TGIF
Oh. My. Week from Hell.
Hi. I'm a little delirious and punchy and la la la, but it's the END of the week and I am looking forward to a weekend of knitting and rearranging and unpacking. Woo-hoo! Jacob and I FINALLY moved everything out of our little pink house, and cleaned it, finishing last night around 12:30am. As we were leaving, I started to get a little sentimental (after all, it was the first house that Jacob and I shared, so, ya know, memories....). Jacob was staring at the holes in the floor and the mildew in the closet and wondering WHY I was feeling sentimental. But, as a fond farewell to our little pink falling apart house, here's a blurry picture for ya:
Farewell, pink house. I hope they repair all your holes so the new tenants love you. (P.S. Please look clean today when I do the walkthrough so we can get our security deposit back.)
So, moving on to the new house, things have been interesting. We got the dogs over to the new house and their new yard with the doggy mansion and they seemed to be liking it a whole lot. Unfortunately, we have an unforeseen problem: Chili has been attacking Bella. Now, Chili is a sweet, SWEET, gentle dog. She is just VERY, VERY strong and muscular. And she weighs about 40 pounds more than Bella, so if they tussle too roughly, Bella can get hurt. This has NEVER been a problem, and they've been living together since Bella was 4 months old and Chili was about 2. 
However, the stress of the new environment has made Chili territorial (and I think they're just being dogs about it and trying to establish the spots, and who's in charge, etc.) and she's been jumping on Bella and growling and snarling.
Now. I understand that this might be very normal dog behavior, but I have a history with these kinds of situations. Almost a year ago, I lost a very special doggy named Greta to a dog fight. Now, Greta was a little terrier that I adopted when I lived in Atlanta, who had a sweet face but was mean as a snake. Hated everyone, everyTHING, except for me. She and Chili lived together for a while and Chili would follow her around, trying to be friends, and Greta would snap at her. Unfortunately, Greta was a small little doggy and didn't realize it, and one day Chili and Greta got into it and Greta freaked out and attacked Chili and Greta died. (Now, don't get mad at Chili. She is an angel, and unfortunately, when dogs play, if the little dog doesn't submit, the little dog gets hurt. And Greta was a mean little schmoo who WOULDN'T stop. Although I did love her very much.)
So, you can understand why if I hear growling and yelping and racket, I immediately run outside and bring my schmoo inside and curl up in bed with her...I had really decided that I was okay with Bella being outside a lot, and then this fighting started happening, and now I'm just not okay with leaving them alone together, and neither is Jacob. So, for now, we are letting Chili stay outside, and Bella inside, and we let them play together only when we are there to supervise. We might end up dividing the fence so they each have their own space, but who knows. I just gotta get through this weekend!
At any rate, I'm getting to sleep with my little schmoo (Bella) and my big schmoo (Jacob). And Jacob has been extremely understanding, and sweet and caring and made lots of concessions for me, and I think we are coming up with some good compromises. So yay Jacob. and yay our new house, if we ever get unpacked!
Sorry I'm so insane. Soon, everything will calm down and I can be relaxed and happy again. Meanwhile, check out the new Knitty ! Great patterns by lots of bloggers, including Glammy Stef and Blue Blog Alison and my new Pretty Posies neighbor, Julia! Every pattern is great...it's an awesome issue.
Okay. too long. have a great weekend.
Comments (13)
poor little bella schmoo :(
hope things clear up sooN!!!!
Posted by carolyn | April 6, 2004 9:47 AM
Hey Carrie, I was looking through your HTML and found what's causing your news boxes to shrink as they go down the page. Every box has this opening div tag:
I never found a closing tag for any of them but removing them makes the boxes full size. You have a couple more superfluous div tags but they don't seem to affect anything at the moment. Should prolly still get rid of them though.
Posted by Guy | April 6, 2004 8:44 AM
Yay for schmoos. Come to Mexicali tonight. We can schmoo.
Posted by Camille | April 5, 2004 10:34 AM
Separating the dogs is probably a good idea, especially since you have lots of space and can do so. I hope it all works out.
I hope you had a lovely, relaxing weekend filled with knitting and settling in!
Posted by alison | April 4, 2004 10:56 PM
Breathe, breathe........ Moving house is awful, especially if you get easily stressed. Once you start to unpack and straighten things out, you'll feel much calmer. Life will get back to normal, really soon.
T. x
Posted by Troodle | April 3, 2004 3:52 PM
Hi girlie, thanks for mentioning me in your blog - you are so sweet. I was going to hold my tongue, but after looking at the comments where people say that it will be okay, I have to say that I think your decision to separate the pups is a good idea. I have two dogs and two cats (we call them Kooshers) - my dogs are 11 and 12 so I have a lot of experience - so I know whereof I speak. Your bigger pup may be the sweetest animal in the world 99% of the time, but if he/she has seriously harmed another animal before, even in a freak accident, I think its best to be overly cautious. When it comes down to it, they are dogs and they do things sometimes that we can't predict or understand. I think its wise to have respect for that and not let your love for your bigger schmoo cloud your judgment and possibly put the little schmoo in danger. With a dog that didn't have a history I would say not to worry too much, but in this case I think its different. Stick to your supervised play even if you feel a little silly and overprotective. The kooshies are going through a big change with the move and they'll need some extra space. There's no harm in giving it to them. I hope this note wasn't too much of a downer, I just wish happiness and peace to you and all the schmoos in your new home.
Posted by Julia | April 3, 2004 8:55 AM
Congrats on being out of the old place. I'll be unpacking with you this weekend...several states aways of course
Posted by elizabeth | April 2, 2004 5:04 PM
Congrats on finishing the move and best of luck in getting the deposit back! I've had pretty good luck getting mine in the past, and that's with a cat that likes to rip up carpet. I hope the schmoos settle in soon!
Posted by Em | April 2, 2004 3:34 PM
Ok, so I have no experience w/dogs, only with cats, but when either of them go to the vet, the big one blames the littler one and fights with her for a couple of days. Then they settle down. I'm sure it will be fine! They prolly just need to get used to their new digs. You know, new smells, etc.
And I love that you call your cuties "Schmoos" . . . I have always called my cats that, too! :)
Posted by Chris | April 2, 2004 2:41 PM
Oh I forgot....good luck on getting your deposit back. I'm sure you left it in good condition. Here in CA, you can always count on losing your deposit for some reason or another, so I never count on getting it back. I guess it's just the way of So Cal.
Posted by Karen | April 2, 2004 1:31 PM
Carrie,
Relax, the schmoo's will get along in about a week. This is the samething that happened when I mixed Asio (my BIG dog) and Randolph (grand-dog, powerful thing!) together. It scared me at first, but they HAD to get along outside. Within a week, they were each others shadow.
AND SHOULD THE SCHMOO'S really get into a fight, don't try to physically break it up!!! Cara (my daughter) got into the middle of a dog fight and ended up with 20 stitches on her arm. So get the garden hose ready with a power nozzle on it!
Try to relax this weekend.....and can we have an inside view of your new house please?????
Tootles!
Posted by Karen | April 2, 2004 1:28 PM
Carrie - I hope they come around and settle down once they get the lay of the landand realize that you guys still love them. Moving is stressful for all of us! Having a weekend together should help.
Posted by tracy_a | April 2, 2004 1:18 PM
It'll be ok - the dogs will come to see their new environment as normal soon enough. Then they can hang out and hunt squirrels and chipmunks together! :)
Posted by Valerie | April 2, 2004 11:38 AM