Introduction

Mom said when it looked like I might survive she would name me. Well, last night she finally named me Jethro. No reason, she just liked it, I guess.
She named me last night because, for some reason, my heating pad got turned off when she brought me home from work and she didn't know.
Our house is VERY COLD, and it was only in the 20's last night so I was getting chilly. I currently live in a plastic kitty litter bucket (yeah, I know, NICE home, huh????) Mom puts a towel over the top to keep the cats away from me AND to keep it warmer.
Well, about 7 pm she decided it was time to feed me. She got me out and gave me my bottle and I did not want it at all!!! I squirmed and wiggled and kept pushing the nipple away. Since I had a BIG meal before I came home from work, Mom assumed I was still full.
About an hour later she went to bed. I sleep right at the head of her bed so she can keep a close eye on me all night. She goes to bed really early cuz feeding me every two - three hours is a BEAR!
She was drifting off, with the TV on, and suddenly she thought she heard a puppy. I DO NOT make ANY noise, so she thought it was on the TV and rolled over again. Next thing she noticed was Ali hitting her with her foot and staring at me.
Mom decided something was wrong and checked on me... I was COLD and my heating pad was off. I am still too young to regulate my own body heat and I don't have a mother or littermates to snuggle with so I was MAD and making noise like crazy!!!
Mom quickly discovered my heating pad was off, she turned it on, and very quickly I was fine and asking for my dinner!!!
At that point Mom decided I was probably going to survive so she gave me my name and said I could have my own Dogster page!!!!

Real food!!!

Mom is getting very, very tired of me getting her up every two hours. Soo, she decided since I am now three weeks old I should be getting more substance in my food.
Saturday after work she went up to the store and got me some baby cereal and some little bottles of baby strained meats. She also got me some special stuff to add to my formula.
First she decided to try the baby cereal and meat. She mixed some together and added some of my warmed formula. She got a spoon and offered me a bit of it. I made some terrible faces, that stuff was WEIRD, like paste!!! But, as soon as I tasted it, I realized it was pretty good stuff! So, Mom let me lap it right out of the bowl. Mmmm good!
Mom said it worked... I even let her sleep thru ONE whole feeding last night!!
Now, she is trying to make me walk more. She says if I was with my own mother I would be walking around the whelping box by now. Since I am so little and so alone, I spend my time in the little bucket to keep warm so I don't walk much.
She got a new computer just so she could have the big box for me, BOL!!! She put my heating pad in one end and put rugs in the whole thing, then hung a floodlight over it to add some more heat.
I guess it is okay, BUT I much rather have people hold me! Walking takes too much effort and makes me tired!!
BTW... did I mention I am now over a pound???? Yup, I am growing like a weed!!!

On my own!

Mom officially took me out of the little kitty litter bucket today. She had the afternoon off and was going to be in all afternoon so she set my BIG box up right in the living room. It has an expen around it so the other guys will leave me alone.
I like my new pen. Mom put a stuffed poodle in it for me to cuddle with. It's nice and soft and snuggly and I like that, too. I did get lots of exercise walking around the pen so I hope Mom is happy about that.
Last night Mom did not feed me except once at around two am. I guess it was okay cuz I didn't wake up hungry any other time and Mom said my pot belly looked much better this morning. She said she wasn't gonna feed me at all tonight. I suspect that isn't true because I know she will be checking on me all night long cuz she will think I am too cold or too hot or too hungry or something. How can she check on me and NOT feed me, BOL!

TEETH!!!!

The last few times Mom has fed me she has been hearing a scraping noise, especially when I am eating out of my metal dish. Since I AM four weeks old now she decided to check my mouth.
Low and behold, I have TEETH now!!! They are very tiny and just breaking thru the gums, but they are definitely there! Mom says now I can start eating REAL food in a few days.
She ordered me some ground Stella & Chewy's Raw since she has always started her toy poodles on that and they do GREAT! Mom says I am right on schedule because they usually start eating around five weeks, too.
Of course, I still LOVE my bottle, but Mom says those same toy poodles are still nursing off their Mom at my age.
Would you believe I didn't get my cereal for dinner last night??? Yup, Mom got it out, put in on a cup of hot water to warm it up and went off to do something. When she came back the dish was empty and Paisley (the cat!), was sitting there, washing her face!!! Mom gave me my bottle, BOL!
Now is the time where I really miss having a mother and/or any littermates. I am old enough to be awake lots, and I have NO ONE to play with. I do have some toys, which are okay, but they are no way as nice as a warm, fuzzy brother or sister or mother!!!!
Mom says when I get a little bit bigger I can come out, under supervision, and play with the toy poodles like Ali and Beanie and Zena and Riley. But, until I am bigger and more steady on my feet I can't go with them.
Meanwhile, I have to chew on my stuffed poodle and snuggle up with her!!

BIG teeth!!!!

This morning I was in the break room and it was cold so Mom was holding me. I was chewing on her finger and she noticed my front teeth are still not quite thru yet. Then, I moved her finger back over my molars and now she has tooth punctures on her finger, BOL!!! My MOLARS are sure in now, hehehe!
I got some green gunk coming out my nose last night. Mom was sooo upset she wanted to call the vets even though they were closed for the night!!! Since I was still eating and playing she decided I would be fine until morning so she just kept wiping my nose all night.
This morning I went up to visit the vet. She was very happy with the way I looked, EXCEPT for my too fat belly! (I had just eaten my breakfast, and Mom is giving me that great ground raw stuff from Stella & Chewys. Mmmmmm! Mom keeps forgetting that, unlike those baby toy poodles, I WILL eat every single bit she gives me!!!)
Anyway, she said I had some congestion in my lungs so now Mom is giving me some antibiotics. The vet said I should be fine cuz I didn't have a fever and I am acting pretty good. She said I needed a steam vaporizer with some Vicks in it, and Mom needs to wipe my nose lots! Mom just happened to have a vaporizer so she put it right beside my little pen. I feel better already!!!
Mom put three new photos on my page tonight. She said I am pretty steady on my feet now and I LOVE to play with my toys! I am still too small for the other dogs, but I am growing. On their scale at the vets I weighed ONE POUND, which is just slightly small for my age. My Mom is really small so I might be smaller like great Grandpa Jones, too.
She also tried to take my photo in the Christmas stocking again so you could see how I've grown but, no way, no how was I staying in that!!!! She will have to wait until Julia or Skye or someone can help her!!!
Mom also said she needed to point out that Frenchie puppies are not very cute until we are older, like seven or eight weeks older!! Frankly, I think I am pretty cute, but I suppose the missing hair on my head and my buggy eyes are not so very attractive, huh??

I'm a Diary Pick!!!!

Wow, Mom just said I am a diary pick today! That is nice, thank you, HQ! Bet Toto and Beanie are jealous!!!
I am feeling MUCH better now and Mom doesn't even have to wipe my nose anymore. She is still giving me that YUCKY medicine...it tastes AWFUL!!!
I am now eating my ground raw food every meal. Mom still adds some warm water to it and stirs it to make it a bit soupy, but she only does that cuz she is neurotic and thinks I may choke. I WILL NOT choke, BOL!!! At least she now just gives me a dish and doesn't expect me to eat it off a spoon like she did before. A dish is MUCH nicer!
Yesterday Mom bought me a couple of new toys. She is having a hard time finding stuff small enough for me to chew on, yet stuff I like. She says it was never a problem with those other little toy poodles cuz they would play tug and stuff so old socks and things like that worked, but I have no one to tug with. She did find a balloon toy that I sort of like.
Today I am staying home when Mom goes to work. She only works part of the day and I am bigger now so I can stay home alone. It's good cuz she is also going Christmas shopping today and will leave me home then, too.
Julia is going shopping with Mom, too. I can't wait until she sees me... she hasn't seen me for a whole week and will be surprised how big I am now!!!

Growing like a weed!!!

Mom says I am suddenly growing like crazy! In just two days my feet have doubled in size and suddenly, my eyes both look forward instead of to the side cuz my forehead is bigger. And, my Frenchie nose is now MUCH shorter like it is supposed to be.
Speaking of my forehead, my hair is even growing back, finally! I still have a little bald spot right in the center, Mom thinks something scraped it when the vet cut me out of my placenta. But, even that scrape has new hair growing in.
I am also now playing with ALL my toys, and during breaks when I go to the breakroom with the girls I run all over, even way over behind the furnace. Drives Mom CRAZY cuz then she has to go look for me, hehehehe!
I am still not allowed to play with the poodles cuz they still think I am a little rat, but soon they will be MINE!
Mom and Tonya are gonna get some more photos. They wanted to get some today cuz Tonya had yesterday off and she said I had grown overnight, BOL!
But, one girl was out and there was a scheduling issue and Mom and Tonya had to groom TWELVE dogs!!! They had NO time and, worse, NO energy to take my picture. In fact, they didn't even take too many breaks which was very, very boring for me!!! Maybe tomorrow????

Star of the Work Party!!!

Today was the Christmas Party at Mom's work. ALL the girls came and, of course, I was invited as well. Toto and Hilda were there but someone forgot that Toto had to go to the vets and Hilda was trying to get all the food so she didn't get any photos, hehehe!
I am now big enough and old enough that I have a REAL puppy pen at work and one at home, too. In one corner is my sleeping bed/crate with my blankies and heating pad and the rest of the pen has toys and toys and some pee pads and some toys and my water and some toys. Did I mention, I have some toys in there, too!
So far none of those bigger dogs will play with me, but Ali is thinking about it. She darts at me and then when I smell her she growls and goes away. Mom says give her some time.
Today I was out with Toto. Did you know his one front foot is almost as big as my whole body? He was being good, but Mom was nervous that he might step on me. I do get to walk around on the floor with him in the break room but everyone is watching very, very closely.
Oh yeah, MORE BIG news... instead of zipping me up in her Winter Parka pocket Mom now just carries me out in the open when we go to work and home each day. It is sometimes a bit nippy, but I deal with it cuz I think only babies hide away zipped in jacket pockets!!!!

Diary of the Day Party...

Wow, I LOVE the Holidays... I get a party every single day!!! Today Mom said I was chosen as Diary of the Day! Poor Beanie and Toto were sooo mad, they tried to be nice but I could tell!
Of course, I got to go to work and Julie and Tonya and Sarah all had to hear about my BIG honor. Julie decided she needed to take a few photos in honor of my honor.
It was okay, only okay. She did put a nice blankie on the floor, but then she was upset cuz I wouldn't stay on the blankie, hehehe! I did have a bit of fun carrying around that big, red bow I found on the floor, but I was moving so fast that the photos were all blurry.
Later Mom decided to take a few. She didn't do much better, BOL!
Oh well, they will try again, I am sure. In fact, tomorrow is my 7 weeks birthday so I am sure there will be photos to commemorate that!
Thanks for all your visits and nice gifts. AND, I am sure glad to have a bunch of new pals, too!!!!!

Boring weekend again...

I HATE weekends!!! First of all, Mom leaves me home alone because she only works a half day. Soo, that is really boring. Then, she is always busy and doesn't pay ANY attention to me, well, almost no attention to me.
Today I was so bored I took my pee pad and dragged it over to my water dish and stuffed it in. Worked pretty darn good, it sucked ALL the water up and then Mom had to come along and get me fresh water, hehehe! She couldn't do that without giving me some pats, BOL!
Tonight was slightly more interesting. Mom decided to finally play with me a bit. After I bit all her fingers and made them bleed, she decided I needed to get down and run around the house.
Okay, I can do that! Problem was, those silly cats, Dijon and Paisley, still think I am something wild like a squirrel or maybe even a rat. Dijon just follows along behind me, but I was after Paisley and she was SCARED of me, BOL! She got this panicked look on her face and ran all thru the kitchen, with me in hot pursuit.
I would have gotten her IF she hadn't led me right thru the water dish! We have one of those drinkwell fountains and I never saw it before so I raced right over it. Who knew there was all that water pouring out of the top???
Finally, Momsie came along and rescued Paisley and dried off my feet and my head and put me back in my pen. Good thing cuz I am now exhausted!!! I took Toto's antler and now I am chewing on that for a while.
HEY, good news... finally my nose has stopped being stuffy and Mom hasn't had to wipe it for TWO whole days! Good thing that vet didn't give me any more antibiotics... I guess I really didn't need them!!!
Mom says she is totally shocked at how fast I am growing now. She gives me these little Stella & Chewy's raw patties. At the beginning of the week, she had worked me up to a half of one, three times a day. I grew and grew and grew and yesterday and today she had to give me a WHOLE ONE three times a day.
My head has grown so much that my eyes actually fit now and the whites don't show anymore. That surprised Mom cuz when my nephew Louie was a baby the whites of his showed for months and months. My mommy Lola was pretty small, but Mom says I am ALMOST as big as she was when she came here.
Mom says I look like my daddy Darrell more than my mommy. And, like him, I have PLENTY of brindling. Now, he is a BIG BOY and has a huge head. Maybe there is hope for me being a show dog after all????