Hello Again *waving from Alaska*
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:41 pm
I know, it's been ages since I've been here! My desktop computer died several months ago and my laptop only connects up wirelessly but I had no wireless connection where I was living, so I was basically offline for several months. Amazingly enough I didn't really miss it that much, so maybe my "internet addiction" has gone away (years ago I HAD to be online daily! *LOL*).
Khana is doing absolutely great and continues to be the perfect Chow girl. She is laying next to me as I type. We've moved into a new place recently so we finally have a "normal" home again (after living 3 1/2 years in a commercial shop building with no shower or kitchen, and businesses on either side of us). It's a small apartment but has a kitchen with a breakfast bar AND a large bathroom with a shower AND tub! On top of that, the place includes wireless internet, free cable AND utilities are included - all for an extremely reasonable price that even I can afford (on Social Security Disability, which isn't much). So I feel spoiled. Khana settled in really well and quickly, but then she's so adaptable that she could live anywhere. Tazer, her German shepherd sister, took a bit longer to settle but she had lived her entire life in the shop so everything seemed very strange to her. It's a basement apartment and now there are people walking on top of us, so the squeakiness of the floor really made Tazer react at first. She's gotten used to it now, though, and unless the people upstairs get really noisy she takes it all in stride.
The Upstairs people are the owners of the house and I knew the lady as she's a nurse at my doctor's office. When she heard I was looking for a place, she told me she had an apartment available. She had already met Khana (since Khana is my Service Dog and goes to all doctor visits with me) and knew of my 20 years of training experienc e, so she had NO problem with the dogs moving in. She's got a big mixed breed dog and wanted me to introduce the dogs so that there were no problems, and there hasn't been any. Their dog adores me already (I always have really nice treats for him) and he's accepted the girls even though they're young and obnoxious, and he's old and cantankerous. He even started tearing around the yard the other day when I was playing fetch with Tazer - it's SO cute when an old dog gets the zoomies! *L*
I was diagnosed with type 2 disabetes in December, which was a real bummer. Adding that to my rheumatoid arthritis and the "unknown" conditions that make the doctors tell me that my case is "complicated", makes me worry a bit about how to live my life. But I've done well with adapting my diet and maintaining a proper blood glucose level. The RA is still the worst, and keeps me limited in what I can do. I do get out everyday to play with Tazer and Khana. That's Tazer's job - to keep me moving. Khana keeps me well loved and cared for.
Hope you are all doing well!
Melanie and the girls in Alaska
Khana CD RE SD (Service Dog) (Chow)
Tazer (The monster puppy)(GSD)
Khana is doing absolutely great and continues to be the perfect Chow girl. She is laying next to me as I type. We've moved into a new place recently so we finally have a "normal" home again (after living 3 1/2 years in a commercial shop building with no shower or kitchen, and businesses on either side of us). It's a small apartment but has a kitchen with a breakfast bar AND a large bathroom with a shower AND tub! On top of that, the place includes wireless internet, free cable AND utilities are included - all for an extremely reasonable price that even I can afford (on Social Security Disability, which isn't much). So I feel spoiled. Khana settled in really well and quickly, but then she's so adaptable that she could live anywhere. Tazer, her German shepherd sister, took a bit longer to settle but she had lived her entire life in the shop so everything seemed very strange to her. It's a basement apartment and now there are people walking on top of us, so the squeakiness of the floor really made Tazer react at first. She's gotten used to it now, though, and unless the people upstairs get really noisy she takes it all in stride.
The Upstairs people are the owners of the house and I knew the lady as she's a nurse at my doctor's office. When she heard I was looking for a place, she told me she had an apartment available. She had already met Khana (since Khana is my Service Dog and goes to all doctor visits with me) and knew of my 20 years of training experienc e, so she had NO problem with the dogs moving in. She's got a big mixed breed dog and wanted me to introduce the dogs so that there were no problems, and there hasn't been any. Their dog adores me already (I always have really nice treats for him) and he's accepted the girls even though they're young and obnoxious, and he's old and cantankerous. He even started tearing around the yard the other day when I was playing fetch with Tazer - it's SO cute when an old dog gets the zoomies! *L*
I was diagnosed with type 2 disabetes in December, which was a real bummer. Adding that to my rheumatoid arthritis and the "unknown" conditions that make the doctors tell me that my case is "complicated", makes me worry a bit about how to live my life. But I've done well with adapting my diet and maintaining a proper blood glucose level. The RA is still the worst, and keeps me limited in what I can do. I do get out everyday to play with Tazer and Khana. That's Tazer's job - to keep me moving. Khana keeps me well loved and cared for.
Hope you are all doing well!
Melanie and the girls in Alaska
Khana CD RE SD (Service Dog) (Chow)
Tazer (The monster puppy)(GSD)