FB's Free Thought of the Day

I wanna bite my leg off

I really do. But I have this plastic e-collar on, preventing me from fulfilling my desire. Drat.

Cranial Cruciate Ligament Rupture

That's what I did to my left rear leg. I came up lame about 4 weeks ago, the pawrents took me to the Vet 3 weeks ago, made an appointment for the joint specialist 2 weeks ago, and now, tomorrow, I am going in for surgery. I'll be in the dog hospital overnight.

The doctors are doing something called a tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO). It will eliminate the need for the cranial cruciate ligament. A semicircular bone cut is created in the tibia. The cut bone is then rotated (ouch!) and a specialized bone plate is inserted. The result is a durable, lifelong repair. I'll be out of commission for 8 looooong weeks. That kinda sucks.

Goals for the New Year

I have 3 goals for the new year:

1) Keep all the dishes in the house clean.

2) Keep all the trash cans nice and empty.

3) Keep Enkidu, Winry and Boomer in-line around the house. Enkidu and Winry know I'm the alpha dog, the top Captain, but Boomer tends to ignore my orders sometimes... of course I let her get away with it because she is so incredibly cute!

All I want for Christmas is....

1) No more baby gates (they keep me from the sink and trash can, my two favorite places)

2) Daddy to let me kiss his face for 15 minutes straight

3) Winry to stop barking at me while I play fetch with Mommy

4) Lots and lots of TREATS!!!!

Holiday Picture Party

Mommy entered our family photo with Santa in the Picture Party. For Christmas I asked Santa for more open doors to the bathroom (and its trashcan) and more dirty dishes to be left in the sink... for me to lick clean, of course!

Sleeping backwards on the couch

Now this is the life. Who needs to watch tv? I'd rather watch the back of the sofa with my eyes closed. Zzzzzzz......

Hands off my Boomer!!!

I went to the groomer yesterday. I LOVE the groomer, but I've never been there with my sister Boomer before. There I was at the groomer's, sitting quietly in my crate, when I heard Boomer crying from the table!!! What was the groomer doing to my little sister?!?!? Bark! Bark! Cry! WHINE!!!!!!!! BARK!!! I tried my best to save the Boomer, but was stuck in the crate. :o(

After it was all over, Boomer was fine...better than fine, she is sooooo soft and cuddly. I'm going to go cuddle with her now.

Boomer's butt....

...smells really good.

(Hey, I'm a dog, what can I say?)

New Doors

Some strangers came to my house today to install two new storm doors. Mom and Dad can keep the front door open again... but most importantly, I can once again keep watch over the neighborhood. First task: watching Mom drive off to work. Second task: keep an eye out for the mailman.....

Jif

Choosey doggies choose Jif. Too bad the lid wouldn't come off.

Holes

They appeared Friday. Nineteen (!!!!) very large, very deep holes in my back yard. Don't know what they are for, but the dirt around them sure tastes good!

Morning Walk

Hey Mom and Dad... what happened to my morning walk? The daily ritual has died since you two came back from vacation. I need to go out and mark my neighborhood!

Master of the House once more

Hayden is gone... back to his own house, so we are down to a 4-doggie household again. My favorite spot under Daddy's desk is once again MINE, as are his toes for me to lick. I am one happy pup now that the 90 lb black furrball is outta here!!!!

Free Hot Dogs

We went to a "cookout" at Pabby's Pet Pantry today to celebrate Independence Day. I sniffed a lot of dogs' butts and smelled some yummy treats in the store, but best of all Boomer and I got to share a hot dog. Mmmmmm....

Swimming is both Scary and Fun

I can swim!

This is how I discovered my new skill: I was over Uncle Chris's house, and there was this GIANT POOL there. Now, this pool completely dwarfed the little blue kiddie pool I have at home. I had to check it out. I climbed the steps up to the pool deck. I leaned over to sniff the liquid... yep water, and lots of it! There were kids in this water, and they looked like they were having fun. I heard Aunt Linda ask Mommy, "He won't go in, will he?" I didn't wait for Mommy's answer... I kept leaning over and jumped right in.

WOW that was such a weird feeling! I was falling slowly and I couldn't hear right, so I started paddling with my paws and finally got my head above water. It was SO DEEP I couldn't touch the bottom!!!! I heard Mommy yell, "Is he swimming? Is he swimming?" Is that what this was called....?

I admit I panicked at first and paddled over to the side of the pool. I gripped the metal side with my front paws but couldn't pull myself out of the water... I was stuck. By this time I could see Mommy on the pool deck, then suddenly Uncle Billy picked me up by my armpits and lifted me out.

Boy was I wet!!!! It took a lot of shaking and playing frisbee to dry me off. I really wanted to explore that giant pool again, but after my big splash they closed the gate to the pool deck. :o(

Plastic Bags

....don't feel as good on the way out as they did on the way in.

Dog Cookies

...taste good, even with the plastic wrappers still on them!

I'm Edumacated

I graduated from Intermediate Dog School yesterday!!!! Check out the new photo of me in my graduation cap!

Two Dinners are Better than One

I executed the "double dog dinner" perfectly yesterday:

* Mommy left all 4 dog bowls filled with food on the kitchen counter..... but I was in my crate.

* Then the dog-sitter came over and let us outside.

* He had to wipe our paws because it was muddy outside; I went first....

* ....which meant I was also first in the house.

* While the other dogs were getting wiped, I made my move; luckily I am an expert counter-surfer, so even though the bowls were pushed back, I managed to snag Enkidu's.

* Then I took Enkidu's bowl into the dining room so as not to arose suspicion. One dinner down....

* When the dog-sitter came into the kitchen with the other doggies, I waited patiently by my bowl.

* My bowl was still there and labeled with my name, so he gave it to me! Ah, second dinner....

* By the time the dog-sitter realized he was missing a bowl, it was too late.

Mission accomplished!

Fozzie Meets Fozzie

Did you see my awesome new photo? The magnificant mom of my kitty friend Areyel made that for me! What a lucky dog I am.

Hayden

He's okay, I guess. He is my sister Boomer's boyfriend and my tug-o-war buddy. Of course, when I first saw him today, I had to tell him who was boss by growling a bit. Like a good subordinate, he submitted right away. But, he kept kissing my face, which got annoying after a while! We didn't get to play very much, because we met at Mommy's workplace. I had too much to do, marking all the trees and bushes in the garden. That really tired me out.

The Lab

I am at a place called "the lab" right now with Mommy. This is where my mommy works, and it's kinda scary! The long, slippery hallway, the shaky elevator and the noisy hoods... I'm okay now but earlier I was barking at a waterbath. It had it coming!!!!

The Vet

The Vet = car ride, which is always fun. And the Vet gave me medicine to make my butt feel better. And Mommy took me to Pabby's Pet Pantry afterwards.

DO NOT ask me about what happened when I went in the back room with the Vet Tech, though....a man's gotta have some dignity.

Scooting

Good for my butt but bad for the new carpet.

Split Pea Soup

Tastes pretty good, even in its powdered form. I was totally worth the "time out" Mommy made me take when she caught me. Totally.

Dog School!!!

I like DS. I like it alot. Daddy feeds me Pupperonis and I get to see new people and doggies. Although I really wish they would stop making me repeat every new command OVER AND OVER. If I do it right the first time, isn't that enough? Bored now!

It's My Birthday....

...and I'll bark if I want to! Woof!

Things to do on my birthday:
1) sleep in
2) go for a long walk and mark the neighborhood
3) pee in the foyer
4) get lots of treats at Dog School
5) get in Boomer's face with some lovin'
6) eat birthday cake from Three Dog Bakery
7) smother Daddy with kisses

Small Bladder

I have one. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.....

Well, that and the fact that I drank an entire bowl of water in one sitting.... on top of the whole bowl of water I drank two hours earlier. Whoops.

The Groomer

I went there today, so now I am stylin'! No more ear-crimps or toe-hair or knickers.

Although I got in a little trouble for growling at the groomer. But she did tell Mommy that I wagged my tail as I was talking...see, not all growls are bad!!!

Dog School?

What? What did I hear? Dog school for the Fozzie Bear? I thought that was just for the new Three-Legged Wonder? Didn't they ever hear of the saying, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks?"

Wait....do I want to be considered old???

The Back Yard

I really, really, really want to run around in the back yard. Mommy and Daddy won't let any of us puppies go out there, though. We keep going on leashed walks around the neighborhood. They say that the yard is "too muddy." Now I want to go out there even more!

Laundry Room Puddle

Yeah, I made it. And it's exactly what you think it is!

Baby Gates

I hate them. They have suddenly appeared in MY house, blocking access to MY front window, where I like to lay and lord over the neighborhood. Most importantly, they block access to MY kitchen and MY sink, where all the tasty silverware resides. How am I going to lick clean the dishes now????

Ticks

They find me tasty, apparently. It's freezing outside and there's 6 inches of ice on the ground, but today Mommy found a big, fat tick on my left shoulder. After she finished screaming, Daddy pulled it off for me.

And I was just getting to know him!