Aj is at the Bridge now

It's taken me almost 6 months to be able to make this entry in the diary..

AJ went to the Bridge July 27, 09.. Cancer had advanced to the point that pain meds would soon not be of any help and I didn't want him to suffer.
He was a wonderful friend and companion and we miss him..
He was my handsome AJ, my Velcro Boy.

The Gift

Mom was sitting outside on the deck in the porch swing, reading a book and enjoying the sounds of birds singing, the nice weather...

Without looking up from her book, she knew that I had walked up to stand in front of her, not pawing at her, but just standing quietly.

Mom reached out her hand and patted the top of my head. I didn't move.

After awhile, Mom reached out again without raising her eyes from her book, and patted the top of my head. I still didn't move.

Mom suddenly realized that I had been standing in front of her for quite awhile and she reached out her hand again to touch me and at the same time, looked at me.

She gave a little screech as I tried to give her my gift of a very large dead gopher that I had caught, and had been standing in front of her with it hanging out of both sides of my mouth, just waiting for her to take it.

I should have known that she wouldn't appreciate it. I used to drop the dead critters in her lap and she would get upset, so I figured if I would just hold it, she would be happier about getting it.
She wasn't.

BooBoo

Well, I did it again.. I stepped on something and cut my foot. Mom says that is there is anything out in the field that even resembles something sharp, I'll find it.

This time, it wasn't "too bad", I only had to wear a bandage for two days, but I still have to take some uckey pills for a week. One good thing, Mom dips them in peanut butter before she gives them to me.. *YUM*

Bad news, though.. nice Dr. Jen checked the lump above my tail and said it's growing so it has to be removed.. *sigh.. I went through this once before with a lump on my side and mom said that the incision was SO big, it was scary! There's a word that mom uses.. she calls the lump "maybe a See lump".. whatever that is, but I know she seems kind of worried.

Anyway, life is good. I gained back the weight that mom made me lose and I'm again up to 94 pounds. Dr. Jen frowned when she found out. hmmm.. mom TRIED to explain to the Dr that it was because of winter when I do a lot of sleeping, but the Dr wasn't buying mom's excuses, sooo, it looks like I'm gonna have to go on another diet.. *sigh..

Picture taking time

It's that time of the year again. Mom wasn't going to take a picture of me for Christmas, but then she read on dogster about holiday pictures or something, so of course, out came the camera.

I didn't want to be dressed up but mom put some dumb ol' bows on my neck and promised me some cookies.. I held still but refused to smile. Mom said it's one of the grumpiest photos she's ever taken of me.

After I got my picture taken, Bubba had to get his taken. There was NO WAY that mom could make him hold still for the bows, so she threw a red cloth around him and snapped the pic. THEN, after putting our pictures on dogster, mom started really getting into the holiday mood and made a Christmas card for all our family and friends.

Because you are all my doggie friends here on dogster.com, please visit our Christmas card that mom made for us.

Click HERE

Happy Holidays, everyone!

About Time!

Mom took me for a ride in the car today! It's been SO boring around here since the painters are hanging around and me and Bubba have to stay in the house almost ALL the time 'cause mom says we "bother" the painters.. It's mostly Bubba, though, 'cause he keeps jumping on them and looking them right in the face. (I don't think they like it.)

Anyway, Bubba stayed home with dad while mom took me to visit Dr. Sue. I like Dr. Sue, she's a nice lady, except she gets a little TOO personal at times, know what I mean??

Today wasn't any of that looking into my private areas, though. It was just an old blood test to make sure I don't have any..*UGH..heartworms. I don't, so now I get to have one of those cookies once a month like Bubba gets. I was feeling left out, but NOW I get a cookie, too!

Mom got sad at Dr. Sue's and I don't know why. There was a lady sitting next to us holding a small REALLY old golden. He was sooo old, his face was all white and he was real quiet, wrapped in a blanket and didn't even pay any attention when I walked by. (Mom wouldn't let me greet him). Anyway, the nurse came out and spoke to the lady. The lady got up and walked into the back rooms carrying the old doggie...but..she went through a different door than I always use.. Everyone was real quiet and mom put her hand on my head and touched me so softly.

In a little while, the nurse came back out of that room and whispered something to mom. It sounded like she said, "I'll be carrying him through here." Mom picked up a magazine real quick and acted like she was reading it, but I know she wasn't, because her eyes were just staring at the magazine cover. Then the nurse went back to the room and returned carrying something big in a black bag and she went outside to the woman's car. Mom acted strange.. she was sad all of a sudden. Then the other nurse came and got me to take my blood tests. Odd, mom kissed me on the head before she gave my leash to the nurse...

It didn't take long, and I was back and out of there and on my way back home.. Mom gave me extra hugs...

Lazy day..yawnnnnnnn..

We're still locked in the house because of the painters. Bubba is going crazy, but.....*sigh...that's the kid for ya!

I don't mind, 'cause I get to hang around mom. When she's at the computer or sitting in "her" chair reading, I lie in the floor and she rubs my back with her feet. *feels good...

Mom went out to feed the geese this morning and let that stupid Chickie Rooster outa his cage. She tossed some bread to the geese (they like it better than the hen scratch they always eat).. anyway, me and Bubba always try to sneak into the goose area to grab some of the bread before the geese eat it all. We like it better than our regular food, too! Dad buys a lot of the day-old bread for the geese, 'cause he thinks they are funny running around grabbing it up when he tosses it into their pen.

Dad also bought Bubba a new suckie toy and bought me some tennis balls. But.. I got the suckie toy when Bubba put it down and I ripped out the stuffings. Mom wasn't happy with me over that.. She says that I'm jealous.. "MOI"???? Never.. It's just that Bubba drives me bananas sucking on those stupid toys. He's almost 4 years old now and it's time to grow up ferpetesake! sheesh.. what a big baby...

OOPs.. I hear the refrigerator door.. Gotta run! Catch ya later!

Oct 12. 04.. Painters are here.. bow wow wow wow wow

Ok, ok, you should know by now that I'm usually a fairly mellow fellow.. but I got ta tell ya, the past week has been bad enough that even I'm acting freaky!

First off, some dangblasted wild critter got on our property in the middle of the night THREE different times in ONE night and went after my old buddies, the Toulouse Geese. Bub and I woke up Dad every time the geese started screaming and we all ran out and searched the field but grrrrrrr, we never did find out what was going after the geese.. Out of ten geese, we now only have five and Mom and Dad are sad.

On top of THAT, some guys came to the house with a truck of scary sounding poles. Mom says it's scaffolding and that the men are gonna paint the house.

Well, ok, but BOY OH BOY, they sure do make a LOT of noise, and Mom has to keep all the front blinds closed all day 'cause she says she doesn't want to look at hairy legs walking back and forth in front of her windows. (it's hot here and those guys sure don't wear a lot of clothes..) Mom also said she doesn't feel comfortable sitting in the house with those guys peeking in the windows at us. Dad says Mom is just being a .. what was the word he used??? well, anyway, I don't think I should repeat it. Dad thinks Mom is just upset over the "late" geese and all the noise thats going on here.. cause it's usually REALLY quiet here in the country.

AND Bubba has been trying to lick the paint and that makes Mom mad 'cause then he gets it on his fur.. and Mom says if he keeps licking the paint, it's gonna kill him.. I don't THINK soooo.. Bubba is too wild to be killed by a little paint lickin'...

In the meantime, I'm tryin to stay outa everyone's way. If anyone is gonna be yelled at, let it be Bubba 'cause he could care less.

I'm looking forward to next week when everything is back to normal around here and Mom doesn't drink so much coffee.. it makes her REALLY hyper...

YEA!!!!

Mom says I've lost weight on my diet!! YES!!! I am looking soo good that mom said I can't go uptown 'cause all the lady doggies will be all over me. But, hey, I think she forgets about that little "snip job" that Dr. Sue did a long time ago.

Anyway, life is getting back to semi-normal around here. Bubba hasn't been bugging me so much since he has to wear that stupid lampshade...yeah, he's STILL wearing it. The kid figured out how to get a foot up inside the shade to scratch his face and boy oh boy.. was mom ever unhappy with him! She told him that he keeps making his face raw just so he can get a big whiff of the alcohol fumes when she uses the rubbing alcohol to wash the bad place.

Forget about Bubba.. guess what I did today? Can't guess? OK, I'll have to tell you..

I went out to the little fish pond to get a drink and lap up all the fish food that mom had just sprinkled to feed the fish, and.. boy, have I got a nose on me... I didn't go to the fish pond but stopped next to it. I smelled something strange.. something that wasn't supposed to be around there. Mom watched while I just stood there and sniffed the air for a long time... I left then and forgot about the fish food and fish water. Mom told me I was SUCH a good boy, because..
Ta DAHHHHH... Ready???
I was standing at the exact same spot where a snake had been earlier. Mom had seen it there sunning itself and so she called dad to look at it ..so they watched it for awhile and then got bored and touched it to make it move ..so it went away (probably not too far away) and then when I got out there, I SMELLED the snake! Is that just way too cool or what!??

I'm mad at Bubba.. grrrrr

My nose is really outa joint tonight. Bubba gets to sleep on the bed tonight alone with dad. Mom is sleeping on the day bed in the spare room and I have to sleep in the dog bed..on the FLOOR!

Just because Bubba won't keep his dumb ol' feet off of that dumb ol' hot spot on his face, he has to wear that dumb ol' lampshade thingie and there is just no way that mom and I can fit on the bed with dad AND Bubba AND his dumb ol' lampshade.

I sure hope that his hot spot heals up by tomorrow night so I can get back on the bed... I'm not a "floor type sleeper". Mom said she could put a bandage on Bubba's head to cover the hot spot on his cheek, but she said she would have to wrap it over the top of his head and around his neck...really..really tight.... so he wouldn't pull it off.. *hmmmmmmmm....

Sept 14, 04

Did I tell you about my pointed head?
I didn't???
Well, mom says it's because I just have too many brains for my skull, but she only says that to make me feel good. Actually, when I was about 2 years old, I got REALLY sick! I lost a LOT of weight and my doctor couldn't find out what was wrong with me. My poor head looked like a skull because practically all the fatty stuff just left from it, leaving bone, brains and skin.

My doctor and family were sooo worried about me and so my doctor sent me to a specialist and after a lot of tests, it was discovered that my auto-immune systym wasn't "immuning". By the time everyone found out what was wrong with me, I could barely walk and had lost SOOO much weight that everyone thought I was going to doggy heaven!

Lots of meds were given to me and I got to feeling LOTS better and even put on all of the weight I had lost.. except, my poor head never really did fill out again and so my "smart bump" still shows a lot.. but mom says that's ok.. she loves me, bumps and all.