Mocha and Boots

Two of our dogs, Mocha and Boots, have been getting a lot of indoor time these days. Mocha or Mokey, as we also fondly call her, is our 7 year-old golden retriever and Boots is our 6 year-old maltipoo. Mocha likes to have her rubs and massages and eventually slumps to take her naps. Boots is even more 'malambing' as he is a classic lap dog. He's content resting on your lap as you work or watch TV. When we're busy with something that requires us to stand or move about, he'll retire under one of the sofas to also take his naps. Of course, one of the benefits of being indoors is they get to ask (not really beg) for snacks. We oblige but are careful not to spoil these two.

These two are the only ones allowed inside the house for long periods of time. They are both house trained and will let you know if they need to answer the call of nature.

Boots will just stare at you as you eat. Mokey will usually just lie down at your feet. If she's really hungry, she will sit up and reach out with her paw to let you know she wants something to eat.

Boots can be sneaky at night and will try to hide where he peed if he couldn't hold it until the morning for someone to let him out. And so we decided to have him stay out at nights. Mocha is the more disciplined one and like our former dog Troy will hold out until the morning. And so we make an effort to make sure she's peed and pooped before she's let it for the night. We had been caring for Mokey as we noticed she lost a lot of weight after nursing her latest litter of puppies (most of whom we re-homed with relatives and friends). She's well now and it shows in her eyes, nose and fur (just some of the things you watch out for that indicate your dog may have a health issue).

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