Wednesday, Feb 25th
9:30 pm
They got up. Chase happened. Fetch happened. Gatekeeping happened. I got what I asked for, and I regretted it, because they looked like they had stored up enough energy for the games to go on for a long time. But it only lasted 15 minutes or so, and Bubba went back to bed. Buddy chewed on Bunny for a while to enjoys the squeaking, but he was done playing. But 10pm, there were both back to sleep, and I was able to clean up.
9 pm
I really didn’t want them asleep so early, because I wanted them to sleep in until 9:30-ish, to make our first walk the walk to the Day Spa. They’re going to be up and alert very early with all of the sleep they got today.
8 pm
The guys are crashed out. Bubba has been in the bed since he jumped off the couch for a bathroom break then returned to the bed by the front door – a long while ago. Buddy was trying to stay awake by the open front door, but his eyes refused to stay open. I woke him, after he dozed off, by pouncing on his lion, which sprung him into action for some fetch and tug – I’m still his Cato! He ran back into the living room with the toy, and flopped back down. They both slept most of the day, so I don’t know why they’re so tired so early.
5:21 pm
Dinner was destroyed. It looked like burger night. The guys jumped on a bowl each when dinner was put out. Buddy ate most of his bowl then went to relax by the front door. Bubba ate everything in his bowl, then went and took a couple of bites from Buddy’s bowl, then asked to be lifted up onto the couch and went to sleep. Buddy went back and finished the few scraps and licked the bowls completely empty, then ate some day food.
3:20 pm
We went out for a long walk. We did a very very slow loop around the park, which was just fine with me. I was tired, and it was really slow – very few people – just the way I like it. Buddy pooped, Bubba did not (still).
We walked for an hour and 40 minutes, I think is a new record for me with the guys.
2:30 pm
No walks since morning. Lots of sleep – including on dog sitter that passed out while studying math. Since the guys were idling, I did the UPS store run, and there was only one receipt, no mail. I had forgotten to go back to Costco after my aborted visit on moving day, so ran and picked up the chickens while I was out.
9 am
Buddy answered the door with the orange raccoon. Bubba was in the bed by the front door, and he got up as soon as I came in. I glanced over and saw breakfast wasn’t out, so I put that out to marinade. Bubba looked like he wanted to walk, and I grabbed the gear from the basket. Buddy immediately ran for the safety of the fireplace bed, obviously not wanting to go out. But Bubba came over to get dressed to go out, and Buddy sprinted over to us.
We went for a short walk, about 25 minutes, around by the pool and back on Selva. We visited with MayMay when our neighbor Gary came out to walk her. Neither guy pooped.
When we got back, we walked inside and both guys stood, staring at me as if they were asking, “well? What now?”