So...

HAT DID I DO TODAY?
It was sunny and beautiful...
I really needed a day of just catching up...that normally means Im doing things to benefit my everyday life like splitting wood...this way I can be warm and my dogs can be warm and we go on toward another day in the best way we know how.  So I split most of what I have now I have to cut a new tree...its' going to warm up some but I will need to burn wood at night so I must cut a tree I will look for a dead tree..

I also tackled a problem that I have ignored for way too long...MY dog Flossie.  I normally keep her hair clipped up a bit..but somehow I didn't keep to my schedule and now here it is Winter and she just  could not go on with this thick mat of hair.  Brushing it out just is not even possible.  I try, trust me I do, but she has  Spanish Water Dog in her bloodline,,,,and her coat is resistant to brushing, bathing, and just about all attention.  Now that she has really entered her senior years, she can't stand up for grooming, or clipping.  She can barely walk due to a couple of things...an ACL ligament tear, that healed and then re-injuried, and the other legs arthritic.  So today I hoisted her up on the porch table and clipped her almost to the skin!! NOW I can get some shampoo down onto that dry flaky skin.  I brushed and brushed and you can NOT get to that skin...and then she gets impatient with the comb catching in tangles.

So I skinned her. She looks horrible...BUT it will grow back I don't normally clip her this close but I really need to get this dead skin off her.  I want to work some conditioner into that skin....
I brought one of the flannel doggie blankets that used to be Casey's to lay over her so she won't be cold....I put it in the dryer and got it toasty and she was soooo relaxed.  She ate a good dinner went out for a pee break and has slept since coming back inside. I will have to take her out about 9 as normal....she won't go out and do her biz unless I walk with her these days she wants to go out and come right back in maybe pee but not doing #2.  I think some dementia is present also...but mostly it's she doesn't want to walk around and make it happen...So I encourage her and sometimes I have to put the leash on her to get her to keep moving so nature can take it's course.  

So tomorrow I will bathe her in my bathtub...I hope I can put a piece of screen over the drain to strain out the hair so it won't clog up my tub!! I will put an old towel in the tub for her to stand on...hopefully she can sit at least while I bath her.. IF it should warm up enough for me to do it outside and carry warm water in a  bucket I will and then dry her and bring her in and blow dry her and then wrap her in a warm blanket...

She has no jacket...she is a long haired dog and never needed a jacket but tonight she needs one....when she goes out so I will try to find something to rig up for her for now...SHE seems so happy to have all that long tangled hair off her body...I hope I can be better at maintaining it at a length that is good for her..

Another thing I found was she has lots of fat tumors...I hope they are all benign Annie has one large one on her belly I showed the vet when she went for the ear infection he said it's only a fat tumor just under the skin...and so I think Floss's are the same.   

I didn't eat dinner yet.  I have no interest in eating I had a snack when I came in around 2pm and I guess it killed my appetite.