BACK TO MYSELF!

Hi everyone!

Thank you so muchest ever for the continued goodest ever wishes following the CORN COB INCIDENT! I am feeling much betterest thank you! I gotted my stitches OUT and I am especially happiest about this! NO MORE BLOW UP COLLAR and I get to go back to the POOL! Yet, I have to admit that once I got used to MY BLOW UP COLLAR, it wasn't really so bad! It was like wearing a pillow! Now that I am back up and around, I am very busy sampling all of the new foods that MY baby brothers are learning to EAT! OMG! It is like a never ending pawty here ... Pancakes for breakie, cheese sandwiches for lunchie and cheerios or din din! It is the bestest everest! OMG! My goodest and bestest friend Maggie even asked me if she could borrow MY brothers for a week so that she could get in on some of this goodest ever food! Maggie changed her mind when she heard that one of MY brothers attempted to PULL MY TAIL this morning! Mom promised that this would never ever happen again, but Maggie still thinks she will hold off on the visit for now! Hee Hee! Well, this is all the news I have to report for now ...



Til Next Time Everyone!

Your Friend,

Putter ...:)

ps ... I have not been invited to anymore barbecues!

MY BLOW UP COLLAR

Hi Everydoggie!

The good news if that Mom found an alternative to the dreaded lamp shade! I really needed it because the sight of that lamp shade made me run and HIDE! It was BAD! Anyway, Mom found this alternative -- it is a blow up collar similar to the kind of thing a child would wear swimmies ... It is much more user friendly than than the lampshade in that it is tolerable ... When Mom heard me licking furiously at midnight last night, my new, special collar went on and it will not come off until my stitches come OUT in 10 or so more days ...

All in all I am doing better ... Still not feeling myself, but these things take time, right?



Til Next Time Everydoggie,

Your Friend,

Putter ...:)

UP AGAIN!

Hi All!

I am UP AND AROUND again, but I still don't feel too goodest ever! No CONE yet, but I fear it is coming out once I start to feel betterest and I might be tempted to explore my stitches! I surest ever hope Mom loses that stttooopppiiiddd CONE before she can put it one ME ... The very sight of it makes me run away! And I shouldn't be running right now so clearly it should not come into MY VIEW! Thanks again to everydoggie for all of your get wellest wishes! :) Well, off to rest some I think ... No walkies for ME for 14 DAYS!



Til Next Time Everyone,

Your Friend,

Putter ...:)

MY INCISION

Hi All -- I am home again from the hospital! I am very tired and achy, but at least I am HOME again with MY MOM and DAD and BOYS! OMG! I was so scared at the hospital! I am SO HAPPIEST EVER to be home again! I now have to stay quiet for 14 days -- can you imagine???? No running, no jumping and definitely NO LICKING MY STICHES! Mom says that could lead to infection which would be VERY BAD! So this is all for now everydoggie! Thanks again to everyone for your get well messages!

Til Next Time,

Your Friend,

Putter ...:)

THE CORN COB!

Hi Everyone! 

So by now, many of you have heard about the stooopppiiiddd thing that I did last night -- I ATE A CORN COB! Yeah, I know, not the brightest thing in the world to do, as I now know, given what happened next ... Mom was right on the case and immediately called the emergency vet as she had read that CORN COBS can cause quite a bit of havoc once they are ingested ... The emergency vet confirmed this and said that I should come right in ... I was in the car and on my way to the clinic within ten minutes of the incident ... Once we arrived a very nice doctor looked me over and explained that while I still appeared to be okay, it would only be a matter of time before bad things started to happen as a result of this CORN COB in my gut ... Xrays were taken to confirm the exact location of the COB and a plan for surgery was made ... Mom was very unhappiest ever about all of this and by this time, I was getting a bit grumpy myself ... I was given a bit of a sedative for my xrays because I tried to jump off the table on the first try and would not under any circumstances lie still on my back so that the correct view could be obtained ... The sedative made me very woozy and I was stumbling all over the exam room as a result ... By this time, it was time for Mom to leave ME so that she could go home to wait for the doctor to call and tell her that MY surgery was a success ... Mom was saddest everest when she left ME and I was sad too ... The next thing I knew I was waking up in lots of pain with a strange tube attached to my leg ... The doctor called Mom to let her know that they got the COB out in two large pieces ... She also confirmed that there would have been major problems for me had this stayed put ... Mom was extremely relived when she got the call, although she is still very distraught that this happened in the first place ... Mom came to visit ME this afternoon in the hospital and I wanted so badly to jump out of MY hospital crate and go home with MOM ... She sat with ME for quite a while and I was very happy about this ... I cried when Mom left ME ... Mom call to check on ME this PM and when I heard the vet talking about me, I cried again ... I am really hoping that I can come home tomorrow at some point ... Paws crossed! 

Well, I just wanted to give a quick update ... Thank you to everyone who has left ME messages and offered support ... Mom and I really appreciate it ... Take good care everydoggie and remember NO CORN COBS -- they are nothing but trouble! 

Until Next Time Everyone ...

Your Friend, 

Putter ...:) 

INTRODUCING FLASH!

Hi Everyone! 

I have been MIA for a while because I have been busy moving to a new house! OMG! It has been crazy -- one day the AIREVAN came and suddenly all my stuff was gone from MY house and the next thing I knew I found it all in a new house ... It was so wierd! Anyway, now that we have gotten settled somewhat at least, I FINALLY got MY birthday pressie! 

Here he is ... His name is FLASH and he is a BETA fishie! I love FLASH! He is so much fun to watch swimming around in this bowl ... I can't even stand it ...! 

I hope everydoggie is doing wellest! 

Til Next Time, 

Your Friend, 

Putter ...:)

My Birthday Pawty continues...........

Good morning, everyone! Today is the second day of my fabulous birthday pawty with Willow! I'm super psyched about today! Yesterday was just so much fun and I can't imagine that today will top it but it gets better and better!

After we left Sydney Harbour, we decided to go four wheeling! The Thuglets were racing alongside the car keeping us all amused! What a bunch of fun-loving Dales they are! There wasn't enough room for everybody inside so we had to pile on the roof! There's Mango and me and Herc and Molly and Gertrude and up on top is Toffee, JB, Hershey and Kaci, Clover, Rocky, Casper, Nikki, Buddy, Moco and Simba!

We were headed for Ayres Rock and once we got there we couldn't believe how huge it was! Holy Moley! You mean we're going to climb that thing?! Simba looked defeated from the start and Maggie didn't look any too happy about the climb either! Lorenza had her nose to the grindstone and was actually having fun with those short little legs! Stella had her "talk to the paw" attitude so we know she wasn't going to even attempt the climb! Myrna made it all the way to the top as did many others! We all deserve a round of applause as it was not an easy climb at all!

After our hot and sweaty climb, our hostess with the mostess suggested that we all cool off at the Great Barrier Reef and she told us all that she was a qualified scuba instructor and who wanted lessons?! Several doggie's paws went up! Taffy, Lacie, Ruby and Koobie were game as were Asta, Lola, Sparky and Kate! I give them lots of credit because there was no way I was going into that water! Do you think there might be sharks? No one came flying out so maybe not! Everyone did comment how gorgeous and vibrant the colors are and that it was definitely the experience of a lifetime!
A few of the wheelies took a short trip out to Jim Jim Falls. Everyone agreed that it was breathtakingly beautiful but no one wanted to be the first one in the water. The brave soul-wheelies include Gilbert, Myrna, Max, Trip-Trap, Roxy, Nigel? and Seymour! Opal was acting like a total tomboy and felt she needed to climb a tree! Gilbert had to come to her rescue to get her down! Poor Opal!

We were all pretty much pooped at this point and couldn't wait to get back to Noah's to rest up but one more stop and that would be Leura Cascades! Willow was totally enjoying herself as were Mango, Gussie, Sparky and George, Jake and JH, Katie, Eric, Teka, Zorra and Sam. Check out Ellie and Noah! They were smooching it up pretty good!

All I can say at this point is WHAT A PAWTY!!!! It's been SO much fun! I couldn't have asked for a better time! I want to thank all of you for coming and a big thank you goes out to Willow and her pinkies and Noah, Tess and Lucy for making us all feel so welcome and for rolling out the red carpet and for showing us the best time ever! You guys rock! I also want to thank our brilliant and gifted photographers, Asta and Koobie! We feel so fortunate to have you both and a big round of applause goes out to Ruby! That was one long flight and Ruby treated each and every one of us like royalty!

What a fun birthday pawty and and one I'll never ever forget!

So till next time -

Love,

Putter