Lessons in Dog Sitting

We are dog sitting Jason's sister's dog, while they are in California. We have a black lab mix, Tigger. The dogs were doing great for the first two days that Kimchi, a 12 week old white Maltese, were here. Tigger and Kimchi seemed to be getting along great. Although Kimchi is quite annoying with his jumping and yapping, Tigger seemed to tolerate him. I really think Tigger enjoyed having a friend to play with in his new backyard. He seemed so happy!

Well, Friday, I get a frantic phone call from Colby, telling me that Kimchi is bleeding from his eye and that Tigger bit him. I figured Colby was exaggerating, as most 10 year olds do. So much for me assuming Colby was exaggerating. My nanny got on the phone and told me, 'Uh, no, he is bleeding bad and probably needs to go to the vet.' We use a'mobile vet' for Tigger, so I didn't really know where to take Kimchi. I frantically call around to a couple different Vet Hospitals that are close by. I finally found one that could get him in w/in 15 minutes of me calling. Let me just say that my nanny is awesome. She told me not to worry about things and that she would handle getting Kimchi to the vet. Mind you, it would've taken me 30 minutes to get from work in Richardson to home in Lewisville. I called the vet and handled everything over the phone so all she would have to do is take him and get him fixed up. My nanny handled everything so well, and the vet even complimented her on how sweet and caring she was. Well, $288 later, Kimchi has a cone around his head, antibiotics, pain pills and ointment for his eye. They only found one puncture wound right about his left eye. I'm not sure how he only got ONE puncture wound.

What actually happened? Well, I'm not 100% sure. Colby told me that he was putting out food for both dogs (in 2 separate bowls) and apparently Tigger thought both bowls were for him and told Kimchi to get the heck away! I'm not really sure what got into Tigger b/c they had been fed from 2 separate bowls at the same time the previous 2 days and Tigger did nothing. I really don't think Tigger was trying to harm Kimchi, and I think he is sad now that he no longer has a friend to play with. Much to our dismay, Kimchi has had to stay inside b/c of his open wound. Tigger isn't allowed inside, but we had no other choice.

Kimchi has made me realize I'm not ready for another kid yet b/c:

• He follows me non-stop.
• He yaps/cries when he wants something, or doesn't want to be in his crate.
• I'm saying NO every other word out of my mouth.
• I didn't get to sleep in today b/c after I took him outside and then put him back in his crate, he continued to yap and cry.
  
• I tried putting him in the bed with me so I could sleep and he just wanted to play.
  

Kimchi is fine now. He still has a cone around his head, but still just as annoying and cute.
He is such a cute and sweet puppy, I'm just not ready for another puppy!!! Don't get me wrong, I love the little white fur ball to pieces, but he isn't housebroken and so I really can't just let him roam the house. I either have to carry the 4 1/2 pound fur ball or I have to keep an eye on him constantly, which is hard to do since he scrambles away so fast.

Not sure how much more dog sitting we will do. I think we learned our lesson!!!

Kimchi Before:

(This is the picture I was sent on my cell phone.....I quickly realized he need to see a vet.)
Kimchi after:

Kimchi now:
will post picture sometime later...