Sniff Sniff

Have you ever gotten those really annoying runny noses? How it's sniff after sniff, tissue after tissue? Usually we get them with allergies or a slight cold well not for Boomer. Today I saw him sniffing a lot and I couldn't get the chance to take an actual look because he just couldn't stay still, so I waited for the perfect chance to take a better look. Once I was given that chance I realized how dry his nose was becoming. It felt like a scrape, hard, bumpy etc. There's some sort of outlining around his nose like dry skin building up. I was confused on how his nose was so dry yet sounded as if it were so runny. I went onto 'petmd.com' and read that if a dog has a moist nose it means good hydration. If it has a dry nose that's a sign of no hydration and with no hydration the nose usually becomes itchy and dry which causes the dog to sniff a lot due to irritation. So I realized my dog has been low on hydration. Here's a look of my dogs (Boomer) nose.

There's More To It

On Thursday October 30th, I had a talk with Ms. Farias about my blog. I was confused on what to do to make my blogs interesting, engaging, something someone would want to read. For my observation I chose my dog Boomer, he started off somewhat interesting. As the observations continued he just got lazier and so boring to observe. Ms. Farias brought it to my attention that I need to look past just looking at my dog. Open my eyes and look at things more in depth. Details my dog has that I don't pay attention to. So I did. This morning while boomer layed in his bed I came up next to him to notice his nose. I noticed how pink it has gotten but yet how brown it is. The tip of his nose is as brown as brown can be, but is surrounded by a bubble gum pink blending in with his white fur. I'm glad my teacher made me open my eyes and realize there is a lot more than just staring at my dog waiting for something to happen. Think beyond this project and pay attention to those little things.

Friend Or Foe

Today around 8:30 P.M my brothers friend knocked on our front door and Boomer rushed to the door. He growled but he always does that so it was nothing new. I let him in and boomer continued growling but this was a different growl from our dog. He walked around my bothers friend (Raul) for several seconds maybe minutes. It was almost as if he was staring him down. I then found out that when a dog barks it's usually because he's not used to a new sense of smell or presense. So I thought it was pretty normal but I then continued reading. If a dog is growling at you and is walking around you it is intimidated by your presence, you send off a bad vibe, or the dog is being  territorial. In this case I think boomer was intimidated by my brothers friend only because my brother looses interest in boomer when his friends are over, he was being territorial over my brother. As I continued reading  further and further I read that all dogs have a different bark for every feeling they have. An example, a whine is usually when sad or in pain, a bark is when the presence of someone who is known but not good enough. A tail wagging with their tongue out is recognizing the presence and sense of someone who they already know of.

Work Cited

N.p, N.p "Dogster." Dogs. N. Web. 27 Oct. 2014.

Trust Earned

Have you ever been told 'You learn something new everyday'? Well it's very true. Today I learned that when a pitbull gives you there back that means that they have trust in you. I was told by my uncle today. We were in the living room and I was sitting on the floor, Boomer came and sat next to me with his back to my face. When my uncle said "Did you know that when a dog gives you there back that means they have trust and confidence in you?" For some reason that really got me thinking because me as a human, I know that when I trust someone I open up to them. So I found it pretty fascinating to see what ways a dog communicates with humans. I decided to go on the internet and look more into it. I went on a website called "www.canidae.com" where I read "If your dog is giving you his back this is a sign of his trust that you have earned from him." Its so interesting to see the way animals try and communicate with us, to me that is so engaging. Just to know that us humans have our own way of communicating with one another. Its shocking how all the things they do is a way of trying to communicate but we don't really pay attention to any of it or seem to notice it.

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I noticed today Boomer was kind of out of it, awfully lazy. Around 1 P.M to about 2 P.M he was outside in the backyard where I caught a picture of him yawning. As he yawned I noticed his toungue shivered as if it were cold. His ears also shake but are by his side. Later today I was trying to catch a photo of him but my flash was on. He was frightened like no other. He ran out of my room. About 20 minutes later he finally came back in. Looking into his eyes i noticed how black his eyes really are. In my last blog I spoke about his pink marks. Well, as I took another picture I happened to notice pink spots by his eyes. Bigger and pinker then the ones on his stomach.

Another night

Another night as you can see, Boomer has turned his lights off. I never really noticed how pink his stomach is. It's not even little spots here and there. His whole stomach has this really peachy pink color. His stomach kind of matches his nose too. If you look closely into his nose you notice really small moles. They call these 'Beauty marks' on a website called 'VRC Pitbull'. As I looked more into these 'beauty marks' I noticed he also has some on his stomach. Although these things are called beauty marks, they can also be genetic. Here is a picture of my dog showing off his beauty marks.

Sunday night 🌙

10:40 on a cool, breezy night. Boomer is ready to sleep and get ready for another day. In these two weeks of observation I can admit that there is a lot of things I have noticed. Small, yet so interesting. It's funny how you actually start seeing things once you actually give it the time and attention. My dog isn't the most interesting thing, but to notice his reactions, how his mood changes, the way he lives his life in general is fasinating, it reminds me of a new born baby developing with time. Not going to lie, he annoys me so much at times. To the point where he's the last thing I want to be around.Yet is the first one to comfort and protect me. Believe it or not, it's a good feeling knowing that you have someone. Even if that 'someone' is a dog. There is never a day where he doesn't walk in my room and just look at me. Every morning he stands out my door right around the time I wake up. I hear his crys, but when I open that door it's like happiness to him.