Everyone is upset over the Corona virus except our dog, Roxy. Every time my husband and I leave together, we crate our dog. She never minded though until last Monday and we cannot figure out why. We've been crating her since last August twice a week. We just put in some special treats and she walked right in and settled down. Since I retired in January, we've been going out more often. We crated her about 1-2 hours a day, 3 on Sunday while we went to church. We used to include a busy bone along with some delicious frozen Wolf Wilderness stew until about four weeks ago when we found out she had gained 8 pounds and I discovered the busy bones are really high in calories. We were giving her them 5-6 times a week but the recommended amount on the bag said only 2 a week for a dog her size. Oops.
I think she's realized that she misses these busy bones. She has been losing weight since we've cut them down to just on Sundays so it's working. Since our last vet visit 4 weeks ago, she's lost 4 pounds but still has 4 more to go yet to get to the weight she was at when we first got her.
With our church services cancelled, the Sr. Center closed for the rest of this month at least, and the libraries closed to the public, we are spending lots more time at home and haven't gone anywhere together without her. I did our grocery shopping last night alone to avoid having to crate her today. We are doing lots of walking including new routes to change things up. Fortunately, the weather has been in the 30s or better and dry for the most part. The ice and snow are all gone so I am grateful for that!
Although I am bummed that all our hangouts have closed down, Roxy is thrilled! Any ideas on how to get her going back in again without the Busy Bones? We can't really trust her to leave things as they are and not break a window if we leave her out when we go away.
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Roxy is sure gonna be spoiled but she deserves it!
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