Diary – Page 17 – My Cocker Spaniel

Very hot here in Michigan

I had time so I gave Hoshi his bath and trim early. He was getting stinky anyways. His trim was just a touch up mostly of his paws and face. I did trim his length down again with a #7. I included a flea dip. I didn’t find any on him but I did see one this morning on the kitchen floor. It may have come from outside since we just came in from a walk.

It’s been in the 90’s the past couple of days. Hoshi doesn’t even want to go for a walk when it’s this hot. Hoshi doesn’t deal well with the heat compared to Gabby. I heard on the news the Humane Society is getting a lot of calls about dogs left out in the heat. Our air conditioner is running nonstop. It can’t even keep up. We have it set to 74 and it was 77 early last evening.

Another bath and trim

I gave Hoshi his bath. I replaced a light fixture in the basement so I could finally see what I was doing. I also gave Hoshi a flea dip during his bath so I wouldn’t get bitten like last time (No bites! Yay!). I trimmed him down again with a #7 blade. It’s been hot lately. He looks cute in his summer cut. His Booster Bath has been looking gross so I took out the mat and scrubbed it and the bath as well.

Hoshi has been minding me more and more. He doesn’t take off when we are in the front yard. He sits and waits for permission to move. Believe it or not, the other day me and Hoshi saw iguana in someone’s front yard. It was huge (about 3 foot long). It was behind the fence. Hoshi saw it move and was curious about it.

Bath and Trim overdue

I guess Hoshi didn’t get a bath last month. He seriously needed both and I just gave him a bath and trim this morning. I shaved him down completely–even his tuft. His ears were filthy (just the outside). They were black! Well it took a good 2 maybe 3 hours. I tried not to leave patches of uncut hair on him. He looks and smells better now.

Broken glass problem

Broken glass has always been a problem in my neighborhood. It’s even in the playgrounds. Walking Hoshi in my neighborhood is like walking through a minefield. Today was the last straw. Hoshi walked right into a pile of broken glass (a beer bottle) during our walk. I got my leaf blower and got on my bike and went through the neighborhood clearing glass off the sidewalks. My neighbors probably thought I was crazy. It’s a shame they don’t care enough to do it themselves. Later, I took Hoshi for a walk around the block around 5pm. It was nice walking him without worrying about in stepping in glass. This is the 2nd time I’ve done this in my neighborhood.

We chased another skunk

Maybe it was the same one. It was about a mile away from where we saw the other one. It had just crossed a major road. They don’t run too fast. I was careful not to get close. Hoshi was going nuts. It smelled skunky too. I think these are good bonding moments for me and Hoshi. We’re still not as close as me and Gabby were.