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Sheesh knows best

Sheesh is a sweet and clever boy who is accustomed to making his own decisions. Sheesh is a sweet, goofy, adorable dog who has many friends and fans.

This page aims to keep Sheesh's friends updated on his escapades and general cuteness. According to DNA tests (both Wisdom Panel and Embark), he is an Akita / German Shepherd / Chow-Chow / Bulldog / Other-general-mutt mix. Since Sheesh spent many years living a semi-feral life before coming to live with me, he's used to thinking for himself and making independent decisions that are sometimes surpr

ising to me (his mom). But he's a very clever boy, so it often turns out that Sheesh does indeed know best, at least when it comes to his own interests!

06/12/2025

"Yes, I did have fun gathering this much dirt in my fur! thanks for asking!"

06/05/2025

Help, there is a 60-lb baby in my lap and he won't tell me what he wants.

06/01/2025

Just Glee being cute.

She gets her sutures out on Monday

05/31/2025

Glee update! She's doing great!

She had to get another surgery, to remove a couple more suspicious lumps. But everything came back benign this time! So she doesn't have any more cancer!

She was absolutely NOT into staying overnight for observation after the surgery. Wouldn't eat, wouldn't let anyone take her vitals, had to be sedated to get her IV out. But as soon as she got back to the car she felt much better, and was begging for food as soon as we got home.

05/17/2025

Cow Boy: "Awoorwooaeouoooo"
Me: "ooooaaawoooerr??"

Sheesh: Looks at us like we're crazy. Well, I say "like"...

05/07/2025

Cow Boy makes some compelling arguments about my snack.

04/29/2025

Meanwhile, in Sheesh world -

I left Sheesh alone in the car for literally a minute (while I scoped out the lobby to make sure there weren't any dogs there). In that time, he climbed from the back area of the car all the way on top of everything that was in my front seat, opened the plastic clamshell package with two chicken buns in it, and completely consumed both of them.

He didn't want to stay for pictures after the act, but luckily(?) he was happy to re-enact it when we got back into the car after his rehab. He had to make sure he didn't leave any crumbs, you know?

And yes, that is a now-bent car window screen that he's sitting on. I usually have it in the front driver side window, but I had taken it out when I was getting an oil and battery change.

Oh, and yes, he was supposed to be tethered in the back. I am 99% sure I did tether him when I loaded him into the car.

04/28/2025

Oh, Glee.

She's been having some medical misadventures in the last few weeks. (She's feeling great right now though, and wondering when she gets to go do fun stuff again)

It all started with an emergency obstruction surgery - apparently she went and ate a chunk of toy stuffing! She doesn't even destuff toys, so she must have found a piece in the backyard from when Cow Boy destuffed one. Of all my dogs, Glee is the one I would least expect to randomly eat stuff that's clearly not food (and also not p**p or a stick, but that's different).

The surgery and recovery went pretty well. The first day home, she was so drugged she had trouble figuring out how to lie down in her bed. She would start, but then would just stand there wobbling confusedly. By day 3, she decided she was fully recovered and wanted to do fun things now, and what is this 'restricted activity' business anyway?

BUT the surgeon also took out a lump she had on her belly, and sent it off to get checked in the lab, just in case, you know. Well sure enough, it came back as probably malignant! They are still working on running more tests.

Now Glee has to go to the oncologist and get more ultrasounds and x-rays done. The oncologist said that we might consider removing a couple other small lumps she found on her belly, but we still need to get the rest of the diagnostics done.

The good news is that (knock on wood) we seem to have figured out a good sedation protocol for her so she doesn't object to being handled! She did great the last two times, for suture removal and for the initial oncologist visit.

By contrast, when we were at the emergency vet, she was super wiggly and grumpy even with all the extra sedation they were giving her. After the surgery, overnight, she was apparently a perfect little angel and let the vet techs take her blood, get her temperature, and whatever else. That only lasted until she saw me come back and realized that I wasn't leaving her there forever, after all. After that she was grumpy and howled and struggled when they tried to take the IVs and stuff off of her so she could go home. Even though I tried to duck out of sight and pretend I left.

But - hopefully we can keep her relaxed and sleepy for future vet visits!

04/02/2025

Sheesh likes sharpies. Sheesh does not like being left alone in his room while I play with Cow Boy and Digiorno for "too long".

Apparently today he wanted to remind me that just because he mostly stopped chewing on things and breaking dog gates, doesn't mean he forgot how to do it. His good behavior is predicated on my good behavior, I guess.

(I do think the dog gate manufacturers could do a much better job of welding, though)

Meanwhile, after two years of conditioning me to believe that food left on a counter is generally safe from dogs, Cow Boy discovered counter surfing.

03/27/2025

Glee found a big stick!

And later Cow Boy found it, too.

This was a volunteer maple tree that was growing in my backyard until Cow Boy did some "volunteer gardening" on it. He stripped the bark all around the trunk. It was standing around dead for a while, and yesterday I finally pulled it down so the dogs could have some fun with it.

As you can see, Cow Boy is quite efficient at turning a tree into a stick.

03/22/2025

Sometimes I catch myself saying very strange things to the dogs.

Like "Nobody's going anywhere until Sheesh puts his pants on!"

(His "pants" being his rear walk-assist harness. The boys were being impatient and wanted to go out IMMEDIATELY when I started getting Sheesh "dressed")

03/18/2025

When Sheesh is feeling extra playful, he likes to play hide-and-seek and scoot under something so the other dog has to find him and dig him out. I think it's very cute. Cow Boy seems to agree.

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