Puttin' on the Ritz

Can’t sleep … it’s probably the chocolate bar I ate earlier. Why is chocolate such an addiction?

Anyway, Tuesday’s paparazzi shift at the WCAC was good. I didn’t get to many dogs, but I was in a blue mood by the time I got there and just didn’t have the energy for any chaos pups. I think it was the clouds. It was the second Tuesday in a row that I was going to get no extra light from the sky lights. Bah, humbug!

On a brighter note, Julie grabbed me when I first got there and asked me to take a photo of one of her favorites with a red bow tie she brought with her. This is Chunk. Doesn’t he look debonair and even a little jaunty with his tie? Later that night as I was processing the photos I realized how far I had come where “Pitties” are concerned.

Chunk is an American Staffordshire Bull dog, i.e. Staffy, Am Staff, American Pit (not really an American Pit Bull as that’s just a name given to a “Bully” breeds mutt). We whisked into his kennel. Julie put the bow tie on him and then left while I got in the kennel with him to “work my magic.” I finally realized that there was a top and bottom to this bow tie and we had it on upside down. Without thinking of it, I slung my camera over my shoulder and grabbed Chunk around the head to fix his tie. It took me a while as he was excited to have all the attention and I couldn’t quite figure out how the thing was hooked. He was such a good boy to let me handle him so and I was surprised to find that I treated this Pittie just like I treat other dogs.

And then there’s Kelly. What can I say? She’s a Chow Chow and she reminds me so very much of my Sugar. I actually visited her and her pups (Pup Pie and Pup Cake) last Thursday. No one had photographed her yet, so she was immediately at the top of my list. I’m glad she hasn’t put her head in my lap like Shelby did as I’d be hard pressed to walk away. As it is, Kelly is the one I should have waited for, but Tippi’s the one that needed me.

Tippi’s incontinence has not been “fixed” or even abated very much. We’ve gone through all of the tests that my long time vet and a second vet have come up with. We’ve tried different hormone treatments including estrogen and are now using some Chinese herbs. In the end, the thing that is keeping our house a little cleaner is dog panties with adult incontinence pads. One of the WCAC techs commented the other night that anyone else who might have adopted Tippi would have brought her back by now. It is a tough thing as everything else about her is wonderful.

I’ll be spending most of Black Friday at the WCAC. They’re having a special Black Friday Sale. Any cat or dog with the least little spot of black is only a $25.00 adoption fee including the spay/neuter surgery. There are lots and lots of dogs right now, so I hope we have a lot of people coming.

BTW: I have a couple of videos of the Chows I cuddled on Thursday – Kodiak, Kelly, and Pup Pie/Pup Cake.