I also tried to take her on a walk as a special treat since it's actually been above freezing the past few days, and we can go outside without her freezing her little paws off. But it was still pretty windy and we didn't make it very far. I had to carry her to the end of the block, because she kept refusing to walk, so I figured if I got her past the house she would be more willing to walk, but she still didn't budge, and her back legs kept shaking, so I think she was cold. We turned around to walk the half block home, and then when she knew where we were going, she broke out in a sprint. Silly dog.
She does like walks though, usually. Toward the end of the summer I think she got sick of our surroundings, because even though the weather was nice, she wouldn't want to leave the driveway. Over Christmas we visited the town Ely, and Ely (our dog) loves going for walks there. My parents live in the woods, and her and I went for a walk/run every day, usually about a mile, which is pretty good for a little dog in snow and ice and 20 degree weather. Most of the time she wants to run so fast I can't even keep up.
Ely did pretty good over Christmas, but there were a few biting incidents, one of which left me with a bloody lip. It's really not as bad as it sounds... we were in the car driving to Ely (the town), and Ely (our dog) was playing/biting an old leash of hers. I'm not sure why she likes to bite that when we get in the car, considering she doesn't chew anything around the house, but it keeps her busy for a bit and distracts her so she doesn't spend half the car ride barking, which she does sometimes, and it gets really annoying.
Well, one of her nails got stuck in the leash somehow, so I tried to get it off, and she didn't like that very much. In the end, we had to pull over, I put gloves on and I finally was able to cut the leash off her nail with nail clippers. But before we got to that moment, I was holding her trying to pull the leash off and she started freaking out and growling and biting, and she bit my lip, which bled a little bit. It wasn't anything major, and I know she was scared about having this six-foot-long leash stuck to her foot, but I was still annoyed because we were just trying to help her out. I wish dogs thought like humans sometimes. It would make things much easier.
The other biting incident also came from one of her nails being caught. I'm not sure what was going on, but all of a sudden one day she wouldn't walk on her right front paw, and I think one of her nails got stuck in her fur or something. When we tried to help her, again she started freaking out and tried to bite us. So we just let her figure it out on her own, and her nail eventually did get unstuck.
So over the weekend we decided that maybe her nails are too long and she needs to get them clipped. I made her an appointment for the salon (vet) today, and she got a haircut and her nails trimmed! I know she won't let me cut her nails or hair at home, so I take her to the vet. I guess that's not a very good birthday present, but like I said before, she didn't even know it was her birthday, so I don't feel quite so bad.
She also had to get a few shots, which wasn't really in the agenda, but I guess they said she needed them. Now she shouldn't have to get any more shots until next year, but that's what they told me a few months ago, so I think I need to keep better track of all her shots and everything else she gets done there.
They also told me she has dental disease and will need to get her teeth cleaned if I don't want them to fall out or for her to get sick. They put the animals out for that, which I'm not too happy about, but considering she tried to bite the lady cutting her nails today, I don't think she would let anyone near her teeth if she was conscious. So pretty soon Ely will have to go back to the dreaded vet for a teeth cleaning... which she will not like, and neither will my wallet.
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