Mellie is going to be 10 on December 25rh, so she is going to get a special cake and a stuffed animal.

She is getting old, but still active like a puppy but for much shorter periods. She has developed a funny habit, Evey now and then She just wakes up from a nap and runs to the balcony and barks like something was there, then comes and stares at me demanding to be rewarded.

This is the one reason I've been hesitant to have a dog for so many years, losing them is just really hard for me.

But I'm enjoying every moment of her company catching up with the years ww lost while she was in US with my wife and kids.

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Love that nose

(From this morning).

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Someone had a busy day!

She is back on her normal eating habits and went for 2 long walks and played with her only dog friend that wasn't around for a while.

Now she is snoring and making funny noises in her dream!

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My wife went to Sweden to meet the girls and Mellie is really sad and looking for her everywhere when we are outside and sleeping all the time. Sh hasn't eaten anything all day.

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My apartment is a mess...

She is not giving up until the toy is completely destroyed and not "humpable".

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She is sleeping on my hand and snoring. Really cute funny snore. Can't move my hand because I don't want to wake her up

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Our new routine, walk around, so her business, make 10 fake pee stops, then find a cool place to rest and people watch for a while!

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I told her to stop staring at me while I'm eating and she went and sat in front of me facing the hallway, but looking sideways at me.

This silly dog is making me laugh and driving me crazy. She is adorable but a pain.

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There was a cat in the Park and squirrels are making a lot of noise driving Mellie crazy, she keeps running around trying to find them

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Finally got Mellie the long bath she needed.

I have been giving her quick shower to keep her clean, but I finally got her into the bathtub and gave he a full scrubby bath. She pretends she doesn't like it, but after the bath she was so happy and playful and of course hungry.

She finished a whole bowl of her food with added sausage and tomatoes and a spoon of my tomato sauce to trick her so she is satisfied with eating the same food as I am.

With belly full and tired from shower, she is back in her bed sleeping on her clean sheets.

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This now part of our daily morning routine. We have a walk, she runs around in the park, then lies on the ground and sometimes roll around in dirt.

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OMG she really likes this food. Much more than the other type. Second full bowl she completely cleaned up

She really likes it with a little tomatoes and sausages. She is asking for more.

I hope it stays that way for the rest of the 16kg of it.

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Food for Mellie has arrived. Never thought I would buy a big package of dog food like this, but the price per kilo is less than 1/3rd compared to buying 1.5kg packs.

Just need to find a place to store it safely (kept the old package so I can reuse it while storing this in a large container.

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Went for a very long walk arouythe town and stopped by to have a sandwich and of course, she wanted some too!

She was so tired that she jumped into her bed right after I wiped her feet off (I do it after every long walk).

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I had to break my "no shopping month promise and bought the biggest dog food bag available.

Mellie is so freaking picky eater, but she likes this food and sadly it's one of the most expensive ones.

It's worth it because I was throwing away most of the food anyway. But with these, she cleans up the bowl all the time. All I need is to add a small amount of human food from my plate and she eats the whole thing.

She is healthy and happy and this will last a couple of months.

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I have no idea what she wants now, bellie os full, blather is empty, ww had a long walk in the rain but she is just sitting there staring at me.

Tomorrow is rhd shower day. Have to try and trim hee paws and ears that was missed last time.

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She has been staring at me like this for over an hour.

Was out most of the morning and she has been staring at me since I woke up from a nap. I have no idea what she wants.

I feel pressured.

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Somebody had a haircut.

The trimmer worked perfectly but she was really hard to hold her standing still and I couldn't get her paws and one of her ears trimmed. But she looks so much lighter and thinner.

And of course with the heatwave, the short hair make it easier to keep her cool.

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Bought a "professional" hair trimmer to cut Mellie's fur and she doesn't like it at all.

It's pretty quiet but still she was not happy to sit down and let me cut her over grown fur on her paws and trim the rest of her body.

Going to try to do it with my wife together this weekend and see if we manage to do it together.

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I just freaking washed her and now she is covered in god knows what.

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