Tuckered Out . . .

I've been receiving plenty of attention the past few days.

Mom and Pop put this bright orange/red shirt on me yesterday,

because "moms and pops" took me to the vet on Friday  

to have this big bump like thingy taken off my leg.

Mom and Pop are all worried about it but I am just fine!

My Vet guy said he thought it should come off, so off I went early Friday morning.

 I didn't like it there very much and for goodness sake I was there all day long.

  I thought I was just going to get in there and outta there lickity split

but they cleaned my teeth too I guess. 

I was sleeping pretty good

and didn't notice that teeth cleaning at all.   

I did notice a few things when I woke up though

like how I wasn't walking quite right and my leg was really wobbly.

My pop thought I seemed kind of tipsy . . .

I settled into sleeping and cuddling right away and

made sure I had a comfy spot to watch some TV.  

Then we all settled in for the night.

I felt fine in the morning but "moms" freaked all out

when I started licking my leg like crazy. 

So that is why she went and got that three month old

orange princess shirt to wear.

Those long sleeves have made it impossible for me

to do my cleaning and checking.

Not sure why she got so crazy worried,

I was taught long ago to take care of myself!

The best thing is, my "moms" keeps giving me a tiny piece of bread

with peanut butter on it, . . . every few hours or so.

Not sure what that is all about.

I don't think I have ever had peanut butter before.

Kinda yummy.

~

poetry and poems by

Mary Oliver

Swan: Poems and Prose Poems

~

"What do you say, Percy?

I am thinking of sitting out on the sand

to watch the moon rise.

Full tonight.
So we go

and the moon rises, so beautiful it
makes me shudder, makes me think about
time and space, makes me take
measure of myself: one iota
pondering heaven.

Thus we sit,

I am thinking how grateful I am for the moon’s
perfect beauty and also, oh!

How rich it is to love the world.

Percy, meanwhile,
leans against me and

gazes up into my face.

As though I were his perfect moon."

~
Dog Songs

"A dog can never tell you what she knows

from the smells of the world, but you know,

watching her, that you know almost nothing. . ."

~

"What would the world be like without music
or rivers or the green and tender grass?

What would this world be like without dogs?"
~
"I had to go away for a few days
so I called the kennel and made an appointment.
I guess Bear overheard the conversation.
"Love and company," said Bear,
"are the adornments that change everything.
I know they’ll be nice to me, but I’ll be sad, sad, sad."
And pitifully he wrung his paws.
I cancelled the trip."
~
a tip for small dogs, ten pounds and under
when having surgery on their legs
a 0-3 month long sleeve night shirt keeps them
from licking the sutures/surgery site
and a soft white bread, in the size of a pea,
with some peanut butter
works perfectly for giving antibiotics and 
pain medicine in pill form

of course . . . you already knew this didn't you
~ ~ ~
Snickers is back to her usual self . . . almost!
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Love ~ Lynne