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joggerjayne | 12:19 Sat 22nd Oct 2011 | ChatterBank
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Some friends have just dropped off their dog.

I'm looking after her for a few days, while they go away.

Apparently it's half term. I would have found out on Monday when the roads were quiet, and the weekend visitors were still here!

She's been skidding around on some of my wooden flooring, LOL.

She's a sweet little thing but, if she wees in my apartment, I'm throwing her over the balcony.

I suppose I'd better buy some dog food. Do they like Cesar, is it called?
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Gosh Jogger, didn't they leave her any food with you. Sounds like she is a small dog, and is likely to get an upset tummy if she isn't introduced slowly to a diferent brand of food. Can you contact them to find out what she eats?
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Yes, they left a bag of dry food, but I don't think she likes it very much. I was going to get her something a bit nicer.
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She is small.

She's a ... I think this is right ... a "cockerpoo" ?
If she's used to dry food, then only feed that to her. Wet food for a pet which isn't used to it, could make her poo really runny, and you don't want that..... did they leave you some little plastic bags for poo-picking-upping?
Best not to change her diet. Or you may be throwing her over the balcony for more than a wee :0) She might like the dry food more if you moisten it.
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No, no plastic bags.

Oh, god ... I'd forgotten about the "picking up poop" thing.

=0(
I can't believe someone trusted you to look after a dog..............
If you have an ALDI nearby, their own brand small dog food ('Earls' brand) is cheaper and seemed to suit my last dog more than any of the fancy stuff from Tesco.

If you're going to give her another type of goof, though, introduce it gradually, mixing it into her regular stuff a bit at a time. Otherwise you run the risk of giving her the squits - and I'm sure that's the last thing you want to clear up!
Looks like I 'goofed' there For 'goof', read 'food'.
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Well, I've taken the mutt for a run on the prom, which was quite fun.

Although, running holding a dog lead is harder than it looks !!

Happily, she didn't poop. Particularly happily as I forgot to take a plastic bag!

I've got some Cesar, and I've mixed it with her dry food. She seems to be enjoying that.

craft ... harsh, but fair, LOL. Still, I'll do my best.

saxy ... if she gets the squits, I'm tying her out on the balcony for the night.

Oh, god ... I hadn't really worked out where to put her for the night.

In the spare room, perhaps?

They've given me this little cage thing, and a fluffy dog bed.

Maybe just in the hall, perhaps.
She hasn't pooped? That's a bit worrying,as, if she had-then there's less opportunity for accidents indoors....if you get my drift.
Do you know where she sleeps at 'home'....try to replicate that. If it's in the kitchen-then there, or in your room if she sleeps with her owners.
You'll love her by the end of the week....bet she is gorgeous.
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She is quite a pretty little thing.

She's all black, even her eyes, and she has sort of poodle ears, and she's quite fluffy.

She's very nice natured.

I'm worried about this not pooping now. Maybe I'll pop out for a quick gin and tonic later, and give her a walk.

At home, she sleeps wherever she likes. They sometimes have them on their bed !!!!!

That is SO not happening. I'm not sharing my bed with a dog !!
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I'm taking the mutt for a walk.

I've got a plastic bag.

=0(
Welcome to the pleasures of having a dog, but be warned JJ they have a way of worming their way into your life. Some friends of ours, despite not really being doggy people, agreed to look after their sons dog for three months while they went to Oz to visit his wife's brother. By the time the son's family returned they'd become that attached to the mutt they flatly refused to return the dog. they've still got it after eight years.
Is that not called theft, paddywack? That is what they call it where I come from.
JJ I do so hope you haven't taken a supermarket bag with you .... they've got safety holes punched out at the bottom ......
Get some nappy bags from any supermarket, less than a £1 for zillions and they tie at the top.
What ever you call it Jonny everybody seems happy to accept the situation
You can get poop bags and doggy wipes in the supermarket
Has she pooped yet?

Are you still out walking her...;-0
Sorry I spoke, paddywack. Just so long as everyone is happy. They do not have a spare dog, do they?

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