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Today was peyton's first birthday. She was spoiled all day. She got "special" treats and a new blankie for her kennel. She was wiggleing all around when she got it. She was very excited. I kept telling her Happy Birthday! and she would do a wiggle dance. I wanted people to come over and have a mini party for her, but we already had plans for a human birthday party tonight. Maybe next year though. Thank god we were able to keep her alive 8 and a half months already! 

we had a cocker spaniel fox terrier mix with really bad dry skin and the vet told us to spray him with SKIN SO SOFT by AVON. he said it's gentle enough so that if he licks it, its okay. and when his skin got better (and his coat) we could stop it or use it as often as needed. the vet told us if it's his coat (which it was not) to spray on the coat but since it was the skin then to get under the coat and saturate the skin. and then rub it in. +everyone loves a rub down

we tried the tabasco on poops outside and she couldn't wait to go lick it off. (i was told to that by my parents vet) i think it's a 'grow out of' thing. peyton did. it was also about the same time we changed food though. we went to adult instead of puppy. not sure if that helps or makes ya more confuzed.

holy moly! i had a dream about that one! i don't know if i had seen it before someplace or not but i woke up the other day trying to tell darrin about it. the only thing that i didn't know of is how you got the treat out. i didn't see the whole thing in my dream. it was just the shape. that is awesome!

when i get paid next i think i might get one for peyt.  i think i will have fun takin pics too!

we have bought the sweet potatoe chips/strips and peyton loves them. at first she didn't like it but when she started chewing it and slobbering on it, she fell in love! she will whine if she knows they are there (we keep treats in a container, in a basket above her head on the kennel). but i have noticed that she loves anything that has to do with veggies and fruit. i don't know what it is about her...  i only get the sweet potatoes though when i have money to burn...they are sorta expensive.

I followed these "rules" for about 2 months and then realized that my life and darrin's life shouldn't be ruled around these rules. If Peyton has played hard that day she gets food 12 hours since the last time she ate. (it's also nice having a poop schedule that way too!) and if we are gonna be late at our dinner, she can eat first. but we usually feed her a few mins before we start cleaning up our dinner plates (so after we eat) or if she is really bugging us during our dinner, she gets hers in her kennel. but if she is being "good" she gets her food in the kitchen under the bar like she normally does.

we tried to make it that we entered first but we (i do say we cuz it wasn't just her!) were having leash problems and when we switched to her slip clip collar (the choker but reg leash material) she started relaxing more and she now lollygags behind us when we enter the house. sometimes we do it just to reinforse that we are the leader and she sits automatically when we do that.

she does gets food scraps...when we are done. and not the good kind that dogs drule over! she gets carrots and green beans and potatoes and fruits. we don't drop stuff from when we are eating. i think that would tell her that it is okay to do that.

we do, however, have a problem with her thinking she can clean the plates though when we load them in the dishwasher. but we don't let her lick ones that actually have food on them. she licks the water off for us!

i think it really matters on the dogs and the owners. she is a totally spoiled brat, but i think she knows her place. ya know...darrin, peyton and then me! nah i think she knows that i make the rules too...she just doesn't follow them sometimes.

thanks. i still think it's nuts. 

I give him a large spoonful of canned pumpkin.  Just plain pumpkin, no spices.  That usually does the trick. 
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a side note... we (me and peyton) were cooking some pumpkin pies over thanksgiving and she got a hold of the can that the pumpkin comes in and she fell in love! i noticed that when i opened another can she got all excited and i even started scraping some and eating it myself! so, when i see that pumpkin is on sale next year...i think i might have to get me and peyton a little treat!