Saturday, November 24, 2007
ticks and REI and so much more!
after we took hudson to the vet and getting him vaccinated for lime's disease, we took him hiking in the woods. he LOVED it! he is such a good hiking dog! he stays mostly on the trail and always stays in eyesight. but he also loves sniffing for rodents and trying to get hawks out of their trees and eating rabbit poop. he eats so much crap. i'm amazed that he didn't have any intestinal parasites (the vet did a test for them and it came out negative).this is hudson trying to find a way to get to the top of the rock with jon:
new england in the fall
he did get a lot of ticks this week though, even though we put his flea and tick medicine on him . . . it SAYS that it kills ALL ticks . . . well, not the 9 or so that we've had to pull out of him. what's funny is we NEVER found any ticks on him until AFTER we put that medicine on him . . . weird. it's like it ATTRACTS TICKS instead of repelling them.
he does so good letting us pull them out though - probably because he knows he'll get a treat when it is all done. it is sooooo gross.
anyway, yesterday we went to REI for the christmas sale. jon bought me my christmas present (i am going to be SO surprised when i open it) and we got some other gifts for people (maybe you?) as well as a backpack for hudson.
when we got home we tried it on him and he was so good! he stood still and let me put it on hiim and didn't seem to mind it. we put some weights in the pockets and he just carried them around. he didn't try to take it off or anything. jon did some research and it says that malamutes are working dogs and can carry up to 50 pounds on their own. the vet said it would be good for him to just let him wear his pack around the house so he gets some exercise carrying stuff and feels like he is "helping" out or doing some work.
anyway, so now when we hike or camp, he can pack his own things in and out. it even has little drain holes in it in case he decides to go swimming while he is wearing it! :)
so, he and i both received our christmas gifts early . . .
what do you want for christmas?
say it don't spray it 10:59 AM
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