Yes I know, I'm a proud Auntie :) just had to post some pictures of Tyler, he is over 3 months now, I believe Melissa said he is 24" long, and weighs 18 lbs, big boy, but so cute!!!
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Tyler at 3 months
Yes I know, I'm a proud Auntie :) just had to post some pictures of Tyler, he is over 3 months now, I believe Melissa said he is 24" long, and weighs 18 lbs, big boy, but so cute!!!
CHAOS
I just love our dogs!! whenever they hear the sirens Scooby Doo and Lucky start howling (this happens quite often, due to a hospital being near by) and then the girls (Belle, and Lacy) join in with their barking, so it gets to be a little noisy around here.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Meet Lucky
By now I'm sure everyone know's that AJ and I are animal lovers, especially dog lovers. We have three wonderful dogs, we were not looking for another dog. Trust me, we live in a tiny little house, the benefit is we have a nice yard for our dogs to run in and play, and on top of that we also take them out to the Owyhees running every weekend. Which is how Lucky came into our lives.
Last Saturday as usual I was working, so AJ decided to take the maniacs out running. He said when he got to our area he saw a dog standing there, he looked a little beaten up, having a hard time walking but he came over to AJ, so AJ gave him so water and picked him up and put him in the truck to ride around while the other dogs were out running around. AJ said as he was continuing down our normal path when he came upon another dog, however the other dog was already dead. Well AJ being AJ, and I can't blame him because I would've done the same, decided to bring the dog home with him. He couldn't just leave him out there with nothing, and he didn't know what else to do. So we talked about it, and decided that we would see how he does at our place, make sure he had food and water to eat and wait until Monday and have him checked out by our Vet. We knew that we could take him to the Humane Society, but I also knew that they would put him down, which yes that is kinder than leaving him out in the desert, but we just couldn't bring ourselves to do that. So we have a new member in our family, and we decided that an appropriate name for him would be Lucky. Because come on, seriously if I come back as a dog in my next life, I want to live with people like AJ and I :)
As you can see here he's a little beat up, we have no idea how he got the wounds on him, we can only speculate. Our Vet said the wound on his eye and the side of his face looks like he may have fallen off a truck bed and landed on that side. So we are putting some ointment on it that the vet gave to us, and it seems to be helping.
It's hard to see in this picture but just above his front shoulder he has another wound, and on the other side of him there is a similar wound, our best guess is that he was shot and the bullet went straight through. That would explain why Lucky cannot feel anything in three of his legs. However he can walk, and gets around pretty good for a cripple :) Lauretta (our vet) said that we could spend 2 grand on an MRI to find out why he doesn't have any feeling in three of his legs. You know that's alot of money, I don't know if I would spend that kind of money on myself or AJ :)
See he can walk, he has a difficult time walking on our hardwood floors and the linoleum (sp) he slips and slides around quite a bit, so we have placed rugs strategically around the house so he can get around better. And then we are borrowing the baby gate from my mother in law Cass to help keep him contained in a carpeted area, if need be. I don't think we really need it anymore though.
Look at him!! How can you not love that face! (or is it a face only a mother could love? :) ) So Lauretta (vet) gave us a couple options, one was to put him down, two is take him to the humane society, where they will put him down, or three we can try and nurse him back to health. So we've decided to nurse him back to health. He is currently taking an antibiotic twice a day, and a steriod along with some ointment for his wounds. I have to say that we have the best vet around, the visit along with the medications for him cost us less than $60. And to have a dog that is so loving, and grateful is the best. Lauretta did say if he does not improve in a week then she recommends that we put him down, and that it will be even more difficult for us if we have to do that. I just couldn't have him put to sleep without trying something. It's my nature, I'm a Medical Assistant, this is what I do. Granted it's with people, but trust me I prefer dogs over most people, not all (yes should've been a vet instead).
Last Saturday as usual I was working, so AJ decided to take the maniacs out running. He said when he got to our area he saw a dog standing there, he looked a little beaten up, having a hard time walking but he came over to AJ, so AJ gave him so water and picked him up and put him in the truck to ride around while the other dogs were out running around. AJ said as he was continuing down our normal path when he came upon another dog, however the other dog was already dead. Well AJ being AJ, and I can't blame him because I would've done the same, decided to bring the dog home with him. He couldn't just leave him out there with nothing, and he didn't know what else to do. So we talked about it, and decided that we would see how he does at our place, make sure he had food and water to eat and wait until Monday and have him checked out by our Vet. We knew that we could take him to the Humane Society, but I also knew that they would put him down, which yes that is kinder than leaving him out in the desert, but we just couldn't bring ourselves to do that. So we have a new member in our family, and we decided that an appropriate name for him would be Lucky. Because come on, seriously if I come back as a dog in my next life, I want to live with people like AJ and I :)
As you can see here he's a little beat up, we have no idea how he got the wounds on him, we can only speculate. Our Vet said the wound on his eye and the side of his face looks like he may have fallen off a truck bed and landed on that side. So we are putting some ointment on it that the vet gave to us, and it seems to be helping.
It's hard to see in this picture but just above his front shoulder he has another wound, and on the other side of him there is a similar wound, our best guess is that he was shot and the bullet went straight through. That would explain why Lucky cannot feel anything in three of his legs. However he can walk, and gets around pretty good for a cripple :) Lauretta (our vet) said that we could spend 2 grand on an MRI to find out why he doesn't have any feeling in three of his legs. You know that's alot of money, I don't know if I would spend that kind of money on myself or AJ :)
See he can walk, he has a difficult time walking on our hardwood floors and the linoleum (sp) he slips and slides around quite a bit, so we have placed rugs strategically around the house so he can get around better. And then we are borrowing the baby gate from my mother in law Cass to help keep him contained in a carpeted area, if need be. I don't think we really need it anymore though.
Look at him!! How can you not love that face! (or is it a face only a mother could love? :) ) So Lauretta (vet) gave us a couple options, one was to put him down, two is take him to the humane society, where they will put him down, or three we can try and nurse him back to health. So we've decided to nurse him back to health. He is currently taking an antibiotic twice a day, and a steriod along with some ointment for his wounds. I have to say that we have the best vet around, the visit along with the medications for him cost us less than $60. And to have a dog that is so loving, and grateful is the best. Lauretta did say if he does not improve in a week then she recommends that we put him down, and that it will be even more difficult for us if we have to do that. I just couldn't have him put to sleep without trying something. It's my nature, I'm a Medical Assistant, this is what I do. Granted it's with people, but trust me I prefer dogs over most people, not all (yes should've been a vet instead).Friday, August 14, 2009
Bad Day at Work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1CjvMTHbKc
Because I work on computers all day long, and when they don't work it becomes quite frustrating, frustrating to the point that I have called IT and have asked them to open their door because there is going to be a computer flying down the hall in a minute. They don't think it's too funny.
Computers are a wonderful amazing thing. However when they don't work, especially when I'm at work, and trying to triage patients that are sick or injured, it becomes very very irritating. I have shown this video to my co-workers and we get the biggest kick out of it.
Hope you enjoy
Because I work on computers all day long, and when they don't work it becomes quite frustrating, frustrating to the point that I have called IT and have asked them to open their door because there is going to be a computer flying down the hall in a minute. They don't think it's too funny.
Computers are a wonderful amazing thing. However when they don't work, especially when I'm at work, and trying to triage patients that are sick or injured, it becomes very very irritating. I have shown this video to my co-workers and we get the biggest kick out of it.
Hope you enjoy
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Road Trip to California
Mom and I left for California on Friday July 24th, and came home Thursday July 30th. It was a nice trip, got to visit with lots of people, do lots of fun things, and enjoy eachothers company. However by the middle of the next week we were both homesick and ready to come home. So here are some pictures of the things we did while we were in California. If you want to see more pictures go to Facebook, I was able to put alot more up on there. Hope you enjoy I know we did :)
Grandma and Grandpas old house in Rocklin
what the backyard looks like now. It looks really nice, just completely different
another angle of the backyard :)
The creek, looked the same to me, still has the beaver dam
The bridge going over to where the garden used to be
where the gardens used to be, kinda sad.....
And then mom and I left Rocklin and visited with Vicki and her family, really enjoyed our visit, this is one of my favorite pictures.
Look how cute he is!! Quinn Nichols....he finally let me take a picture of him :)
Mom waiting for the trolly in San Francisco
the Golden Gate bridge, it was difficult getting a picture of it, because it was covered in fog the whole day. I thought this one turned out pretty good though
Our old house in Fairfield, we lived there from 79-86 doesn't look anything like I remember it. They cut down my climbing tree!! :(
The house Mom grew up in, in Chico. from 52-64
Aunt Lucille, still doing good, and going strong!
Mom and her cousin Mike Bancroft up in Greenwood California (near Auburn) just beautiful up there!!
Mr Ed. One of the four horses Mike and his wife (Char) have. Really enjoyed getting to know Mike and Char, such nice people, and the stories they have of JoJo (grandma) when she was a teenager, were a lot of fun to listen to. Of course on our trip everywhere we went mom got to hear "you look just like your mother" over and over again, it was getting old...but it was still alot of fun. Definitely glad to be home with my family, I sure missed my husband and dogs, and I think they missed me too.
Grandma and Grandpas old house in Rocklin
what the backyard looks like now. It looks really nice, just completely different
another angle of the backyard :)
The creek, looked the same to me, still has the beaver dam
The bridge going over to where the garden used to be
where the gardens used to be, kinda sad.....
And then mom and I left Rocklin and visited with Vicki and her family, really enjoyed our visit, this is one of my favorite pictures.
Look how cute he is!! Quinn Nichols....he finally let me take a picture of him :)
Mom waiting for the trolly in San Francisco
the Golden Gate bridge, it was difficult getting a picture of it, because it was covered in fog the whole day. I thought this one turned out pretty good though
Our old house in Fairfield, we lived there from 79-86 doesn't look anything like I remember it. They cut down my climbing tree!! :(
The house Mom grew up in, in Chico. from 52-64
Aunt Lucille, still doing good, and going strong!
Mom and her cousin Mike Bancroft up in Greenwood California (near Auburn) just beautiful up there!!
Mr Ed. One of the four horses Mike and his wife (Char) have. Really enjoyed getting to know Mike and Char, such nice people, and the stories they have of JoJo (grandma) when she was a teenager, were a lot of fun to listen to. Of course on our trip everywhere we went mom got to hear "you look just like your mother" over and over again, it was getting old...but it was still alot of fun. Definitely glad to be home with my family, I sure missed my husband and dogs, and I think they missed me too.
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