What? Walking?

Wait? I thought it was supposed to start with a "J"... "Jogging"? Wah- Keen? How do you spell that? Joa- Quin? After all the confusion... The newest Guide Dog puppy at our house.

Me and Lindsey with Joaquin and 2 of his siblings going to Colorado

He even already had his first bath to get all the newspaper yuck off...

Welcome Joaquin...! We're excited for the next year or so with you!

Poor Vinnie

Poor Vinnie had his "Liposuction" today. He was dropped off at 7 this morning and came home about 5. Poor guy looks like he's been through a war. The vet said he pulled about a pound of fatty tumors out... When he left the vet this afternoon he was at 75-ish lbs.

I have a picture that you can see his stitches better but it's pretty yucky looking so I thought I would spare you. It will only make you feel worse for him. He's got 4 inscisions and gets to back in about 2 weeks to have the stitches removed. They said they were going to give him an e-collar but decided he was so good and is such a nice dog they didn't think he would need it. He can barely make it downstairs right now. When my dad came home he tried to get up and do a happy dance but that didn't work out so well...He tried and will be better than new in a few weeks. That's my boy. Tomorrow I'm going to stop by in the afternoon to see him- give him a hug and love on him for a minute... and introduce him to new puppy! Less than 12 hours! Don't worry we're getting excited at our house...! I'm sure there will be a post tomorrow!

Vinnie goes to the Vet

So... Vinnie has had a small fatty lump under his arm since I got home last year. We took him to the vet early on and after taking a sample told us it was no biggie and we shouldn't worry about it unless it's bothering him.
Fast forward a few months...
The lump has been getting bigger and Vin has started limping... We also noticed a few more starting to grow...poor guy. My mom said she would take him to the vet to get it checked out. Every time I went home to visit I would remind her. Finally, last week after work I went by and took him in. The verdict? It's definitly not cancer (whew) and the boy gets to have surgery. Poor Vinnie will look like Frankenstein for Halloween (although he IS a boy- he might think it's pretty cool.) He has 2 bigger lumps and 2 smaller ones. So next Wednesday gets to go in for some "lipo-suction"... Do we all wish we could do that? I know I have some fatty lumps I would be okay with removing ;) He doesn't really act like an old dog anyway but the vet said it will make a huge difference in his energy level. He said it will make him MUCH more comfortable :) When I called my mom to tell her how much it would cost I asked her if it was alright if I just scheduled the surgery right there. Her response was "We'll it's your fault I love him like my child! It's not like I CAN'T do it. Get him in ASAP." So so so true. You would never know it from him as a puppy (a wild man) that we would fall so hard for this dog. Wish Vinnie luck!
Only 5 more days until Puppy Truck Day...!

24/7

Why is there only 24 hours in a day? And why do you have to sleep for 1/4 of those hours? I'm pretty sure there needs to be more hours- either that or travel time should be eliminated. It seems like there should be more time to finish everything... One day I'm going to have to see about inventing that- something like Space Mountain at Disneyland, of course it has to be fun!
Monet has had a pretty exciting life thelast 2 days- I'm sure Lindsey has posted about it-- one of her puppies, Brogan came to visit. She's not so sure if she likes him or not yet but she'll get over it... Brog is a good teacher. And his being a huge moose and having the perpetual look of "I'm-going-to-eat-the-next-thing-that-comes-within-a-foot-of-me" on his face I'm sure helps... (I don't think he could hurt ANYONE! He's just a big hungry Lab) They are so funny together...

A Visit from a Texan

This last weekend while Lindsey was gone Mon and I had a visitor. My friend Jana came to visit us all the way from Texas. We were companions (roomates) on my mission in Oregon. I love her to death and was so excited to show her around Utah. We went to Salt Lake and up Ogden Canyon. So fun... I think fall i my favorite time of year in Utah (and especially Oregon! I love the fog!)

Jana is Deaf so she tried to teach Monet some signs but she just wanted to play (Jana thinks she succeeded but shh...I think Monet was just humoring her) It was Jana's first experience with a Guide Dog Puppy so she was really nervous about bringing a dog into a store but once she got used to it she thought it was pretty cool. We ended up at the mall and Monet found her namesake!

A little Claude Monet anyone? I'll take the little black puppy...

May be next time I'll go out to Texas to visit Jana. She doesn't live too far from where my 5th puppy Maryjo is working now... I would LOVE to go see her... We'll see!