Bratty

Wheatie's been really bad the past couple of nights and I haven't been able to get more than 3 hours of sleep. I guess it's partly my fault for sleeping so late, but then again, he hasn't been this bad in a long time.

This morning, he woke me up at 1:00 to take him down, C fed him around 2:00, and then he was crying again around 4:30. I ended up taking him down again and he was quiet until I woke up around 5:40.

He also hasn't been climbing up the stairs like he used to. I don't know what my neighbor sprayed in his yard downstairs, but whatever it is, it's deterring Wheatie from climbing up himself. C or I have been carrying him up. It's been a big pain!

Nearly a Year!

It's been nearly year since BFC and I purchased Wheatie from PC. I can't believe how long it's been since that fateful day. I guess things do end up getting better with age because he's been a lot better for the last month or so.

Since I've gone back for the second semester, he's been letting me sleep soundly throughout the night. I do end up getting up around 4ish or so to take him to the bathroom, but after I feed him breakfast, I'm able to go back to bed for another hour. I should actually try to force myself to sleep earlier, so I get more hours in, but I always take long naps, so I'm not really able to go to bed earlier than 10:30. grrr...

I know things will continue to improve as he gets older. I'm wondering how he'll be when BFC and I go on our trip though...we haven't left him for more than one night without one of us. We'll see how things turn out.

Cotton Balls

Wheatie's been pretty good about not waking me up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom recently. This is great since it gives me a few more hours of sleep. He didn't even wake me up this morning to feed him...I automatically got up around 5:30. I was really surprised since he will usually nudge me around 4:45 or so to get up and feed him. I ended up falling asleep on the couch and forgot to close the bedroom door. He ended up getting into the bathroom and into my pad bag. LoL He ripped the pad up so bad that there were cotton pieces all over the bathroom floor. It was partly my fault because I had left the bag on the floor...it is now safely sitting on top of the toilet. All I could think was..."At least the pad was clean." Yuck.

A Year Old!

Wheatie's birthday was yesterday. I can't believe how time has just flew by. BFC and I have managed to keep him alive for 8 months now. Surprisingly, last night was the first night he didn't want to be taken out in the middle of the night. I did end up waking up at the normal time to feed him though.

This morning, it was pouring outside, but I knew Wheatie would have to use the bathroom. We went outside and he initially wanted to go on his normal route to the main road, but by the time we got between two of the other condos, he looked at me with a look like, "What the hell are we doing out in this rain? I want to go home!" So we turned around and he practically pulled me back to the stairs. Then he promptly ran up the stairs and shook himself. I was happy that we didn't have to go wandering around in bad weather since he used to do that when he was a puppy. It didn't matter that it was raining hard; he still wanted to explore.

I hope this is just the start of how things will be like from now on.

Happy Birthday Wheatie!

Printer Woes

I have been in Texas for the last several days and have missed BFC and Wheatie a lot. BFC was pretty thoughtful and even sent me some pictures of Wheatie to show me how he was doing. When I texted him yesterday morning I got an unusual response from him. Apparently Wheatie had been terrible on Friday night and had not let BFC sleep and had bitten through the cable wire. I was pretty shocked since it had been a while since be had done something that naughty. I just hope that the printer is not just ditting there taking up space. Maybe I shod look on Amazon to see if they have any cheap printers.

Almost a Year Old

It's been a while since I've wrote anything about Wheatie. He's become a little monster over the past couple months. I've grown accustomed to sleeping for only 4 hours straight a night because he wakes me up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom or to be freed from his kennel. At first, I was a real grouch, especially at work when school first started, but I've gotten better. BFC is still trying to adjust though and we had a few problems with sleeping in the same bed since Wheatie's neutering. We decided to let him jump in bed with us, but he seems to prefer the floor over the bed. He'll be content sleeping in front of the sliding door.

He'll be a year old in December. I can't believe that we've had him for 8 months and there haven't been any real problems. The vet says he's in good shape and we've been good at walking him every day for about 45 minutes or so. He still has some quirks that need to be improved, but overall, I still love having him as my pet.

Cone of Shame

Poor Wheatie got neutered yesterday. He was pretty much out of it yesterday and is still kind of out of it this morning. He has to keep the the cone on for 10 days...well it may be less depending on how the area heals. I'm hoping that he will be better as the days go on. I wish that we had gotten it done sooner, but the vet suggested that we wait until all his teeth fell out. Grr...if it had gotten done before school started, I wouldn't have to worry about it while I'm at work. BOO!