In the Dark

Firstly, I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one with a TP/Kleenex addiction, and I'm thinking if sooooo many of us have this "issue" then it's not US with the issue, but the peoples!!

Anyway, last night we went to school. It was dark and rainy and windy. When I got into class I was nervous and shaking a little bit, then the other doggies from my class showed up and I started wagging my tail and calming down.

I didn't really listen worth a crap last night when it came to "sits" mom had to tap my butt, but I was more aware of mom and not near as spazzy---until BOOM!

Thunder, big boom, lights out.

OMG I was in the dark with all these weird dogs (and Chewy, my shihtzu boyfriend)!! Mom had me and told me to stay calm. Finally the lights came back on and I was like "what the crap?!?!"

I started to shake a little bit again, but mom got me into walking pretty and I calmed down. I do really good at my sit/down stays. Mom can be 3-6 feet from me and I just sit there...mostly cause I'm looking around but I did watch her during some of her "watch me's!"

Afterwards the trainer said I was still doing great compared to how I was...oh and that' I'm pretty. So I licked her in the face. We only have four classes left before the TEST...OMG, I don't know how this is going to go. Guess mom will be dragging me out again this weekend to do some more outside/new place/Petsmart training.

Hope you have a great weekend!

My Secret Lair! Muwhahahahaha!

Shhhh....I'm going to show you something super-duper secret today....are you ready?

I've been going under the bed while mom gets ready for work in the mornings. Mom doesn't know what I do down there, but she hears some odd shredding like noises that tend to stop when she says "Anna? What ya doin down there?" Only to resume later in a menacing munching manner.

Today, mom decided to look under the bed. She had to prepare herself for the carnage she might see in my secret puppy lair of doom (insert theatrical villain music here).

She lowered down, lifted up the bed skirt and saw.....


Me! Okay, so it doesn't look THAT bad you say. Other than the dust bunnies mom doesn't vacuum, what's the big deal....let's zoom out shall we and use my telestrator to show you the true carnage:

Hi, my name is Annabelle and I have a TP/Kleenex problem. I love to grab them and sneak them to my lair, rip them to shreds and roll around in their feather-like carcasses! Then I finish it off by stealing all of mom and dad's socks! Muwhahahahahahaha!!!

Mom was not amused...she took the sock but left the torn bodies of the TP and kleenex (and the dust bunnies who I think I can make an army with...viva las resistance bunnies!!) for another day.

Wubba Wednesday

I love my Wubba!!!

I don't think so Mom!!!

Duncan, you better step off my Wubba!!

Have a great day!

Feelin' Great and back to Trainin'

Hey everybody! Thanks for keeping tabs on me! It means so much to have bloggy friends to send me well wishes!

So, as you heard my vet visit went pretty well. I was pretty sleepy and wonky all day Friday. Mom said it was mostly good news, so that's good! Saturday, mom cleaned house and moved the spare room into the old junk room. I supervised of course. Dad was impressed at mom moving it all in there by herself and at my supervision skills. Oh, and the new windows are making the house much more comfy, dad said the heating isn't running as much as it used to! Score money for noms!!!

Today mom said now that I'm not wonky it's back to training! Today we went downtown. There aren't many people there on a Sunday, but there's a lot of cars driving close by. At first I was nervous, but mom kept working on me walking pretty. We got on a roll and guess where we went?? To the firestation to see daddy! Wow!

He's at a new station downtown and I wasn't expecting to see him! It was pretty cool. At first I got nervous again, but I went up and sniffed some new peoples and then hung out with them. I showed off some basic stuff like sits and lays and even did it for the firemen when they asked me to! Mom and dad were so impressed!!

After all that hard work, we hung out outside at the back patio they have at the station, it was pretty nice.

Then mom and I walked back around downtown. I saw the creek, but wasn't allowed to go in. Boo! Mom said it's too cold and since we've had SO MUCH FREAKIN' RAIN it was moving too fast for me to get in. I think mom just didn't want a wet Anna in her car, but whatever.

It was a good day. Mom said we'll try to get out to Petsmart again this week before class!

The Results Are In...

Mom here again. Anna is still pretty wonky from being sedated from her vet visit today. We have mostly good news:

1. The elbow: the xrays showed no sign of ununited anconeal process, which would call for major surgery to repair. In fact, the only thing we could possibly find was fragmented coronoid process, this is a different part of the elbow. It doesn't really look fragmented, but more like a lesion in that area. We're going to follow up in 4-6 weeks with another xray, and if that's the case, a surgery, not as invasive as the one for the anconeal process one, will simply remove that tiny piece and she should be fine.

2. Hip Xrays: right hip is great!

3. Hip Xrays: left hip has displaysia. Right now it's nothing horrible, but years down the road we may need to look at options. It wasn't horrible, but the socket was shallower than the right.

4. All her spine and vertebre looked fine!

So all in all we're very pleased with the xrays. I have to tell you, as a mom I was really worried about what the hip xrays were going to show--you never know what's going on in there and I've seen some horrible xrays. But with her right hip being in such great shape, the likelyhood of horrible problems down the road should be avoided.

The vet thinks if we sent her xrays off to OFA she'd be judged Fair.

Thanks for all the well wishes and paw crossing!! Anna and I really appreciate it!! Right now she's passed out on the couch but did eat a little bit of ground rabbit and quail so there's something in her tummy. Again, thanks to all our bloggy friends! Anna is so lucky to have you all!

~Dog Mom

Vet Drop Off

Hey, it's mom. I dropped Anna off this morning...she was not a happy camper. No morning noms and being left with Dr. Vet = pissy Anna. We should hear something by 1-2 this afternoon. Fingers crossed!!

Class Update!

Just a quick update before I head off to bed and the vet tomorrow. Boo!

Mom and I got to class early and we sat and watched the other doggies. I was nervous, and shaking a little bit.

We got into the ring and successfully avoided the treat stealing booty sniffing dog. Good thing too, he peed in class later. Oy!

The trainer worked with our group on our sits and lays. The trainer told mom I still looked nervous and mom said "It's okay, if I paid for socialization classes, I'm fine with it" It was then that I decided to shine for mom!

She asked me to sit, and I sat, then she asked me to lay and I thought for a second and laid down!! Mom and the trainer were so shocked! Mom gave me a big hug! We did this a few more times, then moved onto the heeling session. I walked pretty with mom and the trainer was very impressed. Then we worked on our "come" command and I let the trainer hold my collar while mom walked away, without spazzing out!

Finally, we did some sit/stays which I did, then we did some down/stays. I did this so well, the trainer pointed me out as an example! Holy crapola! At the end of class mom worked on the "watch me" commands which I was doing and sits. The trainer came by and told my mom I was like a whole new dog! She was very impressed.

She told mom to keep up my outdoor/Petsmart training. I think I def got most improved!

Also, I may have a new boyfriend...his name is Chewy and he's a shitzu. He's awesome. I was doing so good I even licked his mom in the face, mom was amazed because I'm normally very wary of new people. But I needed to impress Chewy's mom cause I like working with Chewy!

Well, I'm bushed! Mom said she'll update tomorrow on my visit to Dr. Vet.