sleepy bug

asher and aj

asher's new bestie.

asher at the office

asher meets makeda

so a friend of mine from the club (the club = KCM) is also a young single chick who... just HAPPENS to have...

a 4 year old ridgeback!

rock.

i sent her an email of exclamation that basically said something along the lines of holy shit my vet said asher could get to be over 100 pounds! and she replied with..

yup. so is Makeda!

to be specific, Makeda is.... ONE HUNDRED TWENTY POUNDS.

ummmmmmm, hi. that actually IS my goal weight. jeebuz mary and joseph.

SO. we thought it only appropriate that... they meet!

getting pics of the two of them was damn hear impossible... these two are the only ones even remotely worth sharing... but i did get some vids.

(i got a LOT of vids. but because it records picture AND SOUND.. and i apparently talk like i belong on The Hills... i'm not sharing them all!)

anyway, click on to enjoy!

asher meets makeda

(and click "watch video here".. i don't know WHAT is wrong with youTube or Google or my camera.. but for some reason i cant get but just this video to load. boo.)

vet visit

so we had our first vet visit today...

found out two important things.

one..... he's got a parasite. awwwwwwwwww. coccidiosis. in puppies it causes watery diarrhea (um, ew.), dehydration (no WONDER he drinks so much water!!), abdominal distress (haven't experienced that yet) and vomiting (or that. thank GOD)...

there's actually no "cure", per se, but instead i have to give him some meds everyday for a few weeks and it stops growth of the parasites... doesn't kill them.. stops growth.

so what does that mean?!

oh... that he'll be POOPING them out!

ewwwwww!!! poopy parasites!!!

anyway, apparently its pretty common and nothing to worry about... Biker Vet Guy stressed that its no big deal. (i think he saw fear and worry spread across my face) and that in about 2 weeks... it'll be gone.

SO CROSS YOUR FINGERS!

and toes.

and i dunno... braid your hair, just to be safe!

BUTTTTTTT.. the other thing we learned, is....

HE COULD GET UP TO 110 POUNDS FULL GROWN.

holy. friggin. moly.

are. you. kidding. me

thats like.. seriously?! not that much less than what i WEIGH.

(m'kay. its not like really close to what i weigh. i WISH. but still... i mean... its not THAT far off.)

so...
yeah.

um.

YEAH.

he weighs 13 pounds right now. so apparently he's got some growin to do!

jeez.

my little sleepy bug

WHAT!!!!?!?

i'm not obsessed with taking pics of him at all!

its just that he's so DAMN TINY and he's going to get so DAMN HUGE i feel like i should document it.

*ahem*

yeah.
that's it.

.... (incidentally, these were all taken with my camera phone. nice, huh?!)

he's a handful...

which is why i can't post much right now. he's sleeping, but... i have to wake him up soon so he'll sleep tonight!

amazingly last night he passed out as soon as i shut the crate door. i thank my lucky stars for that.

something tells me though, that tonight, might be a different story. i've kept him pretty busy today, but.. i just wonder if its busy enough. his whining and crying, and the octave/decibel level with which he's able to deliver...

i'm not sure how long i could hold out against that!

so far though.. he's FRIGGIN cute as a bug. i know i'm not supposed to enable the whole climb up in my lap and take a nap because i cant get enough of you habit, but..

if you could just see him. and his little face!

so far though, in the last two days he's...

-- peed indoors 3 or 4 times (i was tired at 2am, i can't remember if he made it outside or not)
-- uprooted one of 0%'s house plants
-- learned that he sits in the PASSENGERS seat in the car (score one for me!)
---- but that i'll let him lay on the console with his head on my lap (score one for him...)
-- and how to jump out of the back of my car (pathfinder. so kinda high up there. he hurt himself and was limping for a good 5 minutes. i was THISCLOSE to tears. i thought i broke him already. i never thought he'd jump, so i was messing with my bike at the side of the car. apparently.. i was too far away.)

however he has NOT been allowed on my bed (so we cashed out nap-style on the couch instead) and i've almost figure out his potty schedule, so...

not an entirely unproductive day!








make that peed inside definitely four times.

damn dog!!!

he's HERE!!!

jesus mary and joseph have i got my hands full for SURE!

picking him up at the airport was a riot, i about lost my mind.

so... he flew up with another 8 wk puppy.. a great dane.. and i knew i was in trouble when the great dane came out and was sitting there, still, no big deal... and then i looked in asher's kennel and he was yapping, jumping up and down, chomping at the bit to get out.

holy. MOLY.

attempting to get him, his kennel, the water bowl i brought for him (and filled with water... cuz i thought he'd be thirsty... so the first thing he did when i let him out?!

step in it. flip it over. spill it everywhere.

ROCK ON!!) and myself out of the airport was about not happening.

i turned around three times to find the end of his collar was EMPTY!

he does NOT like that thing.
and also... its way too big for him.

i didn't know he'd be so TINY!!!

anyway... putting him back in the kennel was a major mistake. he. would. not. shut. up. i thought once i started driving he'd maybe chill, and stop freaking out, but...

as you can see..

uh, no.


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so because there was NO WAY i was driving with that in the seat next to me, i figured i'd let him out and see what he did.







awwwwwwwwwwwww.

he just wanted ME!!!

he slept.. snored, actually... all the way back to the office.

where he is now, at my feet, under my desk, back asleep!

last night of my pre-dog life.

this is it.

this is the LAST NIGHT i get to do whatever i want, when and for however long i want... leave doors open, throw shoes on the floor, go to bed without worrying about having to pee in the night (my dog. not ME!)...

this is IT!

.... its kinda weird.

i'm gunna have a DOG here tomorrow!

my very own dog!

WHAT have i gotten myself into.

oh. my. god.
.... i hope he likes me!

OMG I'M GETTING MY DOG!!!

uhhh.

I'M GETTING MY DOG ON FRIDAY.
i'm like... freaking out. i didn't know it'd be this fast!

HOLY CRAP!
... he arrives at 11am on friday!

this totally doesn't fall into my timeline.

but.. ya know..

*shock*

what in my life ever really does?!

48 inch crate...

putting one of these bad boys together!!?!
alone!!?!

.... not as easy as you might think.



i'm just sayin.

bigger than his brothers...

note from the breeder: He is REALLY NICE... really growing larger than his brothers. He will be a real athlete. You can already see it. He jumps and runs big time.

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BIGGER than his brothers!?
ridgebacks are big anyways. but.. BIGGER!!?! awwww. i'm going to have a pooch twice the size of me.

that friggin RULES!

anyway, on to the show...


(seriously though... he's always crossing his front paws. how cute is that?!)


that is one damn fine ridge!


and just LOOK at that FACE!


awwww


and there ya have it folks. he is a growin' boy, that's for sure.
just a few more weeks till he arrives.
weeeee!!!

roughly 5 weeks...

asher's about 5 weeks now, and i found a video of ridgeback puppies at 5 weeks, so..

i figured i'd post it. cuz they're awfully damn cute!