Hypochondriac Oliver?

Oliver is always telling stories about me so now it's my turn. A week or so ago I had itchy ears so my mom took me to the vet and he gave me ear drops for my infection. I really hate having my ears cleaned so my mom thought the drops would be a problem. She got some ice cream and each night she would tell me I could have ice cream after my drops. That was a good deal so I behaved pretty good, at least for me. Then both Oliver and I got ice cream. But that wan't good enough for Oliver. After a couple of nights he started arrrooooing and barking and talking to my mom as she was doing my ears. My mom thought maybe he wanted his ears done too, so now each night she calls him over and he scrunches down, and she puts bottle cover by his ear and pretends to put in drops. Then he shakes his head and goes over to his mat for his ice cream. Can you believe it? What a little twerp!!!

Lump is gone but so is a tooth!!!

I had my operation yesterday and everything went fine. The vet is pretty sure it is nothing serious but we'll know for sure when the test results are in. They cleaned my teeth and decided to pull one of my little front teeth. Now I have a gap there so I guess I will have to make sure my tongue hangs out when I smile. Bol. I have to wear that stupid cone again. Rockie sent a comment to my diary that gave an address for a really nice cone. It looks a lot more comfy than mine. My mom took a picture of my butt and put it on my page. How embarrassing is that!!!! The stitches are right at the top of my tail and my mom says I better stop wagging my tail so vigorously or I will pull them out. How can I do that. Wagging my tail is what I do best!!! Woofs to every pup. Thanks for all the POP messages!!!

Operation

I am having a lump removed from the top of my tail tomorrow. It has grown a bit in the last month and the vet thinks it should be removed so they can check it. I am going to have my teeth cleaned at the same time. My mom is a bit worried about the lump but hopefully it will be nothing. I will tell all the details when I get home tomorrow night. I suppose I will be back to being a conehead again. It seems like I can't get rid of that stupid thing.

Conehead continued

I am still wearing my cone but my eye is much better. I go back to the vet tomorrow morning so I am hoping it will be "cone be gone". I actually have been quite good, much to my pawrents surprise. When my dad holds my shoulders I stand quietly and let my mom put the drops right in my eye. It never hurts to keep them on their toes. Then they never know what's coming next. I have been getting some pretty good treats for being so good so it hasn't been all bad. Now if I could only figure out a way to stop running into things.

Conehead

I haven't written in my diary for quite a while. I think I need a new secretary. Things have been going fairly well until last night. My eyes were really swollen and my third eyelid was up over my eyeball so I looked like a devil dog. Since my eyes are sensitive my mom first thought it was probably the sealant my dad was using on the windows or the onions she was using at supper but when she opened all the windows and turned on the air exchanger and all the fresh air didn't help she got worried. My mom is definitely a worry wart and she can turn any little ailments we have into a major illness (in her mind). She slept on the couch with me last night and off to the vet first thing this morning. Apparently I have a scratch on my cornea and probably just some general irritation from rubbing my eyes. So now I have to have drops in my eyes twice a day and I am a conehead until Saturday. The drops will be quite the affair since I am an accomplished squirmer and screamer. She will probably win but I will make a fight of it. Check out my latest pictures.

Do I stink or what!

Well today I got my spring grooming and I certainly am a lot lighter. It is a good thing it is warm here today or I would probably have to wear my coat. My real reason for writing today is to tell the great thing that happened yesterday at the beach. We were wandering along the shore when a whiff of something caught my attention and when I went to investigate it was a real treasure, a dead seal carcass. So what did I do. I rolled on it of course. I mean I really squirmed on it. My mom started screaming at me to get away but the good thing was she didn't really want to get too close so that gave me extra time before she came over and dragged me away. Then she threw a stick to get me in the ocean and to try to clean me off. We continued on our walk and my mom decided that we would take a different route back to avoid the seal. We did that but once again I got a whiff and you guessed it, another dead seal. Roll, roll, roll, squirm, sqirm, squirm, boy what a day. I really don't see why mom's just don't get it. She was really angry this time and she took me right home and gave me a cold bath in the yard. I still think it was worth it. By the way for today's walk she kept me on a leash until we were well past the seal. Party pooper!!

My first package ever!!!

Oh my dog!!! This morning was so exciting. We went for our beach walk and afterwards my mom stopped at the mailbox and found a card to pick up a parcel at the post office and whose name was on it. Bailey that's who. I got a present from my girl Cindy. Of course there were two braid toys and two pig's ears so one of each was probably for Oliver but it had my name on it. This is one of the best days of my life and I will share with Oliver, just not yet. Thanks Cindy and Cindy's mom. You are the definitely the best!!!!

What a week!!

Well Christmas is over and I have some great presents. I had been checking my Christmas bag under the tree every chance I got to make sure it was still there and this morning I finally got to get my stuff. Great cookies, some pigs ears and squeaky toys, who could ask for anything more. However this has not been a great week. We didn't have any power from late Sunday night until early Tuesday morning and it is cold in Nova Scotia. Luckily we have a wood stove to keep us warm but we don't have a generator to run a pump so we had no water. We were happy and back to normal on Tuesday but then we had a second storm and we lost our power again until late Christmas eve. I don't think power means as much to dogs as it does to humans because my mom and dad were definitely ticked off. Now it looks like there is another storm coming this weekend. Oh well as long as I have my presents, I'm happy!!!

Surprising discovery

Well the weather has certainly changed here. It looked beautiful out this morning but when mom checked the weather channel it was -2C. Time for the humans to bundle up although Oliver didn't need his coat. We made a discovery at the beach parking lot this morning that didn't make mom too happy. Deer hunting season has started here and Oliver and I found a fresh deer skin in the grass. Lucky for my mom she got us away while we were just starting to investigate and when we got back from our walk it was gone. Digby's dad had taken it away. This is a provincial park and people are not supposed to be hunting in the park or close to people's homes. However maybe the people got the deer somewhere else and just threw the skin there. I just wonder what we will find tomorrow.

The big day!

Well it isn't much longer now. My mom put a countdown clock on my page and it's only three more days until my 7th birthday on Sept. 30. I am expecting some good things this year because my mom was away last year and my dad isn't really into things like that. I'm hoping for some new toys. Something that Oliver won't like because he always rips them out of my mouth. I'm also hoping for some baked things from the Three Dog Bakery. That's my new favorite place. They even have doggie birthday cakes. Do you think that's too much to ask for? I don't want to be greedy, after all my mom says I'm the sensitive one in the family. Guess I'll just have to wait and see.