It's Weenie Time!

After work...most days...I spend a little time on the deck with the weenies.

Here is Franklin...he's panting because it was so hot out...like mid 90's.

He's a full grown lovely boy now! He's over two years old.

He is very very sweet and gentle. He's very attached to me. Likes to be near me at all times.

He's an easy dog. He comes in when I call now and the only thing he is crazy about is squirrels 

but I never have to worry about him trying to get out. He seems perfectly content in my backyard.

When I had Newman I was constantly scared that he was going to find a way out or hurt himself doing

some daredevil thing. Franklin is full of fun...but he's not hell bent on destruction. 

He's a happy little guy.

I tried to get a photo of his full body, so you could all see how handsome he has become.

He has a very nice tail but his ears are a little funny. 

The hair stays short on the tips and is long on the tops.

Many of the photos turned out like this because he kept trying to come up and kiss me while I was shooting.

I haven't shown Harvey in awhile. He is much thinner than he used to be.

Here's a photo of how he used to look....

Very adorable but very fat.

He's is still chunky...but he has lots more energy now and can run and jump a little.

He's lost weight since I started spoon feeding them.

I don't leave food out for him to eat when he wants any more.

Still adorable.

I began this diet after discovering Violet is allergic to grain and chicken.

She had a terrible sinus infection and cough last year that just would not go away.

Many trips to the vet did not solve the problem.

The vet said it was just chronic and nothing to be done about it.

Well, I switched to canned food just because I'd run out of their normal dry.

That canned food was beef only. 

Mom had brought it when she came to stay with me.

After a few days on that food...Violet was so much better!

The coughing stopped and way less snotty nose.

Recently, I went grain free too and she's 100% again.

She has always sneezed a lot in the spring and summer but last year after she caught kennel cough 

from Franklin...she was sick most of last year.

I wonder why my vet didn't think to suggest it could be a food related allergy.

Her skin was itchy and broken out too.

Now it seems obvious.

Anyway, I wanted to tell about it here in hopes of helping anyone else that has a dog 

with a constant cough, runny nose and itchy skin.

Try taking chicken and grain out of their diet.

Poor Violet, she is not very photogenic. She is much more beautiful than this photo shows.

She is very hard to photograph too...she doesn't care about having her picture taken at all.

Newman used to stare right at the camera and I'd get lots of good shots of him.

Funny how some dogs like their picture taken and some don't.

Sally doesn't mind although she wiggles too much when close up. 

She is probably thinking about rolling in something in that top pic.

She likes to do that a lot.

Here she is being good. Such a silly girl with a silly smile.

Sally's lost weight too....Franklin has gained a little which is fine but poor Violet has 

gained several pounds. She used to pick at her food but since I changed it

she wants to eat lots of it. I think she knew it made her sick and ate as little as possible. 

That's what's up with the dogs.

Nothing much up with me.

Which is good....it's good when things are dull...don't you think?

Nothing bad happening...and that is good. 

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