I had some requests to show an update on Martha. I was going to post an update on her on October 4th 2020…exactly a year after we got her but with my work right now I had to hold that off. Her birthday is August 18, 2019 so now she is one year and five months old.
She has settled down now a little bit. This is our third Saint and we never had one with this much energy but now she has matured a little.
We had one scare with her. This goes out as a warning to anyone who is taking their pet to get a rabies shot. We never had trouble with it at all with our other dogs… but around 12 hours after the shot…she started to get really sick. For three days she could not hold anything down and would not eat… and the vet kept telling us to give her Benadryl. She was allergic to the rabies shot. After the third day my son came home with a hamburger and she ate it. When she did that she started to get better and was soon back to normal.
So after your pet gets a rabies shot…keep a close eye on them.
Anyway she has free range in our house. After she was house broken AND we could trust her not to eat our couch… she no longer has to stay in her kennel.
She still has a lot of energy but nothing like she did a few months ago.
I’ll give you a few pictures for updates starting with the first ones.
Martha at 2 months old…Oct 4, 2019
Martha at 3 Months old
Martha at 4 Months old…she still has the penguin and plays with it.
Martha at 7 months and 8 days in our driveway…March 26, 2020
Martha now…I brought her along to work with me…since I’m the only one left in IT at this moment and I have it all to myself…I had her setup…we were a little messy that day.
After coming home from work…logging in trying to get a few more things done at work…Martha has other ideas
The song that she is named after! “Martha My Dear”
She’s a lovely dog, Max.
I hope you’re keeping well.
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Yes I am Val…I hope Bruce and you had a nice Christmas and New Year…ours was boring…but boring is good now.
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Yeah, it was okay thanks, Max. Quiet. Boring is good? Then I must be very good right now, haha!
Btw, my blog is going sooner than planned. Sorry. Take a look at my current post if you want.
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Well these days I would rather err on the boring side! Ok I sure will Val…
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What a great looking fur baby Max. Awesome you can take her to work as I’m sure she loves that. lol Glad to see everything worked out after the rabies shot. Scary stuff..
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Thanks Deke…she runs the house.
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What a beautiful dog! Sam and I have talked about getting a dog, but with both of us working midnights and sleeping during the day, we don’t think it would be fair to the dog.
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My mom would never let me have a pet in the house….NOTHING…so what did I do? I got the biggest one I could find…we are so use to a dog now Keith…living without one is not an option…but Jen works from home so it is much easier for us.
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Paul McCartney would be very proud of you for taking such good care of Martha.
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Max, Martha is adorable! We’re a pet house, too, with a silky terrier (Kristy) and three cats (Misto, Misti and Tigresa). My wife also has a fish aquarium. Oftentimes, it feels more like living in a circus! 🙂
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Thank you! This is our 3rd Saint Bernard… Jen and I talked about it…without a dog, our house is not as much a home…
I love Terriers…yes you do have a circus!
We only have the dog but we have thought about getting back into salt water fish…but it’s a pain to keep up.
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While I’ve really attached to our pets and was very sad when our two yorkies passed away a year ago or so (before we got the silky!), the driving force behind our pet circus is my wife. She grew up with all kinds of pets, so it’s natural to her being surrounded by these companions!
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I will admit I get totally attached…after our first Saint died in 2008 I was devastated. Our other Saint died in 2018 and it was Bailey’s childhood dog he had since he was 8-18 so it really messed with him and me…and the wife of course… I’m probably the driving force here…so I am guilty! We had to put her down at the vets and for months it got to us.
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Wonderful! New Zealand doesn’t have rabies so no shot here needed – although I’d take a bite of that hamburger. Apart from the dog I love your driveway!
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Oh thank you…we live in the middle of 3 acres…we are pretty secluded and it’s peaceful.
The more I hear about New Zealand the more I like it. I mean…from what I read…no venomous snakes, spiders, etc… Its reminding me of that famous garden in the Bible!
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The grass is always greener… Asheville NC was the best place I ever lived!
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Wow…it’s not too much of a difference from there to where I live…around 300 miles. Will you ever come back or visit?
I guess that is true about the grass… the only bad thing I’ve heard of…which is not too bad about New Zealand was the volcanos. The place looks beautiful.
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NZ is very isolated and small. So come the summer you can go up the road and down the road and up the road again! Volcanos are ok – it’s the earthquakes – they call NZ the Shaky Isles.. In fact Dave Dobbyn made a song called “Shaky Isles”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G6R0U11DmA
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Thank you Bruce. I like that and a great nickname. I had no clue about the earthquakes…well I guess they had to have something bad. I talked to the wife…whenever the world stops burning…a vacation there might sounds really good.
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She’s a nice looking dog – and such a cute pup! Glad she’s doing well – scary about the vaccine but I guess that happens like it does in people too. Mighty good that you noticed and were able to get her better!
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She’s a sweetheart!
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Yea she is my baby.
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Goodness she’s grown. Do you keep her coat trimmed? I thought Saints had a lot more hair?
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No we don’t trim her. Our first one had really short hair…like pine needles, Molly had longer hair, Martha is in between them both. They are all different.
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Ah. What I know about Saints, you could fill a thimble with.
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All you need to know is they are big old babies…they love attention and are lazy as hell.
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LOL! Sounds like my Ollie.
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She is just adorable. Happy first Monday of 2021!
Hoping for better days!
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Thank you!
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This made me smile! She’s a really beautiful girl. The b&w picture at the top is lovely. I can see her being a wonderful member of the family and household.
The rabies shot allergy is scary. I’d never heard of that allergy. Myrtle gets her rabies shot this Saturday, so I’ll be watching. She’s done okay with the two prior ones.
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Yes keep an eye on Myrtle right after she gets it. We were really scared for a while there.
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Martha looks happy and healthy. I remember when you were so worried when she got her rabies shot. Glad she pulled through. So cool you can take her to work with you. Cute pictures of her!
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