Update!

Sage is still having problems.  She was again crying when she tried to go potty and can not go.  So back to the vet we went.  The Vet put her on some meds in case she has an infection.  But believes she has just eaten something that has her stopped up.  She said as long as she was still eating and not throwing up to stay on this course of action.  For some reason she all of sudden has taken to peeing on the sidewalk.  This started last night.  After she feels better we will have to break her of this habit really fast.  It is nice that my sister is here still and can keep an eye on her.  As Sage would say two paws up for Peggy.

$40.00 POOP

Hi everyone!
Ron & Sage here.

Ron:  We thought we tell you about out experience today!
Sage;  You may not want to read this while eating dinner.
Ron  I never suggest reading our blog during dinner.
Ron:  Anyway I got home from work and took Sage outside. 
Sage:  Yes I get no privacy!
Ron: Well she tries to go but can't and is crying a little like she was in pain.
Sage: It was extreme pain but I try not to let on.  I'm tuff!
Ron: Yeah right.   Any way I was talking to my Mom on the phone and she said yes get her to the vet.
Sage : She a very smart woman.
Ron So we get to the vet and the lady at the counter asks if Sage is the kind of dog that would eat something she shouldn't?  I said she is the kind of dog that will eat every thing she shouldn't.
Sage:  I resemble that remark.  So we go in to see the Doc.  And two nice ladies come into the room.  The one lady wad holding me and petting me and the other checked me over.  Then she said she was going to take my temperature.
Ron:  Yep and it wasn't and oral thermometer was it?
Sage: NO!   And Ron gave me no warning.   He could of said something like watch the back door or something.
Ron:  Yep we did not get an aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw from Sage we got a whoooohoooooo from her.  But her temp was fine
.
Sage: Yes but again Ron did not warn me why she was putting on that plastic glove.
Ron: Why ruin the surprise.   The Doc put her finger right up Sage's butt and checked out her poop. She said it looked fine but she had some grass in there.
Sage: Then she picked up a large spray bottle and headed for my butt!  I was scared to death where she planed on putting that.
Ron:  Oh she was just cleaning you up.  About this time a third lady came in and said she was going to bring my wife in.   I'm thinking this is going to be a good trick.  I hope she's cute and has a lot of money.
Sage:  It was just his sister Peggy who is here on vacation.  So the Doc said I looked fine and they even fed me some food while I was there to make sure I had an appetite.  She then said for us to go outside for a walk and see if there is still a back up at the Poo Poo station. 
Ron:  So Sage, Peggy and I go outside for a little walk.  And after a couple of tries we have success!  She went three times!
Sage: Who's counting?
Ron:  I was at that point.  That was a $40.00 Poop!
Sage:  Actually I went three times so it was $13.33 a poop.
Ron:  So we were sent home and are keeping an eye on her.  They said to feed her can dog food for a couple of days.
Sage: yep but I'm doing much better now.
Ron:  We are waiting for her to poop again.
Sage: you know that's allot of pressure to preform when you have someone chasing you around the yard with a flashlight saying  go potty.
Ron:  well we will let you know how it all comes out.
Sage: that's was bad!   Did you really say that.
Sage Till next time. 



Peggy helping cut the grass!



Sage here.

Ron's sister Peggy is here on vacation.  She got here on Saturday July 28th. So she has been here a little over a week and has the time just flown buy.  I like Peggy allot and even have jumped up and sat in her lap a few times.  She must really like it because she starts screaming in delight and waving her arms yelling my name.  I'll have to try it again soon.  The other night Peggy made some thing called a pot roast for dinner.  Ron dumped some other juices on my dinner and boy was it good.  Ron and Peggy have been watching the Olympics on TV and just relaxing.  So I do my best to get them up and play with me.  One of my favorite things to do is if they are laying down on the couch is to go and put my toy right in their face.  That always gets their attention.  Also a new game I like to play is when we go outside I like to try to sneak a stick back into the house when we come in.  Then if I can I go into the living room and chew it into little pieces to leave all over the carpet.Well time to go!
Till next time!

Gas is almost $4.00 a gallon!  What a rip off!  they say it is because of a downed coker at BP's massive Northwest Indiana refiner.  Michigan is upset about their prices and they are 25 cents cheaper than us.  My Dad down in Florida said has is around $3.30 a gallon.  I heard an interesting idea.  We can't boycott gas because we have to have it to get around.  But we could pick out on brand and boycott it until they bring their price down.  Lets pick a fictional gas company and let's see, OK lets call it Greedway!  Now if we could get people to stop using Greedway you bet they would drop their price to get the business back.  Now I know someone is going to say but you hurting the independent owner of the gas station who has no control over what the gas company charges.  I wise man once said. " the needs of the many, are greater than the needs of the few".  OK so maybe that was Spock talking to Captain Kirk but it works.  If the American people can let their feelings be known by eating chicken sandwiches at Chick-Fil-A restaurants why can't we do this?  OK I'll get off my soap box now.

Hi everyone!

Been very busy the last few days.  With the storm dropping large branches into my yard and the power going out for two days I got a little behind.  I had to cut up the branches in my yard and stack all the wood.  Rick next door was a big help cutting up the smaller branches and taking them to the street.  I also spent time over at Mikes helping him clears some large branches from his yard.  Then I had my yard plus two other yards to cut.  Sage has loved it!  Everywhere she looks there is a stick to chew on.
My Sister is now in town and staying with me for a couple of weeks.  It allot of fun having her around.  We went out for Pizza tonight with Mike and his sister.  Good food good fun.

Sage likes having Peggy around and surprised her by trying to become a lap dog.  My sister was talking on the phone with me when Sage decided to jump up and sit in her lap.  Hey when we were in Florida she saw Kacey doing it all the time.  I just told Peggy that Sage loves her.  Peggy did not seem to happy about this especially since Sage did it again.

Sage has been a terror with her toys.  I am having a hard time finding a toy she will not destroy.  Our friend Betty gave us a skunk with a hard piece of rubber on it that looked like roadkill with a tire track on it.  She said that the rubber part should hold up to her.  And it did for fifteen minutes.  Then I was finding little chunks of rubber on the floor.  So the search goes on for a toy she can't destroy.

Sage here!
We have power again!  Just as Ron came home from work some guy named Nipsco came and got the power back on for us.  The power was on for about a  half hour when we heard Boom  Boom  Boom and off went the power.  We all thought the guys out trimming the trees off the wires had been electrocuted.  Even that Nipsco guy came running to see what happened. But thankfully some wires touched and shorted out the main fuse and within a half hour we were back on.  Oh yes it's great to have the A/C back on.  Being a black Lab I appreciate the A/C.  Ron's not happy about all tree limbs in the yard but I love having all these sticks to chew on.  And a great big two paws up for Rick and Pat next door for letting me come over and play in their house.  They had a generator and A/C.  Plus ruby and I got to play together.  That's all for now
Till next time!

Quick post here.

No power at home. Came home to find two large limbs had come down on the power line in my back yard.  The whole neighborhood is without power.  We are now playing hide and seek with Nipsco.  They are hiding and we can't find them.  The Nipsco web page says it my be Thursday afternoon before we get power.

Something I noticed is my yard is just covered with leaves but the neighbors yards are not.  We must of had a small micro bust go right through my yard.  The picture above doe's not show how covered my yard is in leaves.

Thanks to Rick & Pat next door who have a generator and are going to take care of Sage today as it is going to get up around 100 degrees.