Day number two with little sleep.

Ginger......I love you, but you have to sleep at night. If only I had a way to keep her awake during the day then she might be tired enough at night to sleep through the night. Waking up to a dog crying for no reason, other then she is senile and confused is really tough.

She is really a sweet dog. I don't mean to complain. It's just difficult to see her mind going, and her body slowly following. She loves me, clearly, she's afraid when she wakes up that I'm not still sleeping in the bed. And I know that someday, probably too soon, I will miss that crying in the middle of the night. I'll probably wake up thinking about it, only to miss it.

Sleep is over rated.

Ramblings of a tired person. Ginger hasn't been sleeping that well. Some nights she wakes me up every hour or so. Some nights it's only once. Some nights, she doesn't wake me up at all. So, what's the deal?

We've had her to the vet. we've changed her medicines. And can't really figure it out. When she does have a bad night, it's an anxiety level that I've never seen in an animal before.

Staring at me and crying as if she thinks I'm about to die. Which, sometimes when she wakes me up, I feel like I'm having a heart attack from the shock her little face 1 inch from my face staring and crying. Not the most comforting thing to wake up to.

What can I do? I've tried drugging her up. NOT an option. I don't like her stumbling around like a drunk sailor... So, I guess the answer to it try and sleep when I can, and just deal with it. With her old age and senility, I think some day I will miss that sweet face 1 inch from mine waking me up at night.......

Big Momma...is in the house.

OK, so we've had Big Momma, or Grandma, for a few months. She's very attached to me. She loves me so much that when she is really excited about seeing me, she humps....Which is a little embarrassing. Well, OK, it's super embarrassing.

She cannot contain herself, and you can see her working her way up to it, and it's like, oh shit there she goes. She's going to hump me, in front of everyone as if I'm her bitch. Umm. grab the back of her neck, tell her no before she starts. UGH. too late. Everyone's already laughing. sigh.

So, the hubby finds this to be super funny. As I cringe, he's laughing his ass off at it. It was so frustrating that one time I threatened to hump her back, wait, did I just say that? yeah, that was not a shining moment. He laughed even harder-do you hear what you just said to the dog? I think you're losing it. Maybe I am. But you don't know how embarrassing this is!

He thought it was sooo funny. Except last night she did it to him. hahahhaha. not so funny anymore, is it? Now I see the humor in it......well played Big Momma. Well played.

Poop Eating Is BAD

OK, I have three dogs, one has bladder issues, because she is old. I love her, but waking up every night at least one time, sometimes more than once, is kind of tiring. I do it because, well, I don't need Pee all over the house, and well, she depends on me. She is the old dog in the house, at 12. Ginger. We love Gingers, as we call her, as if there are more than one of her.

But Hazel, the second oldest, and alpha dog, likes to get up and pretend she has to pee, but then looks for poop to eat......really? At midnight, you're eating poop? Not that I suggest you have it for dinner....I'm not really suggesting you eat poop at all, but damn. At midnight, you're running outside for a poop snack? WTF? I'm sorry to say, that at midnight, I don't have a lot of patience with the whole poop eating thing. I've threatened to make her wear a sign while I walk her through the neighborhood that says "I'm a POOP EATER." But that didn't really phase her. So, I took her picture and posted it on Facebook. She didn't care about that either.

I asked the vet about it, you know, is she missing something in her diet? Nope. OK, then why does she eat Poop? Because it smells and tastes different then her food. OK...but it still smells and tastes like Poop, right? So, again. WTF? UGH. Anyhow, here's to the poop eater. Who just turned 10. Love you Hazel, but really. You have to stop eating Poop.