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The Life and Times of Kaos

Visit to the Vet November 13, 2004

Well here it is, another weekend with the big oaf Roxy. She spent the night last night. We played and wrestled. I chased her, she chased me. It was fun. I know they mentioned something about going to the vet for a checkup. What is a vet again?? Is it that place where everyone just loves me and gives me treats? Wait, that's everywhere I go (smile). I hate it when Roxy rides along with us. I always have to go in the crate and she gets to run around the van. It's not fair. Oh well. Well when we walked in everyone was happy to see us except for this really big older dog. I wanted to sniff and play but he didn't want any of it. I was just trying to say hi. For some reason he was trying to pull away from me. Well to make a long story short I just laid down on my guardian's lap to relax and take in the attention. I still don't know why we are here. I hopped up on this cold metal thing and they told me I weigh 30 lbs now. "man I'm getting big!!" My step sister Roxy weighed in at 54 lbs. "Watch out girl I'm catching up to you."

They led us into another room so I could get some kind of shot (Hold on nobody said anything about a shot). The shot isn't too bad, it's just being up on the cold metal table on my belly. That's NOT cool. It's COLD!!. Well when the vet came in I was sniffing the door and when she opened it she hit me right in the head. It didn't hurt and I'm always happy to see people. But as I expected they put me up on the cold table. I tried so hard to get off but they made daddy hold me. I wasn't scared of the shot just the cold table. I hate cold weather. While I was up there Roxy was laughing at me. "How could she?" She knows I don't like cold weather, cold tables (unless it's hot outside). As soon as Daddy put me down on the ground I started playing with Roxy. I put her in her place real quick by me knocking her over with a push. (What a pushover. LOL) The vet told us I should be about to hit my growth spurt. Cool. They figure in a couple of months or so I should be close to Roxy's size. That's fine by me. At least that way she won't be able to bully me when we play like she does now. I was happy to leave the vet's though. Daddy took me to get some more toys to play with and me and Roxy wrestled some more. It wasn't a bad time though. I just can't wait to get home and relax.

October 20, 2004 My trip to the Vet

Well yesterday Mommy, Daddy, Roxy and I went to the vet. Something about needing us to get weighed since Roxy had some kind of worms. She had roundworm. I'm fine but they wanted to give me the same medicine just to be on the safe side. I don't mind going to the vet since I get lots of treats, praise and pets from everyone there. On the way into the building a huge big black dog was coming out. I don't know what kind of dog it was but it was big. Daddy told me it was a Rottweiler. I wanted to play but Daddy told me not to. It had a hurt leg and started to feel a little sad but knew playing would make it feel better. I mean it was just a hurt leg, what's the big deal? As usual I wanted to play and wrestle with Roxy but they wouldn't let me. First Roxy got on a big metal thing and Mommy said that she weighs 55 lbs. My she's a big one. Next it was my turn. I put one paw on that thig and started shivering. It was freezing. Daddy just stayed there with me petting me and I warmed up some. Then daddy said that I weigh 21.5 lbs. That metla thing is a scale (whatever that is). I don't see what the big deal is about it. I can't jump on it, I can't play with it and I can't eat it. I sure don't want to sleep on it either. So it's definitely not something for me. Well after awhile another human came in with a big brown APBT. She didn't look to happy though. She had something covering her mouth so she couldn't open it (muzzle). They also made her get on the scale and they said she weighs 70 lbs. I didn't like her. I don't know why but I didn't like her. I started to growl at her and tried to lunge at her but again Daddy told me "No." I hate it when he does that. I kept trying though until Daddy told me to calm down and told me No again. Well this time I just stopped. Daddy told me to lie down so I did. I guess he was trying to protect me again, but doesn't he know I was trying to protect him?

Well they said something about me needing a shot. What's a shot? It was to be my last set in the series. So me and Daddy went into another room. They were asking if Daddy want my big brother to come in as well. Big brother? I didn't know I had a big brother. But no my big sister did not come in. I would have wanted to play and Daddy knew it. I love my daddy a lot but sometimes he takes all the fun out of things. While we were waiting I saw this strange red bug on the floor moving around and on the wall. I don't know what it was but Daddy was just calm slowly moving his hand holding something around the room. Well that little red bug was just there, so I tried to get it. But for some reason I never could. That's ok though I wasn't going to give up. Right when I thought I had it, it just disappeared. I looked up at Daddy and he quickly covered his hand and started whistling. I wonder what he was up to. As soon as I looked away that little bug was back sitting on my nose with Daddy smiling. I started chasing it again. I almost ran into the wall trying to get that thing. I know Daddy knows something about it. He always seems to be around when it appears and he's always smiling when I chase after it. Hmmmm. What is he up to? Well after awhile this lady in a gown came in and picked me. She put me on this table that was freezing. I don't like things that are cold on my belly. They tried to give me a treat and rub my ears. I just wanted to be close to Daddy though. He didn't seem to be worried. When he got up and came over by me I immediately relaxed. Then I felt a little prick. No big deal though. I never whine over things like that. I just take it like a good dog. After that me and Daddy started playing again. I got a lot of treats and pats before we finally made it to the van. I know I was supposed to get some medicine but I don't know if I did or not. I ate so much last night I looked like a red and white piggy. My belly was so full. I ran around for a little while and then just crashed in my crate. Daddy told me this morning that I was licking my lips in my sleep. Must have been the gravy. Yummm gravy! :-)

October 15, 2004 My first Confrontation

Well today daddy took me to Petsmart to go and get me some more goodies and see all the goofy looking people. Most of you humans look really funny.
Well my big sister was there (that blockhead) and I owed her for tormenting me earlier while I was in the crate. (She was chewing on my bone. ) Well everything was going well until me and daddy saw another puppy that looked sorta like me. Of course I still looked a lot better. Well daddy let me introduce myself to this strange dog. Everything was going fine until he tried to tower over me and be dominant to me. He also growled at my sis. Well me being the dog that I am wasn't going to stand for that so I snapped at him to put him in his place and tell him he was not going to boss me and my sister around. Well after that daddy told me to stop and we started walking away. I hate when daddy makes me leave like that. I wouldn't have minded having a go with him. But daddy doesn't like that. I guess he was trying to protect me since he loves me so much. Well after awhile we were going to leave the store. Me and Roxy had some new toys, we ran into that dog again. Found out that he was a pit bull terrier and he was one day younger than me.

Well again this upstart tried to boss us around. My sister was trying to be nice to him (I have no idea why) but he started up really bad with her. Well again I was trying to get to him. Roxy just stood between us trying to make sure I didn't get into trouble. Well that lasted for about 20 seconds. Then she just politely stepped aside when she knew how serious I was and was fed up with him. His name was Tyson. So then mommy just stepped back with Roxy and we both were set to go. But as usual here comes daddy telling me no and to calm down. As much as I hated to I did. Tyson't owner thought that we wanted to play. If she only knew we weren't playing. Well to make a long story short, daddy told me "No. Calm down. Let's go" I really wanted to get at Tyson. He insulted me and my sister. He may have been slightly bigger than me but I know I could take him. Roxy could take him. Of course Roxy is more than twice my size (big blockhead) I want to be her size when I get older. 55lbs of all muscle. Oh well. She still can't take me when we wrestle. Well I wasn't on my best behavior but at least everyone that saw this said I did the right thing since I was trying to stick up for my sister and trying to protect daddy from this out of control dog. All these funny looking humans (I think that's what they're called) kept wondering why the other dog was brought here in the first place since it acts like that and saying how such a good dog I was. Well that's all for now. I'm sure I'll get into more trouble, but I know daddy will do all he can to keep me out of trouble and missing all that fun. Oh well I love him anyway.