Boring Birthday

Woof! My pal Doo and her mom made me this – thanks Doo and mom!!!

My birthday was kinda boring. It rained so I didn’t get to walk at the park. :(  Instead mom took me to PetSmart to walk around and sniff, and she bought me a couple new canned dog foods and treats (dog poo bags being the exception - not a treat, BOL).  There were lots of good sniffs in the store and the parking lot, and I barkbarked at a couple of dogs, but do you know not one person stopped to pet me?!?! What is wrong with people?!?! Then mom took me to PetCo for more sniffing, but yet again, no people stopped to pet me!  I was pouting about this the whole time. I tried to walk towards people and they didn’t walk towards me. Again, what is wrong with people?!? Geez! It’s not like there were lots of other doggies in the stores to pet, and people had free hands with which to pet me. I dunno, maybe the people in the stores were cat people or something *shudder* BOL. 

I also wasn’t feeling well most of yesterday so I didn’t eat much. I was active, but I didn’t eat anything until 8pm or so last night; I ate a mix some freshly boiled chicken and a few scoops of a new canned dog food.  I did eat 3/4 of a small plate of chicken, canned food, and Stella and Chewy’s patty pieces this morning though, which of course made mom all crazy happy.  She’s so easy to please.

Anypaw! Even though it was a boring birthday, I have fun times every day and am a totally loved and spoiled princess, so really, every day is like my birthday. :)

Hope everypup has a pawsome weekend!

Today is my barkday!

Arooo! I am the big 1-2 today! And as usual on this day every year, mom’s smothering me with the happy birthday wishes and birthday girl endearments. I like it, BOL. My birthday last year was sad cause my angel furbro Shakey was in the hospital, so mom said she’ll make this birthday extra special. I don’t know how she can top my daily routine since I’m already a super spoiled princess. Maybe not taking bathroom breaks while petting me? I should never stop being petted unless I declare it. Hmmm.. maybe steak along with chicken and pasta?!? Oooo…. Woof!

Right now she’s at work making my treat money, but this afternoon we’re gonna go to the park and the pet stores where I will get lots of attention and she will buy lots of treats! Happy Barkday to me!!!

Dogsitter weekend

Hi pups!

I had a dogsitter this past weekend cause mom and her roommate went to NYC. Even though NYC is a very dog-friendly city, apparently the buses don’t let doggies on, so I had to stay home. Sigh. If you want NYC details, mom’ll probably post pictures and stuff to her Facebook page, maybe here too if she sneaks on while I’m napping.

Anypaw! I wanted to share the photos my dogsitter took of me this weekend.  He was super nice, he fed me my usual buffet of chicken, pasta, Stella and Chewy’s patties, dog kibble, and treats. He gave me lots of pets and affection, and we hung around outside when the weather was nice enough for it.  He tried to walk me, but I didn’t want to go on walks outside of my yard - I don’t like going on out-of-yard walks with anyone but mom. Mom says this is a new “quirk” of mine, but she’s just learning about it now cause no one else has tried to walk me until recently. (Who me, a mama’s girl?!? BOL)

Oh! Here are the photos – I’m adorable as usual, BOL!  You can see where the vets shaved my leg for my dental, and in a couple pics you can even see my shiny white teeth!

http://canineadventure.smugmug.com/Category/James-Ballard-Photos/Lacey-Mazza/

Boy was I happy to see mom and her roommate last night! I jumped on them both and I even did zoomies around the living and dining rooms! Mom would yell “Lacey go!” and I would zoomie around, wheee!

Hope everypup had a good weekend!

I'm home!

I am so happy to be home! I still have all my teeth! I'm also still pretty stoned, BOL! Night night!

Post-dental update and “old dog lungs”

Lacey’s mom here, she’s recovering at the vet’s office, but I wanted to share updates.

Firstly, Lacey didn’t lose any teeth! I was worried about that (among a million other things, heh). She does have some areas of receding gum line. I am going to be super-vigilant about teeth-cleaning rinses, water additives, etc.

The vets also took chest x-rays since I mentioned how she would sometimes wheeze when she breathed. Relating that to her licking her paws and sneezing, it’s probably allergies, but I wanted to be sure. The chest x-rays showed nothing substantially abnormal like tumors etc. However, x-rays did show “changes consistent with a dog her age,” i.e. “old dog lungs,” meaning fibrous changes etc. that come with 12 years of Lacey breathing pollen, dust, etc.

And also because I mentioned wheezing, the vets listened to her heart and lungs and didn’t hear anything – no murmurs etc. Whew!

Oh! Also, miss skinny butt gained 1/4 of a pound since she was there last August, so yay Lacey, keep it up! I think it’s cause she’s much happier where we live now, she has so much more energy and her appetite is much better. I’m so happy that she’s happy. (Maybe not when she sees me this afternoon, cause, you know, anesthesia, dental, x-rays.. my poor baby.)

I can pick her up between 4:30 and 5:00, so I will be picking her up at 4:31 and hovering, er, loving on and spoiling her (more) rotten.

Also, I may cry from relief.