Let Me In!

Parker is obsessed with trying to get into the laundry room.  He likes to watch the clothes spin around in the washer and tries to play with the mop and broom.  I told him he couldn't go in and he decided to try to unlock the door himself.

Mom is this the right key?

Hey, I got this mom!

Cheap Fixes

Parker received an Aquadoodle for his birthday. The water pen lasted 2 weeks then Turner decided it was delicious.  I searched for a replacement and discovered a new water pen was $14! F that! Then I was in the man den one day and came across a foam paintbrush and viola! .15 paintbrush solved the problem, suck it Magnadoodle!

From time to time we go to a local indoor playground and Parker's favorite activity is the moon dough sandbox.  You can buy moon dough in stores, but buying enough to fill a container would probably set you back $40.  So I jumped on Pinterest, found this recipe and in less than 15 minutes, made a toddler very, very happy.

Security Upgrades

Ike has taken it upon himself to beef up security around our house. He recently installed the Bone Lock 3000. Basically when someone (me) tries to open the front door Ike gets excited and drops his bone, creating an instant door stop. To disengage the Bone Lock 3000 you must shout, loud enough for the neighbors to hear, "Ike where's your bone! Get your bone!" until he picks it up. I just wish he would stop using it when my arms are full of groceries!

Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On

The good news is Turner can detect seizures.  The bad news is he detects his own seizures.  He has had at least three seizures.  The first two he lost the ability to control some, but not all of his legs and it lasted for a few minutes.  It never occur to us that they were seizures, I thought his hips locked and he was showing symptoms of hip dysplasia. As it turns out those were petit mal seizures.  The one he had last night was a grand mal with shaking and lasted about five minutes.  Thanks to over breeding, epilepsy is prevalent in breeds like labs and his newish flea/worm medicine (which I just bought a years worth!) can increase seizure frequency in epileptic dogs.  So far three seizures in 2.5 years is nothing to worry about, in fact the vet said he could have petit mals every day with no ill effects.  When he begins having five or more seizures a year, then we need to start him on medication to control his epilepsy.

Here is a video of another chocolate lab having a seizure (there are A LOT of YouTube videos of labs having seizures) so you can see what his first two seizures looked like. 

And yes, Brian was right...we should have purchased pet insurance years ago!

Hey Big Talker!

It appears Parker has officially broken his vow of silence!  He has been incoherently babbling up a storm the past few weeks and has started repeating some words.  I shot, what I thought, would be a cute video of Parker repeating some words.  But after watching the video I realized Turner and his giant tongue pretty much drown out Parker!  Yup, that background noise is Turner trying to drain the water bowl.