Have to keep the Hound busy!

Buddy’s new toy, a Kong given to him by Aunt Pat: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Th12EP60KIojVwls2

My Buddy

http://youtu.be/pBtg0SVlMLs   My Buddy - Bing Crosby

We didn't make it two years....

Well, we've always had dogs.  When we lost our wonderful Kincaid https://photos.app.goo.gl/6c6R0Pw5YVqx74CT2  on Feb 18th, 2016 both Alice and I decided that was probably it for us.  Then (because living without a dog is hard when you've been blessed with one) we tried to adopt another Cavalier...but that didn't work out.  So, we busied ourself with the Ring Neck Parrot Louie and the two cats (Gwennie and Ginger)...and thought our dog days were behind us.

If you've been following this Blog at all you know about Buddy who's adopted us.  I guess we're really Southerners now that we have a Tennessee Walker Coonhound in residence.  He's adjusting wonderfully and we are too....I'd forgotten  what it was like to share space with a needy, loving and cheerful duck-luck.  Enjoying him immensely!  We are blessed :).

1st Dog Park run....

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Moving along with New dog.....

So, I was a little worried about Buddy....slept a good 12 hours last night on the couch, wasn't too interested in eating...Took him outside and he promptly laid down and rested.  I shoud have expected it as he had a zillion shots yesterday and today we started him on flea-tick meds...tomorrow it's Heartworm meds.  Anyway, he got up a while ago, walked into the kitchen and did a great State Park Dog stretch to the middle of a counter and ate the cats food.  We then gave him some dry food mixed with a little canned food and he scoffed that up to :).  We'll have to figure out new cat-feeding arrangements with this hound duck running around....haven't had that issue since the Dalmation Lady who was known to stretch over a counter and eat an eye-round roast.

Ashley's father has been in intensive care...major issues with bleeding ulcers that had him on the Critical List////seems to be coming around now. Alice has been at the hospital with Ashley a lot..

Tonight we have a play here in town...a good comedy we've been looking forward to:The Complete History of America Abridged, TPI II .  

Cheers!

Buddy at home😄

From State Park dog to a home in town....

Moving along with our Buddy....

Well, busy days!  Buddy is acclimating nicely and as I type this he's sound asleep on the Forida Room couch enjoying his new life of domestic tranquility :)..

He's been to the vet, had a zillion shots and was given a good exam.  He (the Vet) thinks he has a stretched shoulder which is causing a small limp....should work itself out.  He's now on Heartworm meds, as well as flea and tick meds.  He'll be "fixed" on the 28th of this month, and while at the Vet will have his teeth cleaned and he'll be micro-chipped.  So, our loose as a goose in a State Park Buddy has entered the world of leashes, shots, and training.  Hope he's not planning his escape! :).

Buddy, the New Dog

http://dogtime.com/dog-breeds/treeing-walker-coonhound

Stephen Foster Culture State Park in White Springs FL AND....we have a new family member!!

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Well, we've been adopted!  Had a nice week up at Stephen Foster Culture State Park in White Springs Fl.  On our 2nd evening there we were visited by a hound....stayed at the edge of the campsite, but with the aid of some cheese got him to get close.  Last night he came back (we were having a pot luck and he smelled the grill going?) and I got a collar on him....but he slipped it.  So, I talked to some campground hosts and they said he (they called him Buddy) had been hanging around the park since around December....they and others were feeding him but the Park Rangers had decided he had to go to the shelter soon if no one took him.  I told them we were interested and they managed to collar him this morning.  Don't know if he ever rode in a motor home before (or a car for that matter) but he did well in both.  He's very nervous and it's going to take some acclimation time.  He's a Walker Coon Hound, and we figure about a year old. VERY affectionate... Tomorrow we'll be making a vet appointment for his shots, getting him fixed etc.  So, we're hoping Buddy is happy here and likes camping :).  I need the walking exercise and this guy will see to it that it happens...he's rescued me.

Morning musing....

Alice is doing good after the orthopedic surgery on her left knee.  She's had her follow up visit and everything is looking good.  Next week, after we return from our camping jaunt to Stephen Foster Folk Culture State Park she'll have a physical therapy session.  Today we're meeting up with Duane and Nancy and Mel and Dotti and going out to lunch to celebrate Dotti's birthday.  Tonight we have a play "Menopause" at Titusville Playhouse, and then tomorrow early it's off camping for the week.