Motion Sickness

I think my dog, Jake, has motion sickness problems.

On Christmas Day, I went with my really cool sister and her family to the park. I decided to bring Jake along as well, as he really likes the park. When my fun nephew wanted to go down the slide, Jake started to follow him. So I went too. Jake didn't want to go down the slide by himself. He sat on my lap and we went down several times. After, Jake threw up all over the sidewalk. I didn't think much about it, as he threw up food my dad gave him (it was not a part of the gluten free/ dairy free protocol).

Today, I decided I wanted to go walk a different park than our usual. So Jake and I climbed into my car and drove to Freestone Park. Jake loved it there, and we walked around for awhile. Driving back, he didn't move much. He would either put his front paws on my console and just stare right at me really close, or sat in his seat very still. Right when we got to our front door, before going in, Jake threw up.

So perhaps Jake still has a lot of digestive problems, and we should stay away from slides, swings, and some car rides for awhile :)

Jake

Let me tell you the latest on our dog Jake....

Jake running back and forth through the irrigation water. (yea that was fun to watch, but not to clean up)

He has definitely been making our life a bit more interesting. I guess this is what happens when you don't have kids around :)

Jake has been very diligent at not letting me forget to take him on our morning walks. He LOVES his walks every morning. He get's excited when he hears me walking around when I first get up. His favorite thing to do when we leave the house is to run next door (by himself) and bark and jump against the tall brick wall, until the horse next door brings shows his head. It looks like they almost talk to one another. After this, Jake let's me put his leash on, and we go explore the local park. I think all the regular walkers at the park, now knows Jake by name. It's been a great way to get to know some of our neighbors. Jake has been the best dog we have had regarding listening and obeying what we say (when he understands of course).

Jake on the look out for the neighborhood cats

We (or I) have been realizing that Jake doesn't do well with grains, or rice. I am learning, that not a lot of dogs do though. Jake just REALLY shows this more than others. I took him off all grains when my parent's were away as an experiment. When we put him back on it, yep - we could tell his body does not digest the food well. I think he likes the cooked meals though :)

He is really funny to watch when he eats. He does NOT like to eat alone. We place his food in a designated "Jake" bowl in our kitchen. If it is on the wood floor, or if no one is around, he will pick up the bowl with his teeth and carry it in the room where others are. Or his other favorite place to eat is my parent's bedroom. I haven't figured that one out yet, as he would take his food in there to eat when my parent's are gone. 

Jake does this odd thing when we have a family dinner together. When we began to pray he starts to just walk really fast around the table. He goes in circles over and over and over. With wood floors, and doggie nails, you can hear this "tap, tap, tap, tap" the entire time. He also appears to stop when we finish praying. Haven't figured that one out either. 

Jake does not like the vacuum. He will start to bark at it, then run to the back door window, (as if pretending to ignore it), and then within seconds run back to the vacuum to bark at it. Then back to the backdoor to ignore it. We go through this, over and over again. - this dog loves to run in circles....

He LOVES to help me in the garden. He get's more exercise as he runs the entire backyard over and over making sure that there are no intruders. He keeps me company outside as I work out there. 

Dogs can definitely show us how to relax and just love the moments of living....