Monday, March 12, 2012

What you looking at?




seriously, no pictures



What part of that didn't you understand?


I won't stand for this


Mom, please!!!!

all right, just one.











Mole gave me a bit of a scare last week; he couldn't seem to stand up or lay down without being in pain. Poor guy would yelp and fuss and whine. And while he is a chihuahua, there is nothing wimpy about this boy. He is as stoic as they come.

A trip to the vet and some new x-rays revealed a progression of his disease along with some more vertebrae being affected. Notice, the lack of collar? Well, the deterioration is now most severe in his neck, making a collar (and use of a leash) not a very good idea. My poor old man is getting old and it's showing in some pretty painful ways. We are going to try to keep him comfortable for as long as possible. My boy means everything to me and I can't imagine a world without him in it. He is truly my heart dog.

Friday, March 09, 2012

The Peas

These two are always cuddled up together. Instead of calling them my "kids" I've resorted to calling them my "peas"


They often sleep in the strangest of positions





But they are always together, always touching.


I think it's just the sweetest thing in the whole world. It makes even my frost-bitten heart melt.

Now what did I do with the other one? I swear there were three here at one point. . .

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Poor Pocket

It's been a long time since I've posted. Partly due to the fact that nothing super interesting has been going on with us lately and partly due to the fact the my computer had been at a stand up desk for awhile and standing and typing a post after a long day of work was just too much sometimes.

Since the last time I posted, the dogs and I have been sitting around doing a whole lot of nothing. And I think that we are all the better for it. Last summer was crazy busy with classes and with sniper being around and I think that we all deserved a break. The kids really seemed to enjoy the quiet walks around the neighborhood and the "sleeping in" on our days off. I really enjoyed saving some money on gas and having afternoons/evenings free.

Things have been really crazy this past month and our lives have turned upside-down again. . .but now that it's over and we are getting settled again, I think that things will be even better than before. But getting back to "settled" can be a bit of a challenge and my dogs don't like change to begin with, so I think that we are going to have a few challenges in the next month or so.

The first challenge is getting our place set up in a way that is comfortable for the kids. We've already had one accident with poor pocket misjudging the spacing between two objects and falling in between while trying to jump the distance. Pocket came running holding up her back right leg and screaming like crazy. Luckily she didn't bite me while I tried to examine her! She had full range of motion in that leg and no obvious sore spots and no bones protruding. I figured it was just a sprain and gave her some pain meds and put her to bed. She woke up seeming normal today. She is using her leg most of the time, but still picks it up if she wants to run around. I'll give her some meds the next few days and she should be completely healed soon. Poor Pocket!