Thoughts From my Pets Point of View

Howl, I have been feeling pretty darn good since I last posted about being sick. Thank goodness Mom and Dad took me to the doc. I turned 10 the beginning of February and I know I’m getting old but I still run around like a little pup. That dang Jake, though, grrr. Jake is my little brother and he gets on my nerves. We don’t get along at all. When he was a puppy we played together but now every time we get near each other we try to rip each other apart. So mom and dad have to keep us separated. Mom and dad says when they get the yard fenced in for us to play in the yard this Summer, or hopefully before that, they will have to add a separator to keep Jake and me apart. If not we will hurt each other pretty bad and I know mom and dad will be upset if we hurt each other. So I just have to stay away from the little brat!

My little sis Cloe got her stitches out the other day. You can read about it here . Poor pup only has three legs now but that doesn’t stop her from running around like any other pup her age does. Hehe, she’s a good little pup.

Fluff, my wife, kept getting loose and taking off up the road. Mom had to go up the road and get her before she got hit by a car. Boy as fat as she is I can’t believe how fast she can run. Ahem, don’t tell her I said that or she will want a divorce. So for now mom and dad bought a better chain to keep her tied up outside. As much as they hate keeping us on chains they have to until the yard gets fenced in. The only one who is allowed to run now is Scotty and that is because he is trained really good to stay in the yard. Mom puts him outside when he needs to use the potty and he barks at the door when he is ready. He is much older than me and doesn’t like to play or run very much. So he doesn’t take off like the rest of them try to. I don’t take off if I get loose anymore either. I’m getting too old to do that too. When I get loose I am good and go right to the door. Dad lets me in the house for a while and then fixes my chain. They can’t buy me a new on yet because I am so big I have to have a log chain and they aren’t very cheap anymore. Mom says hopefully they won’t need to buy a new chain for me because she wants to get the yard fenced in as soon as they can. She hates seeing us chained up all the time. Of course she walks us up and down the road so we can have our exercise but she can’t let us all stay in the house because there is 6 of us now. So the two youngest and Scotty stays inside at night and me, Fluff, and my daughter Sammy stay outside. I don’t like being in the house anyway. As soon as mom or dad bring me in for a little bit I go right to the door wanting back out. I love the outside, especially in the snow. I love rolling around in the snow when I can. But I hate rain and as soon as the rain starts I run in my box and hide. I am a big baby that way, hehe.

I am probably going to be a grandad in a month or so. My pup Sammy who is 2 years old now might be pregnant. Mom and dad tried to come up with the money to get her spayed but they didn’t get it done in time and Jake got to her when she was in heat. So mom and dad will be putting an ad in the paper again for free pups. Dad says he wants to keep one but mom says no more dogs. They struggle enough to feed us so we don’t need anymore mouths to feed around here.

Well that’s all I have to bark about today. Scotty will probably have something to say soon. Bark at ya later!

Well, I know this update is late because I went to the doggie doc’s a few weeks ago about my leg injury. I kept forgetting to post an update and mom has been hogging the computer. Of course, she has a lot of work to get done online so I was not too mad at her!

So the doggie doc cut my leg off. Now I have 3 legs but it isn’t so bad. I got used to running around on 3 legs pretty fast. Only problem is, mom won’t let me run in the yard anymore. Now I have to be walked or tied up for a little while to go to the potty. Mom and dad are afraid I will get stuck in a trap again and this time I won’t get out and probably starve to death. So they are keeping a very close eye on me. Hopefully mom and dad can get the money soon to fence in our yard. Me and Jake want to run and play real bad. Jasper, Fluff, and Sammy want to run and play too! Mom says as soon as she can afford it she will make sure this big yard of ours is fenced in. I hope it is soon.

The doggie doc gave me antibiotics and mom has been hiding the pills in cheese when she gives them to me. I won’t take it with anything else. Went and got the stitches out today so I don’t have to go see the doggie doc anymore. I am so glad it is all over with. Now mom and dad have to make payments to the doc but they say it is better than me dying. If I wouldn’t have gotten my leg cut off I would have died. Doc said I had gang green in my leg, ewww!

So I am okay and going to take a nap now. Have been running around the house playing with my big brother Jake! bark bark, for now!

Dad accidentally left the door open a little bit and all four of us who were in the house got out a couple of weeks ago. It was me, Jake, Fluff, and Sammy. Scotty stayed in the house for some reason. Probably because he didn’t want to get into trouble with mom but the rest of us didn’t care, he he he, grrr! It was a bad thing to do on my part though. I got lost and stuck in some kind of trap. Fluff, Sammy, and Jake came back but mom couldn’t catch them before she had to leave. I guess they ended up waking dad up late that night and he let them in. Mom was over at grandma’s because she went to wash clothes and decided to spend the night. Dad thought mom took me with her so he wasn’t too worried at the time.

Mom came home the next day and asked where I was. Dad told her he thought I was with her. So she went looking for me up and down the road but couldn’t find me. She figured I would come home late at night like I did the last time I was bad and took off. When I didn’t she started getting really worried. I was stuck in that dang trap for a week straight. No food, no water, and I got hurt pretty bad. Mom and dad thought maybe someone saw me and picked me up but they still missed me and wanted me back. To their surprise, I came scratching at the door exactly one week later. Mom screamed that I was home and she picked me up and hugged and kissed me. Then she noticed I was hurt. I hadn’t eaten in a week and my ribs were showing. Mom and dad immediately fed me. They hadn’t seen my paw yet and didn’t know how bad it was.

Mom was sitting on the couch with me, hugging me and telling me how much she missed me and she was so happy to have me back home. Then she noticed the blood on the couch and told dad about it. Dad checked out my paw and saw that it was split in two. They hurried up and cleaned it up as good as they could with peroxide and wiped it up. None of us realized how bad it would really get.

Now I have to go to the vet Tuesday because my paw is falling off. Well, I am helping it and almost have it gnawed off. Dad asked the vet if it was good for me to lick and gnaw on it and they said the licking would help keep it clean until I could get there and that it was natural for me to gnaw on it. It smells pretty bad too and I guess it has gang green in it. It will have to be cut off completely. I am already used to walking and running on 3 legs. It doesn’t even hurt anymore. Especially since mom and dad are making sure it stays clean.

I have gained all of my weight back and I am going outside to the bathroom without any problems. Mom and dad won’t let me go outside by myself anymore because they are worried I will take off again and get caught in another trap. They are keeping a careful eye on me. I feel pretty good besides only having 3 legs now. I am just so glad to finally be home safe and sound. I am never leaving home again!

Another dog showed up at our house today. It was one of the neighbors dogs who had gotten loose. He is a beagle just like me. Mom put him on a leash and walked him up the road. She was going to go door to door until she found his home. The first house she stopped at was his home. She was glad she didn’t have to walk very far because our road is pretty long.

Mom and dad do love me and the rest of my brothers and sisters. I know they are having problems and I wonder if/when mom leaves dad if I will stay here or go with her. He says he wants to keep me and Jake but he has been really mean lately so I don’t know if I want to stay. Besides, I will really miss my mom. The only problem is, mom needs to make enough money first so she can find a place where she can take all of us. She said she will never abandon any of us. I probably wasn’t supposed to tell anyone about that but it is bothering me about them fighting a lot lately. I just wish dad would straighten up and be nice like he used to.

I will post again after Tuesday to let everyone know how the vets appointment went. Unless they have to keep me for a few days and then mom will probably post for me. Ruff, ruff for now!