A Little Sibling Rivalry

Not my dog and cat. lol

Samson and Abby had their first fight last night. Here's how it went down...

We're renting out our house this weekend for the football game, so we're staying at my parents' house. I had taken the dogs and Oscar to my parents' house yesterday morning before I went to work because our renters were going to arrive at our house at noon. The dogs had been at my parents' house all day and hadn't eaten anything yet (which is like their usual schedule anyway - they tend to eat just once in the evening), so Travis gave them each a rawhide chew to tide them over before we fed them when we went to bed. They ate the treat without any problems.

The trouble came afterwards when Travis put out some of their toys; a couple of the toys were ones in which we often put peanut butter or other treats (they didn't have anything in them this time, though). I guess the stress of being in an unfamiliar place was too much, because as soon as Travis set them on the floor, Abby and Sam just went at it! A lot of growling and barking and showing of teeth, but they never really bit each other (which is usually how most dog fights go anyway). We were able to break it up pretty quickly so the fight probably didn't last 30 seconds. Once they were quiet, we put them face to face with their treats between them, so they'd accept each other and make up. They behaved fine after that, so we gave them some supper (on opposite sides of the room just to be safe lol) to quell the Hunger Monster.

It was quite an exciting evening!

Two Weeks of Meds

So here's Sam's two-week update after starting his treatment for lyme disease. His behavior is 100% back to normal, though every now and then we still see him limp a little. We're just grateful that he feels better and is acting like himself. :)

In other news, we've rented out our house for the Ole Miss vs. GA game this weekend so we're going to visit Travis' dad for a couple days. While cleaning the house and getting things in order, Travis commented on how Samson kept following him around. I think Sam knows that we're going somewhere and he thinks we're gonna leave him like we usually do for vacations. lol That big teddy bear will just break your heart! He'll be so excited tomorrow when he realizes he's coming with us.