning.... well you would be WRONG!
He's grumpy and can not be bothered to even attempt to hold ANY of his toilet habits in today. I feel at the end of my tether with him. It's two steps forward and two LEAPS back.
Will I ever have a dog that ONLY goes to the toilet outside ever again????
Clearly ‘high’ from the sweet smelling ammonia in dog pee (that appears to be bringing on some irrational wave of anxious negativity) I start to fret that 'Is this going to be as 'good as it gets'? Will his efforts to stand and walk stop here?
Whilst yesterday I was full of hope at his new found ability to 'drunken walk'; back home and at the office he is showing no interest in bothering with it at all.
Has he now reached his full potential and this is all he has to give?
Was I getting too carried away and confident with his recovery too soon?
To add to his mischief this morning; I leave him in his pen and head downstairs to shower and get ready for work. I can hear some horrendous screaming from him like someone is causing him a slow painful torturous death and then the barking starts. He NEVER just barks! Clearly this pampered pooch is getting way too much mollycoddling at the moment and if he is not centre of attention at all times he's going to have a tantrum. I have one word for it - DIVA
I think we both need some time out. I head off to work and call in his Nanny to put in an afternoon shift with him. Maybe I can have a few hours sat at my desk getting through my back log of work and feel a little normal again. Update: Call from my mum (Lloris's nanny) to say he was standing up in his pen when she got there!.. he just wont perform for me - charming!
Sticky Feet
A friend suggested that I give the rubber non-slip socks a try on him around the house to see if these help with him wanting to walk on the hard floors.
Yesterdays order arrived and they were the size suitable for a small cat! Todays have arrived and look a little more to size.
He’s not happy as expected and within seconds he’s pulling them off and chewing them! Not sure I really expected anything different from him!
Clearly doesn't take after his mother and her love of shoes!
Its seriously time for 'talking to No. 2’ with this little pup.
Nothing like the guilt of your mums disappointment to make you put in a little more effort huh?
He’s soon back in the good books with a bit of ‘no sock wearing but inside house walking’
Its only fair I admit though, that for this 30 second clip I have at least 10 minutes of him scooting on his butt and refusing to stand and walk. So whilst I’m immensely proud of him, I wouldn’t want to give a false impression that this is how he is. strutting around all of the time. It took a hell of a lot of bribery with cocktail sausages to get him to use those legs!
Cooking Up a Storm
As i've mentioned previously I have cooked for Lloris since his cancer and it really has worked wonders for him. Its hard work, it can be expensive (but not this recipe!) and very time consuming but its worth it to see him doing so well and enjoying it.
A few of you have asked me what I feed him and whilst at the Holisitic Vets last week it was recommended that I add liver and egg shell into his diet just to ensure we have enough of everything for a good balanced diet. So this evening I am giving a new receipe with the liver a try.
Its worth noting here (and my friends will all laugh and roll their eyes at this!)... i'm a ‘fake’ vegatarian. Maybe more part-time… I just really can't give up bacon!!!.... the point I am trying to make here is that I don't particularly like to man handle meat, and the sight and smell of chopped liver is enough to make my stomach churn!
"Man-up I tell myself, if the pup needs it then he shall have it!".... this attitude is definitely at the root of his spoilt brat behaviour today. I know, I know... no such thing as a bad dog, its a bad owner!! well i'm not so sure i'm BAD but definitely guilty of indulging his every whim
Here is the finished article. I opted for pork liver with butternut squash, sweet potato, rice, brussel sprouts, all of his supplements and of course as always, mixed together with lactose free yoghurt. The proof is in the pudding as they say..... So Lloris, what do you think?
So we end the day friends again but I’m starting to acknowledge that I just can’t trust him with his toilet habits during the day whatsoever. It’s a step backwards but we are leaps forward in other areas so no more being negative today! I shall focus on the wins.
Tomorrow we are back for more accupunture. I have everything crossed he does not piddle everywhere but i've come to realise to prepare for the worst (i'm starting to carry around dettol spray and kitchen roll) and to then maybe one day be pleasantly surprised. I am hoping to be taught how to 'express him' (make him empty his bladder like milking a cow!)
This really could be a game changer!
We also have another gadget arriving tomorrow to test out!!
Naughty Lloris! 😆, don’t let a bad day get to you, we all have grumpy unenthusiastic days!! it’s been amazing progress in such a short time overall, keep it going Girl ✊🏻.