Being Sick is No Fun

I am not feeling so good. I have not been well and I wish I can run around again. You see, I get sick whenever the seasons change. I have no idea why that is. My favorite human takes really good care of me. She makes sure she keeps the floors clean, her sheets are changed often (I love getting on her bed, see), and she tries her best to make sure I don't get entangled in grassy places outside -- she insists that's where those nasty ticks and other bugs are.

Summer was incredibly hot. Jyoti and I stayed indoors during the day and only went out in the middle of the night when the air becomes a little cooler. We normally have disagreements and who gets the best spot near the room cooler but our humans decided to move the dining table to give everyone more room. 

Jyoti and Lucky in front of the cooler

My skin gets all red and itchy when seasons change. The moment the rainy season was about to start, the itchiness got much worse. My favorite human tried her best to make me feel better. She gives me allergy medicine hidden in treats to stop the itching. She also soaked my paws (because they itch, too) in soothing tea made from guava leaves -- feels sooooo good. But, last week, things started to get much worse.

I started feeling sooooo sleepy. And nothing seems to taste right. Our humans got really worried and the man with the needles was called -- they call him Vet. Thank goodness he did not stick me with any needles this time. But I saw him give our my favorite human a shiny strip with round things inside it. And there was a dark colored bottle too. 

The round powdery stuff that the humans sneak into my food smells funny. I heard one of them call it antibiotics. They keep telling me the stuff will make me all better. Then they make me drink that brown liquid that they call a tonic. It smells and tastes okay but I don't feel like eating or drinking. 

They also give me this yummy chicken water which I kind of like. I really don't feel like eating or drinking and my favorite human looks so worried. Last night I had half a banana and some rice. I tried to eat some of that watery oatmeal she gave me this morning and she seemed to think I did good. She keeps telling me to drink water but I just don't feel like it. 

I know they worry about me so I do hope I get to feel better really soon. I miss playing around. Today, they took the car out and I could not even jump in to smell the seats! I used to love doing that. :(

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Hot Summer Canine Woes

Cool Under the Dining Table

Summer can be really tough for us canines. It has been a really scorching week. Temperatures reach as high as 41*C (105.8*F), says my favorite human. And, though she tries to keep us well supplied with cold water for drinking, we are still having a tough time. 

Most of the time, Jyoti and I sleep because moving around makes us feel hotter. Our caretaker humans give us a bath every week (bath means nice smelling shampoo and really relaxing rubs) and they try to cool us down with showers (showers mean they let us stand under the garden hose and get as wet as we want). Plus, they make sure the ceiling fans are on where we happen to be sleeping. We don't go outdoors in the daytime unless we really, really need to pee. 

I have not been feeling well. I get allergies, you see. Yes, dogs get allergies too though Jyoti never seems to suffer from any. Maybe Yellow Labradors are just more sinsitive than Pomeranians, who knows. 

When the season changes from spring to summer (summer here has three parts -- hot, hotter, and oven-like), my skin gets all itchy and red. My favorite human gives me a soothing wash, made up of guava leaves boiled in water, after it has been allowed to cool. It helps with the itching and heals all the raw places where I have licked myself too much.

Too Hot to Move

But, when my allergies get worse, I become sooooo sleepy that I can barely keep my eyes open and I just don't feel like moving much. The skin between my toes get all read, painful and raw. My worried caretakers then got me my usual medicine. Today, I do feel a little better, but I am still not too keen on moving. Jyoti is being a pest. He just won't leave me alone even when the humans tell him to behave. :(

Because Jyoti and I do not eat much when it is so hot, our humans make sure we have lots of cool, juicy and yummy cucumber plus those long melons ("tar") to eat. And our favorite human puts ice in our water during the hottest time of day (around 2 pm).

Anyway, I can't wait for summer to end.

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We Dogs Love Bath Day

Today is bath day. Dogs like us love getting all clean and smelling good. Our humans make sure they really get all the dust and grime off my fur and between my paws. The only thing is that one of the lady humans sings or hums while she gives me my bath and it drives me crazy. 

The days are pretty warm now and it is really dusty all over the place. Summer is not our favorite season (I mean, Jyoti and I). We are lucky that our humans understand we need to get cool so they give us a bath at least once a week. When it gets really, really hot, they get the garden hose and get us all wet and cool. 

This morning, when I saw my human carrying my leash and a bottle of shampoo, I knew it was bath day! I ran and jumped and chased my tail. It has been a pretty itchy few days. That and the fact that we, Labradors, are just always happy -- well, at least, I am.

Jyoti after his bath

Jyoti, the Pomeranian who likes to bully me, though is another story. He makes such a big deal of bath day. He will give our humans a hard time trying to get him to wear his leash. He will hide under the bed or under the car. He growls too. But our humans are smart and they managed to get him leashed as he went out to pee. He loves being bathed and shampooed and being rubbed so I don't understand why he has to be so tough on the humans to catch him.

I get sleepy after a bath

The best part of bath day is that Jyoti and I get to feel sooooo good and sooooo relaxed that we can sleep comfortably. Sleeping after a bath can be really wonderful... Pomeranian or Labrador (or any other canine for that matter). 

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