http://www.mydoglacey.com Chronicles of Lacey's Life with Me Thu, 06 Jul 2006 03:46:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, we have a new kitten. His name is Jack and he's been with us about 2 weeks. O my God, is this cat cute. And Lacey adores him. She mouths him and licks him and picks him up by his ears. He meows at her, and now his jaws are ... http://www.mydoglacey.com/73/the-new-kitten/ Let's talk for a minute about BARF (that is, Bones And Raw Food) and the poop that results from this way of eating. Here's Lacey typical diet (that she absolutely loves). Everything comes from Whole Foods or Jimbos, so if it's not completely organic, it's all-natural, hormone/pesticide free, cage free, etc ... http://www.mydoglacey.com/72/barf-and-poop-the-not-so-gross-scoop/ Guess what we got in the mail today! A FRISBEE!! One of those soft ones with the more rigid edge but it's soft in her mouth. Canvas center. Of course, she has no idea what to do with it. I'm introducing it to her slowly. She loves to jump -- and ... http://www.mydoglacey.com/71/lacey-the-frisbee-dog/ I put up some new pictures Saturday. They are random shots. The first few are of her eathing a leg of lamb (with a raw bone, of course) in her favorite bone-chewing spot. Then there are just some good ones of her doing various things, like sitting, being bored with getting ... http://www.mydoglacey.com/70/new-lacey-pictures/ Ok, I've worked on this digging thing for some time now. I've figured out that the best solution for us is physical barriers to areas that we don't want her digging in. Because there are other areas of the yard that we don't care so much about. Here's what we did ... http://www.mydoglacey.com/69/help-stop-your-dogs-digging/ I heard today that our girl is terrible on the leash in the late afternoons. She pulls on the leash, stops to smell whatever it is dogs smell and is adamant about sticking with the smell until she's ready to move on. Ok, so some of it is the humans walking ... http://www.mydoglacey.com/68/pulling-on-the-leash-on-late-afternoon-walks/ Lacey is now learning the word "outside". The lamb leg bone and the cow bone that I've given her the last couple of days are outside toys (once the meat is gone). Inside toys are any toys that are squishy, squeak, roll, clean up easily, or haven't been outside already (or, ... http://www.mydoglacey.com/65/inside-toys-and-outside-toys/ I'm still working on this flea problem. My friend Leslie recommended flea busters. My brother's girlfriend Julia recommended Revolution. I've done some research. I'm still at the "I want what I'm doing to work" stage. So we're doing the Advantage and now I comb her with a flea comb every day. ... http://www.mydoglacey.com/66/fleas-revisited-again/ We have new couch covers. It's kinda space-age looking. Kinda like the Jetsons or Star Trek. It's tin foil. Lacey has this really bad habit of getting on the couch in the living room so she can see out the window onto the front porch. Or she might jump up on the ... http://www.mydoglacey.com/67/keeping-dogs-off-furniture/ My mom's the greatest! Yesterday for dinner I got my usual bowl of mush with some weird tasting orange stuff. THEN, she took me outside and (after the ritual acrobatics that I'm so bored with -- come on, can't you do better than "sit". I'm so tired of that one) ... http://www.mydoglacey.com/64/leg-of-lamb-is-the-cheese/