Moving

Well, mommy and I are about to head out on our adventure, it feels like just yesterday she brought me home and showered me with lots of love and attention.  We have been through a lot together, from daddy leaving to other personal losses, but the whole time I have been her support and best friend.  We are packing the house right now, well, she is and I am supervising.  Occasionally getting under foot but she just pats me on the head and gives my ears their rub and sends me on my way.

Now the car trip is going to be rather interesting, my sister does not like to ride in the kennel so she needs a little help IE, medication.  Uh huh, hope it helps her as we really do not want to spend hours upon hours listening to her meow at the top of her little lungs, it sounds like she is dying.  And there is no way to hold her or comfort her so we hope this works out well.  We saw my favorite Vet Brooke and she gave mom a prescription for her and we tested her out and she seemed pretty mellow to say the least.  She kind of looked like a stoned kitty.

Anyway, the house is an utter mess, mommy had a moving sale this weekend, she did very well, and now we are just finishing up all the little tid bits here and there and packing and doing errands and going to the dump and blah, blah, blah I am already tired just writing it and I am not the one doing it.

OH mommy was so funny yesterday, she is so sweet, we went to do errands together as that is our thing, and we stopped at Dunkin Donuts for mommy to get a large iced coffee as she needed caffeine and she bought me a kid portion ice cream, and then pulled over and fed me.  She said she wished she had a camera because I had all this love in my eyes while eating the ice cream.

It is  a rare treat so I was in heaven and digging it!  Well, mommy is about to disconnect the computer and pack it away so I just wanted to get on here and tell all my friends and Brooke that I will miss you guys so much and hope mommy and I are as blessed in our new place as we were here in making friends and finding a good vet!!!!  Oh well look at that, I have to go lick mommy's face and wake her up so she can finish packing us up so can get out of dodge!!!!!!!!  So glad mommy got me and not daddy :-)  He proved to not be too good at being there when things get tough and with mommy no matter what I know she will always be here for me and sis, and us her.

Sniff, sniff..........bye bye Brooke

Oh what a bittersweet day I had yesterday.  I went to see my favorite Vet, Brooke, yesterday and it will be the last time I do see her.  Since mommy and sis and I are moving at end of month, we wont be able to come to Brooke for our check ups, and shots and belly rubs and it was sad, mommy almost cried in the office when Brooke was saying good bye.

She has been my vet for wow, over 6 years if not more.  When mommy and my then daddy first got me they took me to this vet that was close to our home, and I was 9 weeks old, and they quickly learned that they did not like this vet as he kept talking about me and calling me a girl but clearly I was a boy dog, and mommy looked at daddy and said, "hmmm, how can you miss that" so they opted to get a new vet and then they found Buckeystown vet and wow, it has been bliss since.  But Brooke did not come on board till I was around I think 5 or 6, and she was the only one mommy wanted me to see as we had a connection and I like Brooke.  She always gave me so many kisses and hugs and belly rubs and was just so sweet.

I hope I find a vet or mommy finds a vet as talented and nice.  Lately as I have gotten older, I have been scaring mommy big time with these new fatty lumps that I seem to be getting and mommy rushes me right in for a check up.  So, lets just say since January I have been to see Brooke about oh close to a dozen times but I knew in my heart I was going to be moving so I wanted to make sure I got my visits in.  This last time mommy was pretty worried, she found this new lump on my neck and brought me in but Brooke took a biopsy and found it was just another fatty lump, she called them old man lumps on the other visit.  Only mommy worries about everything, so I take advantage of that you know what I mean.  Haaaa.  But, it was a sad day as it was my last visit and I am going to miss everyone at Buckeystown Vet because I was always well taken care of even if boarded and when groomed and when I had my teeth cleaned and the good ole, snip, snip.

So, well, I was so sad yesterday but mom brought Dakota over as we are watching her for the neighbor's next door and that was well, worthy of it's own blog post!!!!

OH YEAH!!! IT"S MY BIRTHDAY!!!

Oh yeah!!! I am 11 years old today!  I had a fun day with mommy, she had friends come over for dinner, and they were nice, I really liked them.  They brought mommy a gift, Mozart, we will listen to that together.  Then after they left, mommy shared a very small piece (bite) of chocolate cake with me, then she brushed my teeth.

Not sure I enjoyed that as it was directly after the bite of cake, so there is this lovely chocolate flavor then a burst of chicken flavor.  Well, after she spent around 200 for my teeth cleaning a couple of days ago, I kind of figured she would keep up on the brushing.  

Then we went out on the deck and Dakota was outside, so mommy asked if we could have a play session and then Dakota came over to play.  You know, I figured, a young sweet lab comes to play, it's my birthday and well, I thought it would be OK to get my groove on with her.  But nooooo, mommy said when I tried to hump Dakota "I did not bring her over as your birthday present, it's your birthday, but not your b-i-r-t-h-d-a-y, get me!"  Basically meaning that just because it was my birthday it did not mean I was going to get a cool birthday present but hey I tried, what do dogs do right???

OH YES!!! WE ARE MOVING SOON!!!! Our house had a buyer and only after 2 months, so we are all excited, mommy, sis and I.  Mommy said I do not act like I am 11, she still sees me as a puppy and I do act like one, probably because she takes good care of me.  I try not to pay attention to the vet bills, she takes me all the time.  She is one of those overprotective mommies but I love her, I think my sis is going in soon, like Monday.  Mommy wants her checked out as she seems like she has dry skin, hell, I just say throw some water on her and she will moisten up, oh damn did I just say that????

I love my sis, she is fun.  Oh so sweet, the other night in bed, she actually rubbed her face on me and I think wanted to get close and give me love, but I am so afraid of her devil claws I do not want to take any chances.  Therefore i moved away from her approach. Mommy said I was being mean, but hey I have to protect myself.  Always anticipate an attack that way you wont be caught off guard!!! Well, it is my birthday and I am getting sleepy so good night.