Diarrhea (fft! fft!)

I just don't know what to do with our little Boston Terrier eating machine.  As I'm sure most of you know by now, Fergie has had bouts with diarrhea since we got her.  We've tried four different kinds of food, contacted the breeder we got her from, have made several vet appointments, and have googled "diarrhea and 'Boston Terrier'" 'til our fingers bled.  We've been assured that she'll grow out of it.  And I'm sure she will but in the interim, it's obnoxious.  Don't get me wrong -- I feel for my little schnarfey, but come on!  The current batch comes after a three-week period of relative firmness.  We think what set it off is THE CUP OF CAT FOOD THAT SHE ATE the other night.  Needless to say, P fixed the broken dog gate immediately following.

Other recent developments with The Ferg include:

1. She has taken to air humping her bed.  No matter how much you try and stop her, she won't.  
2. She will stand in front of P (not me, just P) and bark at him for no apparent reason.  This drives P bonkers.
3. Originally we thought she didn't shed.  We were wrong.
4. She insists on eating sticks (which end up in her poop).
5. She gets carsick.  That should make for fun road trips during Thanksgiving and Christmas!

I didn't mean for this post to be anti-Fergie.  I love her to death.  Here she is doing her best to look completely uninterested in everything.

  

Sit, Fergie, Sit! Good Dog!

In exactly one day this weekend, Fergie learned how to sit!  She will sit without food, but it takes her longer.

Don't you wish your boston was cute like mine?

FERGIE!

It's quite obvious from the polling that our puppy's name is Fergie. To be exact, her name is Ferguson Eunice Germanotta-Ciccone.

Here's the latest picture! Two days and counting!

Puppy Picture!

T-minus one week until puppy 2010!

Fergie o' the Week

A bit awkward, Fergs, but that's ok. You're still cute.

Weekly Puppy Picture!

Weekly puppy picture!

Poll Open!

The poll is now open. We're workshopping five names. Polls close on March 20, the day we pick her up.

Puppy! (continued)

It's official! We've put down our deposit! The breeder provides weekly picture updates here. We pick her up on March 20!

Puppy!

At long last, we're getting a puppy! We've been on a waiting list for a while now waiting for a Boston Terrier. Technically, we probably could have had one by now if not for the fact that we don't want to potty train a puppy in Chicago in the winter. Today, I got an email from the breeder! We have three to choose from, all females. My favorite (not that you can tell anything from a week old lump of a puppy) is "Fergie", mostly because I find that name adorable. Though we probably will still change it to something less appropriate for a dog. Like Estelle or Stacey. We would get her at the end of March, which SHOULD be the tail end of winter.

My big argument with P right now is that I want to do doggy daycare while she's a puppy. He thinks it's a waste of money. I don't want some tiny little baby animal to be locked up for 9 or 10 hours a day. All she'll do is cry, pee and poop. Doggy daycare is not unlike childcare in that it's $$$, but I don't think we'll need to do it forever. Just until she's able to control her bladder and pooper.

In any event, here's my favorite. You're really not missing much by not seeing the other two. They all look the same to me.

Our new dog!

Well, eventually.  But first we need to move.  When we are finally able to get a dog, we will get a Boston Terrier.  Isn't this family cute?!  That was my first reaction, too, until I read the caption.  Now I'm enraged.

Gizmo and family
(AP photo by Elise Amendola / January 29, 2009)
Four pure-bred Boston terrier puppies gather around their father, Gizmo, at the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Methuen, Mass. Five puppies were surrendered along with their parents, Gizmo and Sasha, after animal control officers in Lawrence, Mass., found them living in deplorable conditions and suffering from multiple medical issues.