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♥
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~
We are joining Rosy this week and Nature Friday~~
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.
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 ☺
Rosy and Sunny posted pictures of themselves in bunny ears this morning and gave my mom this horrible idea!
We are joining Sunny this week for Nature Friday~~
Over the weekend, I had surgery and became a Daphne. I think I look stunning!
We are joining Rosy this week for Nature Friday~~
At the beginning of this past week, I was vomiting in the middle of the night and it was making my tummy hurt. And then the bloody poos started. I refused breakfast on Wednesday and mom made me rice and a scrambled egg. Boy, was that ever yummy! I licked my bowl clean for 15 minutes after I had finished! Mom called my vet and took down a stool sample. I was fortunate to get in to see him on Wednesday. The labs hadn't come back yet but Dr M prescribed an antibiotic. The next day we got a call from the office - no parasites but they discovered that I had eaten wild animal poo and that was the issue. I'm on antibiotics for seven days and things have gotten much better.
That is part one of this story. Mom has made it her mission to have this wild animal poo issue never happen again. She's been looking into muzzles. Who wants a basket on their face when they want to have fun?!
We are joining Rosy this week for Nature Friday~~
We are joining Rosy and Sunny for Nature Friday~~
