Souper Wednesday

 Our weather is up and down here with warmer temps and cooler temps and always plenty of rain.   Mom decided to make Clam Chowder.   She doesn't normally make the Manhattan style but she did this time.

Because it contains onions,  I didn't get to try the chowder once it was finished but I did get a celery stick!

We did talk with a vet tech yesterday and Dr M had no positive suggestion for us.   That's okay.  Because mom gave me one of my squeaky balls back, I was a very happy boy batting it around with my wishbone Benebone.  So scooting or running - which is the lesser of two evils?!  And because my ball is back - I am not scooting nearly as much!☺

Happy Wednesday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Trouble Tuesday

 Mom discovered Sunday night that I was scooting on my hiney.   No - I don't have anal gland issues.   It feels good to scratch my stitches itch.   Carpets are abrasive and we have wall-to-wall carpeting here.   

Monday morning, mom called the vet and sadly, he was not available to talk with today.   We searched the intermutts and they suggested Benadryl,  which mom would never do as we don't know how that would react with my prescription drugs that I'm taking post surgery.   The other suggestion was a diaper.  

Mom was out on her errand on Monday and she decided to buy a package of diapers.  Geez, she didn't need 16 of them!   We did find directions about how to put them on me and to cut a hole for my tail to stick out of.  

To make a long story shorter - the diaper slide off my shiny slippery furs in about ten minutes.  

And because the diaper didn't work, mom still has my scooting issue to scratch my itch issue to deal with.  Once again, I will be hearing a lot of,  "Stop that, Duke".   We will be talking with my vet today and hopefully,  he will come up with the perfect plan.   

The one good thing that did happen - I got one of my squeaky balls back☺

Thank you all so very much again for all of the wonderful get well wishes.   I sure hope I'm healing with all of this other crazy stuffs going on.

Love ya lots♥

Duke  

Monday Errand

 Mom has an important errand to run today and it can't be put off.  

The only cone that I have worn so far is the NoarWin Inflatable and I like it but it's large and it won't allow me to get inside my crate.  It doesn't fit through the door.    So yesterday, mom put the Comfy Cone on, which is narrower than the NoarWin, on me to make sure that I couldn't do any damage to myself so she could run her errand and not worry.  

This cone allows me to rest my chin on the floor.   I like this cone too!   I know that some of you are thinking that I'm crazy to like the evil cones but I have to wear it and mom says - better to be positive.   I don't get my stitches out until April 23rd so I have a while to go.  

Happy Monday, everyone!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Sunday Selfie

 Mom called the vet's office yesterday and vet tech told her that the first three days after surgicals are the most crucial for healing.     Tomorrow I can have my Hartz squeaky balls back.  YAY!

This was my project yesterday and I think I did pretty well with the cone firmly in place!   Mom can't believe what a happy boy I am with this cone on me twenty-four seven♥

Happy Sunday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

I'm Home

 Mom picked me up yesterday around 3pm.  It wasn't long before I found a new toy that she had put in my toy box.  She says his name is Mister Bill~

Mom says that keeping me calm is quite the challenge.    She says "slow down" to me all the time but I learned a new one yesterday - "four feet on the floor".   I want to climb into mom's lap but I'm not supposed to jump and climb and mom is a rule follower.   And having said that, she comes down to me and keeps kissing me over and over.    I wasn't able to eat my full meal yesterday.  The nice ladies at the animal hospital told mom that all of the surgical stuffs could make me nauseous and to only give me a quarter to a half of what I normally get.    I had a good night with no tummy upset so this morning I can have almost my full portion with the meds they sent mom home with.  

She took my Hartz squeaky balls away from me as I was running and kicking them with my Benebone in my mouth.   Mom says today, she will call the vet and see if that's too much activity for day one and day two of recovery.      

That's my update.    Thank you so much for all of the good wishes and healing vibes.   Mom and I truly appreciate each and every one of them.

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Nature Friday

 We are joining Rosy this week and Nature Friday~~

Yesterday, was the last day that I'll be walking for awhile.  The vet says 10-14 days for business walks only - not fun ones.  Bummer - and I just got my new head collar so these pictures are from earlier this week.

A beautiful tree in all its spring glory~

The daffodils are all coming into bloom!

Once again, the not-too-smart Robins have decided to build their nest in the Rhododendron right outside our living room window.   If the eggs make it, the baby robins don't.  The same thing happens every year.   Come on, robins - smarten up!

Today is my big boy surgery.   Mom likes to be prepared so she has 2 cones for me. 

This one is the NoarWin Inflatable with anti-licking shield.   The shield does come off and then it's very similar to the Kong cone.

This one is the Comfy cone with stays inserted.   Molly had one without stays.   Mom isn't sure the stays are a great idea as it is more rigid with the stays.  The stays can be removed and she has done that.      

I've never worn a cone before and I'm not sure that I'm going to like it.   

The worst part of this entire morning is that I can't have my breakfast!

Wish me luck!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

My New Head Collar

 Mom has had just about enough of my pulling so hard on every training device that she gets for me.   She reads lots of stuff on the intermutts and she read very good things about the 2Posh2Pull head collar from the UK.   Our Springer Spaniel friend, Ollie wears it and it works for him!  We read that it's a game changer!

So this morning was my very first walk on my new head collar.  It doesn't help matters that the birds are singing and flitting everywhere gathering materials and building their nests.   They taunt me and it's very hard for me to be a good boy.

I'm a working Cocker Spaniel and I have a LOT of energy and mom reads that pups like me can go all day long on a fast speed and everything she reads is spot on and not wrong.  

Did this new collar work?    Mom says that it did a better job that the Halti for sure and because it's the first day, will the second day be just as good or better?   Time will tell.

Mom just got off the phone with my vet.   I get neutered on Friday!   Too much is happening all at once!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Tasty Tuesday

 We had rain this past weekend and mom decided that she wanted to make Date Nut Muffins.

The recipe:

1 cup pitted chopped dates, 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts ( we only used about 1/4 cup of nuts), 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening, 3/4 cup boiling water, 2 eggs, 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup whole wheat flour and 1 cup all-purpose flour.

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.    This recipe was for an 8 1/2" X 4 1/2" loaf pan but mom likes muffins better.    Grease your loaf pan.

Put the dates, walnuts, baking soda, salt and shortening in a bowl and pour boiling water over and stir.  Let the mixture stand for 15 minutes.  

Using a fork, beat the eggs and sugar together in a bowl.  Add the flours and stir until well blended.  Spoon into loaf pan and bake 40-50 minutes.  Do not overbake or the loaf will be dry.  

When loaf is done, slide a knife around the edges of the pan and turn the loaf onto a rack to cool completely.  This bread freezes well.  

I always race to the kitchen to let mom know that the timer has gone off ☺

Did you know that my very favorite thing to do is to eat!

Good to the last crumb~

What do you mean that I don't get seconds?

The muffins were excellent and not dry at all.  This recipe is a keeper!

Happy Tuesday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Not the Bunny Ears

 Rosy and Sunny posted pictures of themselves in bunny ears this morning and gave my mom this horrible idea!

I sure hope I get lots of treats for this, mom.

Darn rain.  This might not have happened if I could have gone for a walk!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Nature Friday

 We are joining Sunny this week for Nature Friday~~

Landlady Maryanne's daffies are blooming~

Our Christmas cactus is blooming a second time but just with one flower☺

Mom's African Violets are starting to bloom again.  Apparently, you have to repot them once a year to keep them happy, along with a whole slew of other stuffs.

Happy Friday, everyone!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Wordless Wednesday

 

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Surgery

 Over the weekend, I had surgery and became a Daphne.   I think I look stunning!

April fool!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Nature Friday

 We are joining Rosy this week for Nature Friday~~

We found mini-Daffies in bloom!

The wild onions are up!

I am back to being a normal healthy pup!  I took my last antibiotic on Wednesday!   We want to thank Ruby Rose for her link to natural stuffs that you can do to discourage the eating of poo and we want to thank Dada and Lulu and JavaBean for their link.  Their link was geared more towards foxtails but mom gave it serious thought and concluded that because I love to play with my ball on my lunge line, I wouldn't be able to catch my ball when mom tosses it with the headNet on.  Bummer!   Mom is pretty sure that I ate wild animal poo in my own yard while I was out doing my business.  We have many wild animals that visit - bunnies, woodchucks, fox, skunk, racoon, deer, coyotes and bobcats that we know of.  

Thank you everyone for caring♥

Happy Friday, everybody!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Wordless Wednesday

 

Love ya lots♥

Duke