Wordless Wednesday

 

Love ya lots♥

Duke

The OutFox Field Guard

 I'm sure you all remember me eating wild animal poo and me having to see my vet and go on antibiotics.   Mom never wants to repeat that again if we can help it.   Lulu and Bean and their Dada suggested the OutFox Field Guard for me to wear instead of a muzzle. 

Mom keeps calling it my "no more poo bonnet" and today was my first time wearing it outside.    Mom kept asking me, "Are you in there, Duke?"

I haven't been on my lunge line since we had snow!  Do I look like I'm from outerSpace?☺

It was great racing around the yard and I couldn't grasp anything and eat it and mom was so pleased.   Me - not so much as I couldn't play with my ball.    I only stayed outside about 15 minutes.   Mom asked me if I wanted to go inside and I raced to the garage door.   

If anyone would like to see the instructions that come with it~~

We need to wait for a cooler day as I don't see me wearing it for long when it gets hot out but I did have fun for my short spurt in the yard!

Happy Tuesday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Silent Sunday Selfie

 

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Nature Friday

 We are joining Sunny today for Nature Friday~~

It sure feels good to be out and about after two weeks of stuck inside.  

Mom took pictures of what was blooming in our yard while we were under house arrest.   

The Trout Lily was in bloom~

The Pachysandra is blooming~

Landlady Maryanne's Ornamental Pear is flowering~

Our Weeping Cherry is blooming~

Our Magnolia was just getting started~

Mom's pink Bleeding Heart had flowers~

The latest news on Mrs Robin - she abandoned her nest.  She laid her eggs and sat on them for a couple of days.   Maybe it was the crows or the squirrel that scared her off?  Could she know that the eggs would never hatch?  The nest is still in place with the eggs untouched.  

Happy Friday, everyone!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Wonderful Wednesday

 We just came from seeing my vet and I am a free pup!   I can go back to walking and running and I couldn't be any happier!

We did jump the gun this morning and we did go for a short walk.  I was very excited and happy to get back to it!

I missed you, duckies!

Mom and I can finally enjoy the spring blooms!

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Thank-You Tuesday

 Mom and I thank you for all of your helpful and positive feedback!  When mom returns from the grocery store, the britches come off and we will see how it goes.  

We think it will go just fine~

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Monday Poll

 It's been ten days since my big boy surgery.   My vet's instructions were for me to stay exercise restricted for the next ten-fourteen days and I should be wearing my cone continuously during this time.    I've been a very good boy wearing my cone and then my dandy britches all day and all night long.  The limited exercise has been very difficult as I am a Spaniel pup.   The Trazodone was okay but three tabs would have been more effective than one😉  

My appointment to see my vet is on Wednesday at 9am.    Seeing as I have been such a good boy and it has been ten days - what do you think about me going britches-free on Tuesday?  Mom thinks waiting one more day isn't going to make me heal any more or any less plus she is anxious to see how  "nosy" I am going to be with my surgery site.   She's also has had enough of taking my britches off and then on again every time I go outside for business!

So what do you think?

An anxiously waiting for your opinion,

Duke

My First Easter

 

The Easter bunny brought me a new Benebone to bat my squeaky balls around☺  

Happy Easter to all of my friends!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

An Evening Arrival

 Last night Amazon arrived and the package was for me!  Mom bought me dandy britches so I can get rid of my cone!

My tail is missing, mom!

There - that's better☺

They're soft and they fit and they're not sliding off my hiney.

I love my new dandy britches!  Thank you, mom!

Happy Saturday, everyone~

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Nature Friday

 We are joining Rosy this week for Nature Friday~~

Obviously, no walking happened this week but mom discovered that another African Violet was in bloom~

We had a beautiful sunrise on Wednesday morning~

The Periwinkle is flowering!

Before Mrs Robin started to incubate her eggs, mom stole a picture while she was off her nest.   There are now three eggs.  Mom saw crows and a squirrel hanging around the base of the rhododendron yesterday afternoon.   Sadly, these eggs don't stand a chance.

We did have a bad thing that happened.     I killed my inflatable cone!   Mom has no idea how it happened.  She took it all apart searching for a hole or rip which she never found. 

It wasn't me, mom!

Happy Friday, everyone!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

One Year

 How can it be a whole year since you left, Molly.   Not a day goes by that I don't think of you and wish you were here but I know that you were tired and that you hurt.   Now you're running free and no longer in pain. 

“What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us”.

                            Helen Keller~

I miss you, Molly - so very, very much♥

Love ya lots♥

Mom

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