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The Sweetest Dog in the World

I got my angel wings!

On Christmas Eve 2007 my precious Butterscotch went to the Rainbow Bridge. She went peacefully in her sleep. She was buried in the woods in the back yard. There are trees to shade her from the hot sun of the day and protect her from the rain. The spot we choose allows the morning sun to come through.

We will miss her deeply.

I got my teeth fixed!

Butterscotch went to Cumberland Valley Vet Cinic on December 17th for surgery to fix her teeth. I stayed over night at the local Motel 6 and waited patiently for her surgery to be over with on the 18th.

The doctor came out on the day of the 18th to inform me that my girl had made it through surgery. It was after 2pm. She was heavily medicated and they would not let me see her. They wanted to keep her over night, because of the extent of her surgery. She had a total of 16 teeth removed and had extensive tissue and gum damage.

The next day I called the vets office every hour waiting for news from about my girl. Finally at 1pm they told me I could come get her. I was 3 hours away and loaded up the kids quickly and headed back to Maryland. The minute they walked her out to see us she came running over, fell to the floor and rolled over for a belly rub! She was so excited to be going home!

She would not eat for the vet, but when we got home we cooked fresh chicken for her and chopped it up real fine. She loved it and ate every bite, looking for more.

By the third day she was back to her old self, eating and drinking like normal.

Happy Birthday Zachary!

Today was my youngest two legged brothers' birthday. He turned 9 today. I got to go with my family when they went to celebrate. We all loaded up in the BUV and went to the flying circus in Bealton! It was really fun. I got as much attention as the airplanes did. Everybody wanted to come and pet me. I might even have some bald spots from being loved on so much. I thought I was being STALKED by one lady. She came by and petted me atleast a gazillion times! It was getting scary. She told my mommy she just loved Basset Hounds! Of course, what's not to love about us?

I got to walk around and see all the airplanes and I saw a man flying in the sky and he had another man that must have wanted to get down because he was outside the plane walking around on the wingy things trying to find a way to get down. One time he even hung upside on the wing and tried to reach the ground. I got a really good picture of me with my two legged sister and my youngest two legged brother. I have another two legged brother but he's at an age he doesn't like to walk around with mommy and me. He thinks he's grown.

I felt kind of sad for Pokey, because she didn't get to go. Mommy said Pokey hadn't learned to behave in public yet and needed more training before going around other doggies and little children. Pokey likes to bark and bite strange doggies and she likes to jump on every body. Mommy has been trying really hard to get her to stop, but she's still a pup so it will take a little while. Pokey just gets to do small trips around our neighborhood until she can behave better. Mommy brought Pokey some chicken home though, so she was happy.