Ah, to have the simple life of a pampered pooch.
Puppy Cody so loves treats of any kind. She’ll lie under the dining room table for hours in hopes that a tiny crumb might fall down for her to savor – even if it’s the middle of the day and no human has been sitting at that table since breakfast.
Unfortunately, poor Cody is getting older and her already delicate digestive system can no longer handle any treats containing meat, chicken, bacon or peanut butter, nor cinnamon, molasses or pretty much any kind of spice. Well, maybe she’d enjoy that, but we don’t enjoy it when those treats make her gassy. Even allowing her to lick egg yolk off a plate makes her smelly. If you’ve ever been in a house with a farting dog, you know what I mean.
So Cody’s now pretty much limited to her prescription dog kibble, Milkbone biscuits, and occasionally a No Hide chew treat (yes, that can make her a wee bit gassy even though it’s vegetable based, but it’s good for her teeth and she only gets one every couple of weeks – I can tolerate that). We did manage to find an organic treat containing only blueberries, flour, oil, sugar, and vanilla (plus a couple of minor non-spice ingredients), which she seemed to tolerate just fine the one time we gave them to her. Heck, they looked and smelled just like human cookies – I was sorely tempted to eat one myself!
All of the non-Cody-digestable treats were given to the other dogs in the family: Maya, the traditional German Shepherd; Gunnar, the black German Shepherd; Rocket, the fluffly little white terrier mix; and Astro, the tiny guy who looks like a miniature pinscher/chihuahua mix.
Cody’s “cousins” were thrilled to get all those treats. Cody was not so happy to see Dad put those treats in a bag and take them out of the house.
Possibly Cody’s little doggy brain has decided the only way she’ll get anything special is if she’s lucky enough to catch something falling off the dining room table. She can lie under there all day for all I care – at least she’s not pestering me to go out to play with the bunnies and squirrels. Right now anyway. Later, I’m sure that will change – I swear those little critters wait for her to come out so they can tease her into a good chase. They know there’s no way she can catch them.
For now I intend to take advantage of the quiet and work on my latest crochet project. With my feet up and binge-watching one of my favorite shows on DVD.
Hope your day is as uneventful.
Hugs, all!
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You’ve mentioned Maya the GSD before as we called our GSD pup Maya. She;s still a puppy at 19 months and 36kg! Love the post and all those doggies! Poor Cody. I know what you mean about gassy. Maya has gone off her hide chews so it was recommended we give her a raw carrot, which she loves. Very sweet smelling farts! Take care and treats (especially specials for Cody) by proxy.
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I wish Cody could eat raw carrots, but she can only eat cooked ones, and only rarely. She also can’t eat apples, although a tiny bit of unsweetened applesauce on occasion seems to be ok.
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aww, bless her.
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Our lovely Ruby had a bad tummy all her life. So we certainly know all about smelly farts. We miss her so we would put up with no end of smelly farts just to have her back.
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I hear you, Willow. I don’t know what I’ll do once Cody is gone. We’re at the point where we would no longer want to, or be able to, commit to caring for another dog.
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Yes we are the same it’s hard
.. sending 😘
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What are you binge-ing?
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Oh I have nearly all the light comedy shows from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Just finished The Office and then Parks & Recreation. Now I’m on the last season of Northern Exposure. Next, I’ll watch 30 Rock and then Brooklyn Nine-Nine (neither of which I’ve seen before – Cordelia recommended them to me). It’s just a way to entertain myself while crocheting and I refuse to pay for cable or a streaming service. Sometimes, however, I do watch antenna TV. We have a couple of great oldies stations.
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Ahh good to see Puppy Cody here, CM. It’s been a while. I just lost my dog, Fire on Thursday 😔But I feel better now after writing about his passing in my journal. Btw, I love the pics of Cody’s cousins. Maybe later I’ll adopt a new puppy for the girls! ☺️🌈
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I’m so sorry to hear you’ve lost your Fire. I’ve been through that several times with our pets, and it never gets any easier. Hugs, Pat.
(PS – After our Riggsie and Morgan died, within a few months of each other, I managed to be dogloss for all of a week before I realized I couldn’t stand not having another living creature in the house. That’s how we came to adopt Puppy Cody.)
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Thanks so much, CM! You’re right, it never gets any easier. And it feels kind of strange not having a four legged creature in the house🐾😉😅
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That’s so sad that Cody can’t have the treats she loves! It must be hard to find something that fits her restrictions. Thank you for sharing this story.
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It is hard. We found that she can’t even eat Milkbone any more (because it’s made with beef). However, we did find some lovely blueberry biscuits that seem to agree with her. Meanwhile, her “cousins” will be enjoying all the treats that we had to give away.
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