Thursday, November 19, 2009

A Favorite Place to Rest Her Head

Thursday, November 19, 2009

The Tongue

During her last teeth cleaning, Sol had her last remaining canine tooth removed on the top. It was in such bad shape that it just had to be pulled. She doesn't seem to miss the tooth too much and the only noticeable difference is that her tongue peeks out from time to time.

Tongue lag, as my veterinarian calls it, was one of the most noted side effects of her jaw surgery and was a change that we were warned about in all the pre-surgery meetings. However, Sol did not experience any tongue lag after a part of her lower jaw was removed. The only noticeable difference was a little lip pout which isn't even noticeable from aftar. And while I am on the subject of her jaw surgery, I have been meaning to send a thank you card to her surgeon. Every veterinarian that has since looked at Sol's jaw has commented on what an excellent job the surgeon did. I agree 100% and while I can't rattle off a list of medical reasons on why it was such a good job, I think it was such a great job because the surgery hasn't slowed Sol down one bit. Her recovery was quick and it took very little time for her to adjust to her new mouth.

So from time to time, Solsey's little tongue will be sticking out. She rarely leaves it that way for long, but I think it just adds to her charm.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Cranky Baby Benny

I'm going to try and get back in the swing of things and start posting daily shots again. We'll see how I do

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Her Pickyness

For the last few months with Sol we have been having fun trying to find a food that she likes that also does not upset her tummy. She liked our home-cooked meal, well she liked the turkey in our home-cooked meal, but the pumpkin & veggies didn't sit too well with her. So we transitioned her to Wellness. She liked the Wellness OK, but it was a bit much for her stomach. So we are now onto California Natural. In talking with our vet, he recommended a fish or turkey based food & recommended that chicken be a last resort. Well guess what? Of all the California Natural flavors we have tried, Salmon & Sweet Potato, Duck, Turkey and Chicken & Brown Rice, guess which one is the only one she will eat? The chicken & brown rice flavor! She turns her nose up at all the other flavors. And to make it worse, she doesn't just walk away, she sniffs the food in her bowl and then comes and stares at you, like, "I know you have something better. Come on. Give it to me."

So we have started mixing in some of the other flavors with the chicken & brown rice food. But that is a very tricky game. Every bit of hearing that pug must have had at one point in her life, must have went straight to her nose, because if you don't get the ratio of what she likes and what she doesn't like just right, she will refuse to eat. Plus, if you don't mix the food well enough you will find only the flavor she doesn't like still sitting in her bowl when she is finished. Oh, and don't even try to slip a pill in her bowl. She will find it every time! And she doesn't just eat around it, she will refuse to eat any more of her meal, after she has found the pill, like we have tried to poison her and now the rest of the meal may be tainted.

And the little girl gets 3 pills a day. In the morning she gets a pill for her arthritis and a pill to help her breathing, which she also gets in the evenings. So we have to sneak the pills in a treat. And get this, so far, we haven't found a treat that she will eat for more than two weeks. She gets bored and just refuses to eat the treat anymore, with or without a pill in it. In the beginning, we did the 'ole peanut butter trick. That worked like a charm, but she soon tired of the peanut butter. Then we moved on to hiding the pill in a puperoni. That worked for about a week and a half and then we moved on to hiding the pill in canned cheese (gross). Right now, we are using lunch meat and we have about a week left to come up with what we will use next.

The other bad part is that Sol does not like anything remotely healthy. I'm sure she would be happiest if we just went into Walmart and bought the cheapest dog food they sold. Heck, she had us feeding her canned cheese for awhile there! She sure does keep us on our toes.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Caption This #133

Looking forward to your captions in the comments.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Morning

I am not a morning person, but I like to think I handle mornings a tad bit better than Baby Benny did the other day. The morning ritual is that boys are always at my feet when I pour my cereal in the morning. They know they will get a cheerio if they are nearby. The girls, on the other hand, always sleep in a bit later since cheerios aren't really high on their list of treats.

Well, Benny must have had a rough night because he couldn't get his eyes opened and he had quite the disgruntled look on his face. In the photo, I didn't catch him mid blink or anything. That is really the expression he had on his face. After he got his cheerio, he found his puffy and caught a few extra hours of sleep. I wish I had that option in the morning.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Squish

This picture was taken seconds before she was rudely awakened by a big 'ole kiss.