Just a bit sad
on Monday…Kuma graduated from puppy food to adult food. I realize there’s no
comparison to when I gave up nursing or the boys began eating real food in
their high chairs. From there, they graduated to eating at the table with mom
and dad. Those were all sad and happy occasions. The only family member that
took the latter stages very sadly were our doggies. They loved sitting by the
high chair and gobbling up all the various foods that didn’t make their way
into the boys’ mouths.
Kuma now weighs
about 45 pounds, but on Sunday it felt more like a hundred. He needed a shower
and it’s not his idea of a good time. Once I had everything prepared, I had to
pick him up off the couch where he was cowering and carry him to the bathroom
door. Once the shower was running and the water warm, I had to again lift him
up and push him into the shower.
He does fine
once we’re in there, but again wants to cower against the shower wall so I
can’t wash both sides without getting him to move. On Sunday, he almost escaped.
I was scrubbing his back legs and thankfully had a good hold on one of them.
Kuma pushed the shower door opened and had three legs outside the shower with
me hanging on and pulling on the fourth one. What a mess it would have been if
he got away and shook suds and water all over the bathroom.
Once I finished
my shower and dried myself, I hauled out the blow dryer. Kuma doesn’t mind that
appliance and will come to have air blown on him when I’m trying to dry my own
hair. He didn’t sit still so I could dry him completely, but he was just a bit
damp when I released him from the bathroom.
My body didn’t
let me know I’d overdone until I got up Monday morning. Then, my lower back
wasn’t very happy at all. My home exercises and fitness class loosened it up
some, but the heating pad was utilized before the day was done.
I don’t regret
the back pain because Kuma smells good again and his fur feels like silk. He’s
my Cutsie Putsie Kuma.