Dog Days and Birthdays!

First let me address the comment from "-J.", also know as John Sibley, a friend and fellow caregiver at BF, John: very funny, it was difficult to contain my laughter at the library; everybody else: while I did run my golf cart into an electrical box last week, I am nowhere near as much of a terror on wheels as the lady in the video (I've never bailed out!). It is definitely going to take a while to live that one down, though; more than one person has suggested a helmet and seat belt might be in order for my golf cart.
And to the comment from Ben and Emily, you just let me know when you are ready and we will make it happen!
Now on to the good stuff. It has been a good week at the Lodges. We have had a lot of dogs moving around within the Lodges and a few new arrivals (and departures and rearrivals - it can get confusing). We also have a new caregiver that will be at the Lodges full time and it looks like they are going to start giving us some more people part time, too! This is all very exciting because it means that we will finally have more time in our days to spend with the dogs. Over the last month, there has not been a lot of time to spend with the dogs outside of the time when we are in their runs to clean and poop scoop. But now that we will be having four to six people consistently up there, we are making a plan that is going to make things so much better for caregivers and dogs alike. Introducing the "Dog Days" plan!!! Anytime there are more than four people working at the Lodges, four people will work like it is a normal day, doing the feeding, cleaning, meds, etc and the extra person(s) will get to have a "Dog Day" where they get to spend the whole day with the dogs playing, walking, going on outings, working on issues, and socializing, they will also be responsible for any clinic or hydrotherapy appointments and giving Niblet his fluids. Everybody is very excited about the idea and it is proving to work very well so far! I got to have a dog day yesterday and it was just so nice to get to do fun dog stuff all day long, going for outings and walks and just hanging out with dogs. Plus, when the other caregivers know that there is somebody having fun with the dogs, it makes their days better too.
Well, I am about out of time today at the library, I will have a good long post tomorrow all about my dog day!!
And as a final note, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN!! Here's to the final year of your twenties!