Since we are currently living with Unhealthy Air caused by the smoke from the Yosemite Rim Fire I thought it would be a good idea to share some information I recently learned.
I have been trying to keep Pepper (the Golden Retriever) inside the house as much as possible, but she is getting majorly bored (picture a sleeping dog most of the time).
So, I have started letting her outside for a while at a time. We usually have walkers and dog walkers that come by the house in the morning and some of them give her ‘cookies’ (dog biscuits). I usually get notified when they are going by since Pepper likes to bark at them (I think that is the ‘Hey, where is my cookie?’ call). With all the smoke there are definitely less walkers.
I have noticed that Pepper will play with LONG sticks
or will lay on the grass and just chew on something (some favorites – rocks, old plastic plant pots, etc).
She doesn’t seem to want to run around a lot.
That is a good thing since dogs can get breathing problems if they run around a lot in the smoke (I guess if the dog decides to run around it is OK, but they shouldn’t be ‘forced’ to by being taken for a run or long walk).
Hoping we get a change in the wind pattern soon so Pepper and the family can go for a walk outside.
Later – H
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