Marley gets needled!

Everyone must remember little Marley, right?

Marley has inquired some possible allergies. He has been scratching a lot plus has some yeasty ears. Not being one to personally take lots of medicines, I choose to follow that same thinking and scheduled an appointment for Marley to have acupuncture.

Yes, all animals can have acupuncture too and it very often gets GREAT results.



While he was a bit uneasy at first, after a few minutes he became very relaxed in my arms. We are working on some dietary changes, a digestive aid and a liver detox and will proceed from there. There is really no doubt that this will be helpful as long as we follow the acupuncturist's advice on what to feed him. We need to clear the heat out so need to feed cooling foods. So Marley is going to have to forgo his beef and venison for a little while.

Will post in the future with updates!

Marley loves the park!

Here he is resting after play. Eventually I hope to get a good photo of play time.

Here you can see just how large this off-leash area is. This is one of 3 at Canine Meadows, located in John Rudy Park in York, Pa.

Hope to see you there!

Marley and friend.....

Meet Rose. She lives in the apartment complex and Marley and Rose get to play often.

What has Marley been up to?

Marley got fixed! He only wore that cone for a short time but of course hated it!


Marley is half a shiatsu dog (shih tzu) so I put him to work!



Last but not least, Marley is now a raw food eater! Currently his diet is chicken but we will be adding various other meats as time progresses. He is doing wonderful with it and LOVES his meat.

Muddy days

Last Sunday we took Marley to a dog park in Lancaster. The Buchanan Dog Park is located behind Franklin & Marshall College and is well maintained. However, one can't control the weather and before Sunday, it rained immensely. The fenced in area for the dogs was a muddy mess, not that the dogs care.



Marley doesn't have a new hair thing happening, apparently another dog got him on the head. Needless to say, he got a bath immediately!

Next adventure for him will be getting fixed. That will take place on Thursday. Yes, Valentine's Day. How very ironic for him. But we will give him tons of love while he recuperates from surgery.

Marley gets a buzz cut

I realize that summer is some time off but Marley was looking a bit ragged so he went for a hair cut today.

Before:



After:




What do you think? We think he looks pretty cool!

New Year Resolutions

Who here makes resolutions for the new year? I do but not the ones that most people do. For example, last year I resolved too makes new friends and try to be a better friend to the few I have now.

How did that work out? I think I have one or two new friends but still rarely talk to the friends I had. Folks, I swear I do make an effort, per my 2007 resolution. How many times can you call someone or email someone before it just looks pathetic?

So this year, I have some resolutions:

1. Make new friends.
2. Make some changes in the business to help my body out.
3. Learn something new just for the hell of it. Maybe a new language?
4. Increase my Qi gong practice.

I will continue to take my Tui Na classes but I also have to step beyond work stuff. Learn too paint? Learn Japanese or Italian? Maybe French? Learn to weave baskets! Really, the possibilities are endless, I just have to get off my ass and DO IT! Maybe along the way, I will meet new friends!

My goals related to the business are going to be to put more effort into attracting more Asian Bodywork clients. That is my specialty after all so why not let the world know? I also have to be a bit more concrete with my boundaries. Why do I feel like I have to work extra to get everyone in? I need to take care of ME also so I can keep helping others so I have to learn to say no. It is getting easier actually so that might not be a hard thing to implement this year.

So besides contemplating my goals for the next year, my time has been consumed by our adorable Marley and Christmas and work and ....... that's about it.

January 1 I will head back to NYC after 3 months of absence! I think I have gone through a bit of withdrawal. There is no way I will be there for the New Year's Eve celebration, we will get up there while the city is still recovering. On the second we will see the acupuncturist finally! My body will be oh so happy after that. Time will not permit much else, maybe a bit of exploring. If anything, walking will entertain me. God, I love that city. Marley will be going to a pet sitters home for the night and having a bit of a sleep over with another dog and GASP a cat that likes to play with dogs! I am so exciting for him, I know he will have tons of fun! He will be missed for sure and we did discuss bringing him along, thinking the acupuncturist surely wouldn't mind a dog in the office??? LOL

Have a great New Years and be safe!

First Snow

Our first snow was last week but Blogger was being annoying and not letting me post pictures. I was under the pine trees, walking the dog and took these.




Speaking of the dog, Marley loved the snow. Eating it, laying in it, trying to catch it..... he was our little snow bunny. I wish I could have gotten some of him in the snow but I was nervous to drop the camera.

More of Marley

Marley grows! The second picture he is playing with his brother, who just got a hair cut!

Over all his training is going well. I would guess he is about 80% house broken. He had one accident on the floor this weekend. My biggest issue is getting him to walk on the lead better. He likes to be outside BUT he only likes to walk where he wants to walk. So much for me being the alpha. We will keep working on it though. We do at least 2 15 minute walks a day, most days more then that. I found without that walk time, his sleep isn't so sound at night and we prefer he sleeps all night long. He does that about 75% of the time to date.

So for a 4 month old puppy, I am happy with his progress. He also attends training class which isn't going well but only for the fact we don't continue to do the exercises. I really only want him to sit, come and stay on command but the class gets into all sorts of things. It is also very late and I am grumpy when we go. They just changed the class time so maybe it will go better. Unfortunately we are behind in our exercises though. Shrug.

My postings related to ABT and massage have been pretty non-existence I know. Marley is taking up the bulk of my free time and I haven't been on the pc much. Sorry!

Puppy update

Marley is growing a bit.... getting hairy! Last Sunday he had his first puppy cut at the groomers and he got to play with his brother Ozzy for a while.

New family member

We have a new addition to the family. A 12 week old Shih-Poo. That is half Shih Tzu and half Poodle. So I have a Shiatsu dog, sort of. :)

His name is Marley and he is a great puppy!