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More about Ollie
I feel the need to keep writing about Ollie to record and remember what an amazing dog he was. When we first got Ollie, we lived in the Dee-Luxe apartment in the sky which was on the 8th floor. WM and I (mostly WM) managed to housebreak Ollie while living in an 8th floor apartment. Like many puppies, he would pee when he became very excited. When it was time to take him out, we'd put on his leash and collar, wrap a towel around him, and carry him along with a spray bottle of floor ...
Ollie.
Our Ollie Queen, our Best Boy, died Monday evening, August 2, 2021 at the respectable age of 14 years. He came to live with us as a 3 month old puppy in September of 2007. The post I wrote welcoming him to our home was caught up in the posts from 2007-2010 that were lost during one of the database moves, or else I'd link to them.He was named after the Green Arrow. He was the Olliest. Ollie was chunky, lovable, and doofy to the core. He loved carrots, chicken nuggets, and snuggling on the ...
Beware the Dogs of March.
Actually, you don't need to beware. They're pretty friendly and snuggly. Ollie and Murphy are absolute pleasures to have around. And they are ALWAYS around Ollie has had a coughing issue off and on for a year now. The cough will pick up and the vet will put him on a round of steroids. As soon as he tapers off, the cough returns. His heart and chest sound good (for 13.5) and after some back and forth, our vet (whom we love and who loves Ollie) okayed keeping him on a very low dose of the ...
Ollie, January 2021
Ollie, 13.5, continues to do very well despite being an Old Pupper beset with typical Old Pupper problems. I really just wanted an excuse to share this photo: Which is just adorable and needed to be documented. ...
Ollie, December 2020
Last year or the year before we received a Grinch reindeer antler from our BarkBox. Because our dogs are not the well-behaved influencer dogs with 1 million followers, the photo shoot did not go well. But that's fine because it produced this treasure of our old puppy Ollie, right before he bopped his snoot onto my phone. Ollie, just past his 13 1/2th birthday, continues to do well. Kind of blind, sort of deaf, but with a snoot that can still sniff out a freshly opened jar of peanut ...
Popcorn, Please!
I have created not one, but two popcorn-loving monsters. This is my view while carrying a bowl of freshly-popped popcorn to my desk. Ollie's vision is not good, but his nose knows exactly where the bowl is. Because this is the Internet, I will post a disclaimer that they don't eat a lot of popcorn, that I don't put toppings on my popcorn, and that they have been eating popcorn for years without digestive distress. ...
Ollie, September 2020
When the weather is nice and I don't need a fantastic internet connection, I've been making an extra effort to take my laptop outside and sit in the shade to work. Ollie joins me, but doesn't understand that if he moves 6 feet closer to me, he'd be in the cool shade as well. ...
Ollie, Summer 2020
After about a month and a half of trying to manage Ollie's cough, it turns out he has seasonal allergies. One Zyrtec (actual, human Zyrtec) with his dinner each night is enough to bring the cough mostly into check AND clear his goopy eyes. Other than the Zyrtec for allergies, Gabapentin for pain, special limited ingredient food, twice-weekly ear washes, and monthly heartworm/flea treatments, he's a perfectly low-maintenance 13 year old dog! I love him. He's the Olliest guy I know! ...
It’s so nice to work from home…
Once a week, I get to work from home. I'm thankful for that opportunity because it makes it so much easier to have someone out to fix the latest broken thing in the house, or to sneak in a doctor appointment right before or after work. I get a lot of work done because I'm in my own quiet home instead of a cube farm. And I can do things like tackle some housework in the morning, and drop a spaniel off at the groomer before my workday starts. Which is what I did today. WM went to work. I ...
Life with Dogs
I'm pretty sure anyone with a dog or cat has been here... It took Ollie 10 years to learn to nudge a door open so I'll let him have his victory. ...
The home office staff
I have the privilege of working from home one day a week, and being a former gamer with a former gamer's large monitor makes it easy. But I couldn't do it at all without my home office staff. This is my security guard. He makes certain that I'm aware of anybody who tries to enter the premises. He often patrols the back yard and loudly informs me that all is not well. Or well. He's just kind of loud. This is my IT tech. He's most often found under my desk as I work, making sure the wires ...
