Chloe and Chaz Visit

Lucy here with a different kind of report today.

First, Riley has been here with us for about a week. At first he missed his Dad a lot, but he’s settled in and plays with me and adjusted to our “sleep all night” and “regular feeding times” routine.

Riley: My bowl’s empty Mom Amy. I think I could eat a little more.
Lucy: His bowl’s empty Mom, and come to think of it, so is mine.

Do you remember Chloe and Chaz who come to get groomed? They’ve been coming for so long, you probably don’t. So let me re-introduce you to them, which won’t be hard since they are staying here with us while their Mom and Dad run off to Gatlinburg to have a jolly good time. Let’s start with the fast and easy one. This is Chloe.

Where you see her is where she stays. The door’s always open, but she only comes out to go potty (sometimes even outside). Her Mom thinks she was abused as a very young puppy and has never gotten over it. Her dogtor even thought one of her ribs might have been broken. She lets Mom reach in and lift her out and hold her and doesn’t even seem to mind Mom grooming her.
Riley stuck his head in to say hello and you shoulda heard her growl at him. He just laughed and left her alone, which is what she wanted anyhow. This morning Xena stuck her head in Chloe’s kennel (I think she was checking for food). Xexe has learned to back fast and far in her Freestyle training, and she put it to good use this morning when Chloe growled at her!
The other thing about Chloe is she wouldn’t eat her first supper and breakfast here. Mom tried cooked chicken, her dry food, and Riley’s canned food. No luck.

So last night Mom cooked up some hamburger and Chloe ate it all. Here’s her and her brother’s breakfast this morning. Chicken, ground beef and canned dog food.

They both cleaned their plates. Their folks are coming to get them after lunch today. I guess that’s why Chazie got a bath.

Chaz is an outgoing and friendly little guy. He walked in our house like he owned the place. From the start, he wasn’t even afraid of giant Riley or mouthy Xena. He never causes trouble either, he just wants to get along and do whatever the rest of us are doing. So of course, we’ve all treated him proper, just like one of the pack. Riley’s even careful not to step on him, BOL. Chaz does have to wear his belly band all the time in the house or he will “mark” everywhere.

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Chaz loves my Dad. He calls him Big Jeff. If Dad, er, Big Jeff is sitting down, Chaz is in his lap. You can see from this picture just how tiny Chaz is.

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When Dad’s not available, Chaz hangs out with Mom. On the left, he stole my office dog bed. He stayed right there with Mom all day, helping her with her office work. She said he did a great job, especially in the “staying out of the way” and “lending moral support” categories. On the right, he has crashed with Mom in front of the TV while she watched another episode of Netflix’s Call the Midwives.

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Chaz and Xe teamed up to beg for more food. They are both terriers, you know. Chaz recently lost most of the teeth – well, he didn’t exactly lose them – the dogtor pulled them during his teeth cleaning. Boy oh boy was his Mom ever upset! Our Mom would have been furious too. She is never ever, not ever going back to that vet, and said she might try our dogtor. So on the right, Chaz is watching Xena get her teeth brushed. It was his turn next, but there was almost nothing left to brush. Poor puppy. Now we know why he isn’t eating his dry food.

Well, we just heard from their Mom that they are leaving soon for home and will be here after lunch. We’ll end today’s report with this picture that she included with her text.

Bye, bye Chaz and Chloe. I think I might actually miss you!
Love and kisses, Lucy