So sometime back in the past couple of weeks, we also went apartment hunting and signed a lease for next year. We found a nice place on the other side of town. It's a lot further from school and a little more expensive, but it will be MUCH nicer than our current apartment. The building is only three years old and we will have a little patio that leads out into a wooded area. We move in in August. I will FINALLY have a washer and dryer. Like a real, live, actual grown-up. :)
Lenny will even get his own bathroom! :) Which is a good thing, because the vet recently upped his bath regimen. We went a week ago to the doctor because Lenny has his usual spring itchies. He's itchy year-round but everything that he is allergic to is blooming now. So the vet said that not only does he have to have a bath every three days, we have to lather him up and keep the medicated shampoo on him for TEN MINUTES before rinsing it off (with cool water only).
If you have ever bathed a water-hating dog, then you understand how ridiculous this timeframe is.
Then, once we towel-dry him, we have to put conditioning spray on his skin. The problem with the spray is that we trained Lenny with a water spray bottle, so if he did something bad, he got squirted. So he hates that.
The vet said that Lenny is the worst allergy case he's ever seen in his career. However, he was really pleased with the progress Lenny's been making, and he thought Lenny's coat looked really good. (Despite the fact that he's been shedding like crazy, which wire-haired dogs are not supposed to do.) He'll get his summer haircut soon. The weather has been getting nicer, but on Saturday, the day of my first 15K, it is supposed to be rainy/snowy and cold.
3 comments:
The new apartment looks really nice. The floor plan looks really open. I love that! I can't believe you have to bathe Lenny every 3 days! That is a lot work! Good luck on your 15K. Nathan is running the Columbus half marathon this weekend. I'll be thinking of you too while I'm cheering him on.
SOOOOO excited for you!! Maybe I can come out in August to help with the move!! Of course I am going to be doing a lot of moving inside my school right about then too...one room to a closet. Oh goody.
But so exciting!! I bet you can't wait!! When's the 15 K??
We're moving too, in May. But don't have a cool floor plan like you guys do. You're place looks great! My new apartment is on the top floor of a 1880's triplex, so quite a bit older. But it has two bedrooms and an office and almost two bathrooms, because there is a separate room for the toilet - just the toilet -- a typical Montreal apartment. It's going to be great! Sophie will have two balconies and her own bedroom. Right now, we are in a loft, no balcony and no walls.
Having bathed Cha Cha, who is a terrier, I know exactly how crazy Lenny's baths are going to be. Good luck!
-Sherry, the person who attends to every whim and desire of Sophie Brador.
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