He was the big 3 yesterday! Cannot believe it, time has gone by so fast!
For his Birthday Oscar got to go to the vets! It was definitely what he wished for, his boosters and the Kennel Cough vaccine......... NOT! He was not a happy hound. To make it up to him I gave him a pack of bacon, a WHOLE pack! Mind you, it was 5 days past its best before date but it smelt ok and I'm sure his industrial strength Hydrochloric Acid stomach of steel can cope with it. I think that made his day better.
I must admit that I didn't actually have anything for him. I had to go down to Wexford and pick him up something. I got him an Antos dog chew, which lasted about 5 minutes, and a Busy Buddy treat dispensing toy, which I'm not certain he knows how to use.
Here's the toy
But in all fairness, even I find it hard to get treats out. I think I may have to modify it a little. He loved it though, he spent 10 minutes bouncing it around.
I was hoping to get him a new collar and I had one in mind which I could get from a pet shop but it's quite expensive for something that isn't too impressive. I could get a pacman half check chain one with an engraved slider name tag attached for about €25 roughly. It's this collar.
I wouldn't be able to get it until the end of the month though.
I have brilliant news! Oscar has finally lost the weight I wanted to get off him! For months I was trying to get a little bit of extra weight off him and I weighed him to see that he is now 13.6kg!!!! He was 16kg this time last year!!!!
He really enjoyed his walk. Sadly, he is restricted to the long line for the time being because of an incident that involved shouting on my part and ditch climbing on his. (if only I hadn't forgotten my whistle)
He was very good, and his recall is just stunning!
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| Lift me in please, I'm ready to go! |
Its been quite some time since he wore his Julius K9 harness but seeing as it was it's 1 year anniversary with us (he got it when he was two) I thought I'd give it a spin.
We had a quick game of catch the treat,
The Horses are back in the fields again so now we are back down to only one field to walk in. I would go into the field with the horses in but there is a tricky gate and electric fence to maneuver and there are a lot of horses that I know nothing about. I spent enough time taking photos of them though, so they definitely know who I am!
Then we did some recall stuff and Oscar was great. At one point I turned around and he was doing a sit stay for no reason! I hadn't asked for it or even hinted that I wanted one but it was very good none the less!
Then we headed home. Just in time actually because it started to rain as we stepped in the door!
Mam and Dad got Oscar a pack of pigs ears for his birthday so while they were out shopping I gave him one. It took him about 5 minutes to figure out that it was edible but then he scoffed it down!
Happy Birthday Oscar!!!!!
