The frank lost his beans!

Curly had his neuter surgery on Tuesday. He also had a couple of puppy teeth pulled and a "gingival wedge" - which prevents one of his bottom canine teeth from pushing up into his upper gums. Apparently he has a narrow bottom jaw. Of course, we had to buy the dog that needed a doggie orthodontist!

He had to stay overnight at the vet - but he came home this morning. He is exactly the same as he was before he left (with 2 notable exceptions!). He is as crazy as he normally is - running around the house and jumping up on furniture - which he is NOT supposed to do. We have to try and prevent him from doing that for 10 days....yeah right, like that will be an easy task! So, we have barricaded the furniture and are trying to keep him calm. At least we know he is feeling OK and not in any pain!

He also has to wear a cone when we are not able to watch him so that he doesn't lick his wound. As you can see, he looks real happy to wear that!

But, he still loves his daddy and wants to give him kisses!

Teething

I think having a dog really is like having a child. Curly has been chewing on EVERYTHING (shoe boxes, his plastic crate, my old running shoes etc.) he can find lately because he's been getting some "big dog" teeth in. We also gave him some nylabones for a more appropriate choice! Here he is with 2 of this favorites (he loves them so much we call the "crack bones")

I am such a dork I actually saved 3 of his puppy teeth that I found on the floor. Nick "found" one with his foot!

Look at how cute he is chewing on his bone.....I love the way he grabs things with his front paws!

The good news is, I think all his puppy teeth have fallen out, so he will not need to have any pulled when he goes into the vet next Tuesday. More on that later......

Let sleeping dogs (and people) lie

Curly's favorite past time is napping and his favorite place to do it (other than my lap) is on the couch.
He loves to cuddle with anyone who will join him. (This picture was taken a while ago, but really could happen every Saturday morning!)

In the interest of fairness, I better post one of myself. Aren't we quite the pair?

Well, at least we're a well-rested bunch!

Dairy-Cow Dog

One of our many nicknames for Curly is "dairy cow dog." He has dapple markings, which makes him look rather cow-like. What do you think?

Seriously, is he not the cutest dog ever???? :)

Baby Pictures

I had aspirations for starting this blog when we first got Curly, but it was a busy time of year, so I just didn't get around to it. I wanted to post some "baby" pictures of when we first got him!

This was the night we first brought him home. He was only about 4 pounds when we got him....just a little tiny guy. He looks a little freaked out in this picture!

But, he got used to us really quickly. Here he is sleeping in mommy's lap! He still loves to sleep in someones lap!

Here he is "wrestling" with Nick.

Welcome to my Blog!

This blog is dedicated to my "baby" Curly. We have countless stories about our adorable wiener dog and we can't wait to share them with you.