What an interesting time it was,not as fun as the first time we went but it was still good! Went to lots of places and got caught in tropical storm Debbie for some of the last week(second week).
I didn't see to many dogs though,but i did see a husky,lab and some mixes usually in the morning,probably because it was cooler out and the sprinklers were on!(nothing nicer than a spray of a sprinkler on a hot day)
Oscar enjoyed himself in the kennels! He must have made some friends there,but i did hear him howling when we left and when we came to pick him up. I got him some things in florida too. I got him a new toy,with 2 squeakers in and some grain free chicken treats,which he loves might i add! And he really loves his new toy too!
He was so happy to see us,he went crazy. He ran all over the place,he just wouldn't stay still so i had to put my camera on continuous mode to get this photo!
And of course i had to try out his new treats! They now go by the name of 'special treats'. Say those words and the tail wags and the ears go forward and he is over to you in a flash!
This was his first encounter with his new toy. It was an instant hit. He ran around with it for 15 minutes and then decided to play with me with it and then he even brought it to bed that night!
I didn't get a picture of that though,but i can assure you,it was so cute!
After all the madness was over and the suitcases were unpacked it was back to normal,well i suppose you could say that!
But we had a big problem at hand,and still kind of do.
We gave the Kennels the bag of Applaws and i kept a little box for ourselves. I presumed that there would be some left when we came back home and collected Oscar,but i was wrong. So we were,and still are,faced with the problem of having no applaws food to feed Oscar,bar that little box which ran out on thursday morning!
I ordered some applaws from the petshop but it would take 2 weeks for it to get here,and that just made the problem worse! So we had to get an alternative food for those 2 weeks. I chose Lathams Sensitive because it was the cheapest,fairly ok food that i could find. We could have gotten something like Arden Grange but we just didn't have an extra 30euro to spend on top of the 50 it would cost for the applaws in 2 weeks time.
I'll have more on this dilema later on!
So Oscar was happy with his presents and ,as luck would have it, on our second day back the sun came out and it was actually fairly warm out! So it was play time again for Oscar,but what he didn't know was that i was secretly taking photos of his wild moves!
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| Celebrating!! |
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| Tumble down the hill! |
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| And time for a rest! |
Needless to say,the toy is definitely a hit with him!
Later on that day though,sadly,it rained! But duty still calls and it was off for a walk. Luckilly the Horses are gone from the 2 fields now,so we have our walking space back! Now,i haven't done recall training with Oscar since before Florida and he hadn't seen me for 2 weeks but that walk was when i had my most successful recall ever!
We had just stepped into the second field and we had gotten to a patch of long grass. Oscar just started going mad,frantically sniffing the ground and pouncing over the grass but what i didn't realise was that he had caugth the scent of a rabbit hiding in the grass. He suddenly raced off for the rabbit,nose to ground,zig zagging along and the long line slid out of my hands. So here i am,thinking about what to do,call him of chase him? I called his name he stooped on the dime raised his head and i said 'to me',his recall command,and what did he do............ he turned and bolted to me! To say i was over the moon is an understatement! He got a 'special treat',lots of praise and a treasure hunt.
We havn't done any recalls since because i know by the way he acts when i pop him over the fence if he is going to be in the mood for it today,and i like to make sure each recall is a success without using the long line. We still do games though which encourage him to stay close to me,which is just as important as recall.
But i can't say that he was too happy coming home soaking wet!
It was a tiring walk and play for him though,because he konked out in his bed when we went inside!
Right then,back to the food dilema!
So we got some Lathams,2 bags of it and Oscar ate it,well of course he would he eats anything! The problem now is that there is no applaws to mix it in with so what happened today,lots of lovely farts on the way home in the car(he was at the kennels from friday night cause of my mums birthday party and it would have been unfair to have him around with all the people) and a lovely poo when we got home,and i could only decride this poo as,well........slop!
At first when he had his first meal of it i thought he took to it ok,because his poo was fine,better than it was when fed applaws but i guess i spoke too soo because its not worse than when he was fed applaws!
I will have to make do with it for the next week or so.
However i have some great news! I am so excited and delighted to say that................................. ........................ WE ARE GOING RAW!!!!!!!!!
Yep,you saw right,RAW!!! I managed to cancle that order for applaws and mum and dad are all for raw if its cheaper and better,so they gave me the go ahead to switch to a raw diet! Goodbye kibble,and hello raw food!
"I'm so excited,and i just can't hide it!"
So things did,eventually,sort themselves out!
Well thats all i have about Oscar,but here are some photos from Florida!
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| squirrel! |
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| Seaworld,Shamu Show! |
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| Dolphin Show,Seaworld! |
I really like Seaworld,its by far my favourite park in Orlando! But i loved Big Cat Rescue! I even got an internship offer there for 3 years time,when i am finished school and 18! I went to see a 'pets ahoy' show at seaworld too and it was really good,it was a show with cats and dogs and pigs and birds and stuff and it was so cool and it really shows the potential of rescue animals because all the animals there are rescues from across america!
I also got to feed and touch dolphins at seaworld and it was great,i loved it!
So as you can see,i had a great time in florida and this past week has been pretty good too!
Hopefully i will be able to get some more updates done over summer! I am hoping to go to agility this week and the beach if all goes well so i should have some picture and stuff to mention! I really want to get back into the agility now,i especially want to get to some fun shows! And hopefully Orla will organise some walks for Oscar so that i can work on his fear of dogs(something he developed because of all the dog attacks on him and stuff) And of course i want him to mingle and make some buddies!
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