I am so excited while I type this post!! Yes, I am finally about to spill the beans about Walley's Birthday celebration. Well, not all of them as we are still planning some other fun stuff for the big day!!
We have decided to take Walley to Cape Cod on a vacation just prior to his birthday. Yes, the beach!! Elwyn and I love going to beaches and have never been to Cape Cod before so this will be our first experience in the beautiful and scenic Cape Cod. For Walley, of course, this will be his very first beach experience but we are already positive that he is going to love it, considering Golden Retrievers love the water and have always been known to be great swimmers too! It will be very interesting to see Walley's maiden swimming experience!! Apart from the beach there are several other outdoor fun things to do in the area we will be staying. There is a dog park where dogs are unleashed and can run around freely and play with each other. I am sure Walley is going to thoroughly enjoy that! I can just go on and on about the list of "see and do" things in Cape Cod but I do not want to sound like a travel advisor. Instead, I will post a video or share some pictures of our trip after we're back.
The nice thing about Cape Cod is that dogs are allowed on most of the beaches! Some beaches allow dogs that are leashed throughout the day and some beaches allow dogs that are unleashed at certain times of the day. The fun part about the beaches that allow dogs that are unleashed is that Walley can swim freely rather than just being on a leash and walking on the shore.
The three of us are very excited about this trip. This is officially our first vacation with Walley and it will be a very memorable one as we are celebrating his 1st birthday. We'll be driving to Cape Cod. Its roughly a 3-4 hour drive from New York. We may rent a car although we have our own only because we are going to have so many things (including Walley's crate) to take on the trip and our car just won't be big enough. We'll be staying at the Outer Reach Resort located on 12 acres of the Cape Cod National Seashore atop the highest bluff on the Lower Cape with panoramic views of Provincetown, Cape Cod Bay, Pilgrim Lake, Provincetown Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean. All good stuff! We leave for Cape Cod on August 12th sometime in the afternoon and return to New York late night on August 15th.
So, a fun summer vacation awaits us in Cape Cod! We have some other special surprise plans for Walley on the 16th (the actual date of his birthday) which we are still working on. As soon as we finish making solid plans, I will blog about it!
12 days for the Beach Trip and 16 days for Walley's Birthday!
Have a great weekend, all!
Friday, July 30, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Adolescent Trouble!
Yeah...that time of Walley's life is here already! We've all heard of the terms- adolescent, teenager, puberty and many other terms attributed to them. Rings a loud bell in the ears, I'm sure! We've all gone through the adolescent phase sometime in our lives. Dogs go through that phase too! Yes, they do!
Walley is going through his adolescent phase now and he really acts up sometimes. It started when he was about 9 months old. First, he was very picky about his food. We were giving him dry kibble food in the morning and canned chicken or beef entrees in the evening because we thought he would get bored of just eating the dry kibble all day. After a few days though, he liked the canned food so much that he didn't want to eat the kibble food in the morning. The kibble food is more nutritious and wholesome than canned food and it's crucial for dogs to have at least one meal of dry kibble. But, Walley would just stare at his kibble food and not eat it and mind you he's been eating the kibble food twice a day since he was 2 months old. He would just stare at the kibble for a few minutes and look at our faces as though we were feeding him something he shouldn't be eating. But he wouldn't even touch it. How stubborn can that be! However, we quickly found a solution to that problem. For a few days, we mixed a little bit of canned food with his dry kibble just so he would eat the more nutritious kibble food. It worked!! After a few weeks of success with mixing canned food and kibble, we began mixing a little bit of warm water with the dry kibble instead of canned food. That worked too! Now he eats his dry kibble twice a day very happily just like he used to eat before without mixing anything in it. Mission accomplished!
Just when we succeeded in overcoming the food trouble, another bigger problem began. This one is called "outdoor trouble". It began when Walley was 10 months old. He wanted to become the leader of the pack. The pack, of course, consists of me, Elwyn and Walley. Our Walley still thinks we're his litter mates so he wanted to take control of the litter-mate group. He wanted to become the leader who leads us whenever we go out for a walk. So we would be out there walking with him and he would be on his leash but he always wanted to take us for a walk and not the other way around. He would just pull on his leash, sometimes really hard just to go where he wanted to go. In the beginning, it was not so bad but then it became a misery. Walley weighs close to 60 pounds and you can just imagine when something weighs so heavy and pulls you around, it just can't be fun. It was literally straining on our backs. He would walk normally for about 2 minutes and then suddenly pull on his leash! It was just dreadful. But there is always a solution for every problem. And even this one quickly resolved. We got him a "HALTI". Now, I don't believe in harsh training for dogs, that's just not me. I don't like the choking collar for dogs even if it is recommended because who would like to be choked when they walk. I mean, that's just brutal! I do believe that dogs should be trained but only in a gentle way. And HALTI does just that! It's a gentle way of training dogs to walk when on a leash and "no" it's not a muzzle although it looks like one. A muzzle is for dogs that bite and Walley doesn't do that, not in a million years! Now, I am sure some of you are wondering "What is this HALTI?" I will save myself time and words from explaining because I found a really nice website, actually one that inspired me into buying a HALTI for Walley. This site has a really good explanation of a HALTI- what is is, how it works etc. Below is the link to the website:
http://www.allourpets.com/htmls/halticollar.shtml
And yes! The HALTI has been working really great so far! Initially, Walley didn't like it so much because it goes over his mouth and face so he would try to get out if it. But now, he doesn't mind it. He walks just fine. Walking has only become fun and easy for the three of us. I guess he's only not too happy that he couldn't become the leader of the pack. But then again, no one is the leader of the pack. There's no "win or lose" here, there's only settlement!
Apart from the above adolescent issues we had with Walley, he has been a really good boy. He's such a darling! There was one other thing he did just once and never did it again. Walley has never been a tough or destructive chewer. He likes all of his colorful squeaky toys so much that he only gets attracted to chew on them. He has not damaged a single thing in our house. As surprising as it may seem to you, yes it's true. He never chewed on our couch or shoes or anything that rambunctious little puppies do for a living! He does like nibbling on our socks sometimes for some strange reason but doesn't destroy it. So it's not so bad. But there was this one night when "Marley" got into him. I don't know if he watched the movie "Marley and Me" earlier in the day (just in case you didn't know, we leave the Television switched on for Walley all day) when Elwyn and I were out, but that night was a truly memorable one! It was 2 months ago and Walley was 9 months old. We trusted Walley to sleep with us that night in our bedroom because he has had sleepovers in our room several other nights and he never touched a thing in the room because he had his bed to sleep on and toys to play with if he got bored. But, God alone knows what got into him that night because we were fast asleep. We woke up in the morning to Walley's kisses and hugs. When we looked around the room, we were shocked! Walley had pulled out a small rug (which we had bought from India) from underneath the bed and chewed a portion of it. The rest of the rug was just fine but there was a small portion just missing! Also, he chewed up a section of the wire of our automatic steam inhalation system. Again, the equipment was way under our bed. We don't know how he got in there to pull out these things and have so much fun with them! It made perfect sense though why he woke us up with so much love to show us the mess he made overnight. Luckily he didn't have any tummy-trouble after all that tough chewing. Of course, we were a little annoyed with him. Walley knew we were not particularly proud of what he had done that night. But he's a Golden Retriever! He knows, he understands, he learns. That was the last time he did anything of the sort. We grounded him from sleeping with us at night for a month and now he has sleepovers once in a while in our bedroom and he's very well-behaved! He wakes us up in the morning with only good surprises. It's all well. In fact, we just crack up now when we talk about the chewed-rug and we have decided to glass-frame it and hang it up on the wall as "Walley's Masterpiece". It was already an expensive rug when we bought it but now it is truly priceless!! As for the steam inhalation device, we bought a new one!
Well, that's about the clownish Walley for now. 24 days to go for our munchkin's birthday!
Wish you all a wonderful weekend! Have fun!
Walley is going through his adolescent phase now and he really acts up sometimes. It started when he was about 9 months old. First, he was very picky about his food. We were giving him dry kibble food in the morning and canned chicken or beef entrees in the evening because we thought he would get bored of just eating the dry kibble all day. After a few days though, he liked the canned food so much that he didn't want to eat the kibble food in the morning. The kibble food is more nutritious and wholesome than canned food and it's crucial for dogs to have at least one meal of dry kibble. But, Walley would just stare at his kibble food and not eat it and mind you he's been eating the kibble food twice a day since he was 2 months old. He would just stare at the kibble for a few minutes and look at our faces as though we were feeding him something he shouldn't be eating. But he wouldn't even touch it. How stubborn can that be! However, we quickly found a solution to that problem. For a few days, we mixed a little bit of canned food with his dry kibble just so he would eat the more nutritious kibble food. It worked!! After a few weeks of success with mixing canned food and kibble, we began mixing a little bit of warm water with the dry kibble instead of canned food. That worked too! Now he eats his dry kibble twice a day very happily just like he used to eat before without mixing anything in it. Mission accomplished!
Just when we succeeded in overcoming the food trouble, another bigger problem began. This one is called "outdoor trouble". It began when Walley was 10 months old. He wanted to become the leader of the pack. The pack, of course, consists of me, Elwyn and Walley. Our Walley still thinks we're his litter mates so he wanted to take control of the litter-mate group. He wanted to become the leader who leads us whenever we go out for a walk. So we would be out there walking with him and he would be on his leash but he always wanted to take us for a walk and not the other way around. He would just pull on his leash, sometimes really hard just to go where he wanted to go. In the beginning, it was not so bad but then it became a misery. Walley weighs close to 60 pounds and you can just imagine when something weighs so heavy and pulls you around, it just can't be fun. It was literally straining on our backs. He would walk normally for about 2 minutes and then suddenly pull on his leash! It was just dreadful. But there is always a solution for every problem. And even this one quickly resolved. We got him a "HALTI". Now, I don't believe in harsh training for dogs, that's just not me. I don't like the choking collar for dogs even if it is recommended because who would like to be choked when they walk. I mean, that's just brutal! I do believe that dogs should be trained but only in a gentle way. And HALTI does just that! It's a gentle way of training dogs to walk when on a leash and "no" it's not a muzzle although it looks like one. A muzzle is for dogs that bite and Walley doesn't do that, not in a million years! Now, I am sure some of you are wondering "What is this HALTI?" I will save myself time and words from explaining because I found a really nice website, actually one that inspired me into buying a HALTI for Walley. This site has a really good explanation of a HALTI- what is is, how it works etc. Below is the link to the website:
http://www.allourpets.com/htmls/halticollar.shtml
And yes! The HALTI has been working really great so far! Initially, Walley didn't like it so much because it goes over his mouth and face so he would try to get out if it. But now, he doesn't mind it. He walks just fine. Walking has only become fun and easy for the three of us. I guess he's only not too happy that he couldn't become the leader of the pack. But then again, no one is the leader of the pack. There's no "win or lose" here, there's only settlement!
Apart from the above adolescent issues we had with Walley, he has been a really good boy. He's such a darling! There was one other thing he did just once and never did it again. Walley has never been a tough or destructive chewer. He likes all of his colorful squeaky toys so much that he only gets attracted to chew on them. He has not damaged a single thing in our house. As surprising as it may seem to you, yes it's true. He never chewed on our couch or shoes or anything that rambunctious little puppies do for a living! He does like nibbling on our socks sometimes for some strange reason but doesn't destroy it. So it's not so bad. But there was this one night when "Marley" got into him. I don't know if he watched the movie "Marley and Me" earlier in the day (just in case you didn't know, we leave the Television switched on for Walley all day) when Elwyn and I were out, but that night was a truly memorable one! It was 2 months ago and Walley was 9 months old. We trusted Walley to sleep with us that night in our bedroom because he has had sleepovers in our room several other nights and he never touched a thing in the room because he had his bed to sleep on and toys to play with if he got bored. But, God alone knows what got into him that night because we were fast asleep. We woke up in the morning to Walley's kisses and hugs. When we looked around the room, we were shocked! Walley had pulled out a small rug (which we had bought from India) from underneath the bed and chewed a portion of it. The rest of the rug was just fine but there was a small portion just missing! Also, he chewed up a section of the wire of our automatic steam inhalation system. Again, the equipment was way under our bed. We don't know how he got in there to pull out these things and have so much fun with them! It made perfect sense though why he woke us up with so much love to show us the mess he made overnight. Luckily he didn't have any tummy-trouble after all that tough chewing. Of course, we were a little annoyed with him. Walley knew we were not particularly proud of what he had done that night. But he's a Golden Retriever! He knows, he understands, he learns. That was the last time he did anything of the sort. We grounded him from sleeping with us at night for a month and now he has sleepovers once in a while in our bedroom and he's very well-behaved! He wakes us up in the morning with only good surprises. It's all well. In fact, we just crack up now when we talk about the chewed-rug and we have decided to glass-frame it and hang it up on the wall as "Walley's Masterpiece". It was already an expensive rug when we bought it but now it is truly priceless!! As for the steam inhalation device, we bought a new one!
Well, that's about the clownish Walley for now. 24 days to go for our munchkin's birthday!
Wish you all a wonderful weekend! Have fun!
Monday, July 19, 2010
A downpour of rain and we were soaking wet!
Walley and I had some fun this morning. I took Walley out for a relief walk. When we stepped out of the building, it was not raining but it surely looked like it was going to rain in a couple of minutes. I thought we would be done just in time before it rained. But that was not so. It was only a minute after we began our walk and there came a downpour of heavy rains!! Walley had not even begun answering nature's call! It was raining cats and dogs. Big and strong drops of rain drenched us. My clothes got completely wet and Walley was totally soaked. I didn't have an umbrella or a raincoat on me. Walley was very cooperative, luckily. He quickly peed and pooped despite the rain. Phew! After he was done, we quickly ran back to our apartment. It was actually fun! It seemed like Walley enjoyed the funny part of both of us getting wet and rushing back home. When we got home, I quickly wiped Walley's body with a towel. Then I changed into some dry clothes. I gave Walley his food and then made myself a hot cup of tea. It was a quick fun adventure for the two of us and when I told Elwyn about it later, he was laughing away!
Well, that's all for now. 28 days to go for Walley's Birthday!
Well, that's all for now. 28 days to go for Walley's Birthday!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
And The Big Birthday Countdown Begins!!!
Our little munchkin will be turning "one" year old on August 16th which is only a month away from today! What a lovely journey it has been so far!!
The big birthday planning is in full swing at the moment. Elwyn and I want to make Walley's 1st birthday as special as it could possibly be. As the days go by, I will slowly reveal the plans for our munchkin's birthday celebration. It's too soon to spill the beans!! Hush..Hush.. Walley is going to have a blast for sure. Elwyn and I are going to be the party-planners. What fun!! Woohoo!!
31 days to go!
The big birthday planning is in full swing at the moment. Elwyn and I want to make Walley's 1st birthday as special as it could possibly be. As the days go by, I will slowly reveal the plans for our munchkin's birthday celebration. It's too soon to spill the beans!! Hush..Hush.. Walley is going to have a blast for sure. Elwyn and I are going to be the party-planners. What fun!! Woohoo!!
31 days to go!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Don't we just love the rain?!!!!
Finally, after couple weeks of the terribly scorching heat, Manhattan was blessed with some rains! Yay! A downpour of rain for two days surely did some good for us! The city has cooled down by a lot in the last two days. Yesterday, it was mostly drizzling but since today morning or perhaps last night it's been raining cats and dogs; speaking of which Walley also loves the weather when it's not boiling. He doesn't particularly like to go out when it's pouring but he definitely enjoys walking outside soon after the rains have stopped. What a relief for us! At least, I don't have to buy that outdoor swimming pool I was talking about. Well, at least not for now. Hopefully, the weather stays pleasant for a couple of days before the heat beats us again.
Have a happy Wednesday!
Cheers!
Have a happy Wednesday!
Cheers!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
"I'm obsessed with your paws and your paw tricks!!"
I just completely forgot to blog about the amazing and cute stuff Walley does with his paws. I should have blogged about this a long, long time ago, but I shall do so now:-)
When Walley was 5 months old, I taught him some paw tricks. I taught him some paw tricks which he learned so quickly that it was so much fun! Actually I didn't have to really teach him the tricks because he is such a spontaneous learner. So what does he do with his paws? First, he learned to give me his right paw when I asked him to give me his right paw and later he learned to give me the left paw when I consequently asked him to give me his other paw. That was great! But a month later, I felt those paw tricks were a little boring. So I was just sitting there and wondering what else I could teach him when all of a sudden, Walley raised his paw and put it on my lap as he was sitting on the floor and I was sitting on the couch. I thought it was amazing, so I called it a " High 5 ". Following that, I asked him for a "High 5" and he would raise his paw ( sometimes right and sometimes left, depending on his mood) and touch the flat side of my raised right or left hand (palm) with his raised paw. Obviously I have a hand raised already when I ask him for a High 5 so that triggers him to give me a High 5 instantly. He raises his paw as high as I have my hand raised. Now he gives me a High 5 whether I ask him to or not. When he is very happy and playful he gives me or Elwyn a High 5 even if we have not asked him to. It's so much fun!! And if we ask him to give us his paw, he does that as well but its just so wonderful to see the difference with which he responds to the two different commands. If I ask him to give me his paw, he gently places one of his paws on my hand that's placed forward to receive his paw. And when I ask him for a "High 5", he raises his paw high up with a lot of excitement and touches my raised hand. Amazing!! When he is very very excited and happy, he jumps really high to give us a standing High 5 while we are standing as well. If he does a good job at anything, we just do a classic High 5 with him!
Elwyn and I just love Walley's paw tricks! We're also simply obsessed with his paws because puppy paws are so adorable. The puppy paws have a particularly lovely smell that's present from the time the puppies are born and lingers till they are a year older ( at least until then). Golden puppies have really adorable paws that smell great all the time. The way in which Walley licks his paws is so cute to watch. He gently cleans his paws by licking them over and over again tenderly. So yes, anyone can get obsessed with puppy paws and for all those people who think it's plain crazy to be obsessed about puppy paws, just have your dog trained to do some fun paw tricks. Trust me, once your dog does those amazing tricks, you will surely be obsessed with those cute little playful paws!! Walley gives us his paw even when he wants to welcome us home or when he is hungry and wants us to give him his food ( we don't even have to ask him to).
When Walley was younger and would get himself dirty after a "pee" or "poop" in his crate, we would always clean his paws ( front and back) with "Huggies" baby wipes. And he loved it. Even now, if he gets his paws dirty after walking in the muddy grass outside, we use Huggies wipes to clean his paws when he gets home. Only clean paws are fun to play with!
That's all about puppy paws for now. It's Tuesday and so slow. Can't wait for the weekend!
Happy Reading!
When Walley was 5 months old, I taught him some paw tricks. I taught him some paw tricks which he learned so quickly that it was so much fun! Actually I didn't have to really teach him the tricks because he is such a spontaneous learner. So what does he do with his paws? First, he learned to give me his right paw when I asked him to give me his right paw and later he learned to give me the left paw when I consequently asked him to give me his other paw. That was great! But a month later, I felt those paw tricks were a little boring. So I was just sitting there and wondering what else I could teach him when all of a sudden, Walley raised his paw and put it on my lap as he was sitting on the floor and I was sitting on the couch. I thought it was amazing, so I called it a " High 5 ". Following that, I asked him for a "High 5" and he would raise his paw ( sometimes right and sometimes left, depending on his mood) and touch the flat side of my raised right or left hand (palm) with his raised paw. Obviously I have a hand raised already when I ask him for a High 5 so that triggers him to give me a High 5 instantly. He raises his paw as high as I have my hand raised. Now he gives me a High 5 whether I ask him to or not. When he is very happy and playful he gives me or Elwyn a High 5 even if we have not asked him to. It's so much fun!! And if we ask him to give us his paw, he does that as well but its just so wonderful to see the difference with which he responds to the two different commands. If I ask him to give me his paw, he gently places one of his paws on my hand that's placed forward to receive his paw. And when I ask him for a "High 5", he raises his paw high up with a lot of excitement and touches my raised hand. Amazing!! When he is very very excited and happy, he jumps really high to give us a standing High 5 while we are standing as well. If he does a good job at anything, we just do a classic High 5 with him!
Elwyn and I just love Walley's paw tricks! We're also simply obsessed with his paws because puppy paws are so adorable. The puppy paws have a particularly lovely smell that's present from the time the puppies are born and lingers till they are a year older ( at least until then). Golden puppies have really adorable paws that smell great all the time. The way in which Walley licks his paws is so cute to watch. He gently cleans his paws by licking them over and over again tenderly. So yes, anyone can get obsessed with puppy paws and for all those people who think it's plain crazy to be obsessed about puppy paws, just have your dog trained to do some fun paw tricks. Trust me, once your dog does those amazing tricks, you will surely be obsessed with those cute little playful paws!! Walley gives us his paw even when he wants to welcome us home or when he is hungry and wants us to give him his food ( we don't even have to ask him to).
When Walley was younger and would get himself dirty after a "pee" or "poop" in his crate, we would always clean his paws ( front and back) with "Huggies" baby wipes. And he loved it. Even now, if he gets his paws dirty after walking in the muddy grass outside, we use Huggies wipes to clean his paws when he gets home. Only clean paws are fun to play with!
That's all about puppy paws for now. It's Tuesday and so slow. Can't wait for the weekend!
Happy Reading!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
The fun long weekend!!
The three of us thoroughly enjoyed our long weekend. First of all, on Friday afternoon, Walley's trip to the Vet was just great! Dr. Tufaro took off Walley's stitches and the E-collar. Yay!! It was a relief for Walley, of course. His ear looks great now. It's healing really well. Second of all, we were really excited to spend more time at home with Walley over the long weekend ahead of us. We just love our family time!! It's just so much fun even if it's just the three of us, snuggling together on our big black couch! Walley now loves the couch more than his bed so he has learned to make himself very comfortable on our couch, occupying half of it and leaving the remaining half for me and Elwyn. How generous!! :-)
Well, the weather was terrible over the weekend with temperatures shooting upto 100 degrees Fahrenheit so we were just relaxing at home most of the weekend. On Saturday, we took Walley to Unleashed Spa for a full-groom which he badly needed!! He hadn't taken a bath for over a month because of his surgery and the sutures etc.. So he absolutely needed a bath and a hair-trim. He enjoys the pampering at the Spa anyway!! Kim, at unleashed Spa was so surprised to see that Walley has grown so big! The last she saw him was in February and Walley has grown quite a bit since then :-) When I went to pick up Walley from the spa, he looked fabulous wearing a "NY Mets" bandana. He had a nice oatmeal bath, relaxing blueberry facial and a neat hair-trim. He was so happy to see me when I walked in. I am sure he wanted to show off how good he looked and smelt. Kim was so sweet that she gave Walley a free "Barkin Apple" flavored ice-cream when we were about to leave. Walley loves Ice Cream and this one was a sure treat for him on a terribly hot day! We walked home and all through the walk, Walley was anxious to eat his ice cream. As soon as we got home, I gave him his cup of ice cream and he relished it till the end!!
Walley got a new toy to play with. We bought him an elephant rope toy with colors of the American Flag: Red, Blue and White. Walley enjoyed playing with it, especially chewing on the rope part of the toy.
On the 4th of July ( Independence day), Elwyn and I did a 3-hour cruise over the Hudson river to watch the Macy's Fireworks. Too bad they don't allow dogs on the ship cause Walley would have really loved it! Well, maybe not the fireworks part :-) After we came home, we were very tired but we were so excited to see Walley. There was a special treat waiting for us in the fridge. It was a "Strawberry Torte Cake" for late night dessert. And it was yum!! But the one who enjoyed it the most was: Walley. Any doubts??
I have posted some pictures from our relaxing, fun weekend. Enjoy!
Well, the weather was terrible over the weekend with temperatures shooting upto 100 degrees Fahrenheit so we were just relaxing at home most of the weekend. On Saturday, we took Walley to Unleashed Spa for a full-groom which he badly needed!! He hadn't taken a bath for over a month because of his surgery and the sutures etc.. So he absolutely needed a bath and a hair-trim. He enjoys the pampering at the Spa anyway!! Kim, at unleashed Spa was so surprised to see that Walley has grown so big! The last she saw him was in February and Walley has grown quite a bit since then :-) When I went to pick up Walley from the spa, he looked fabulous wearing a "NY Mets" bandana. He had a nice oatmeal bath, relaxing blueberry facial and a neat hair-trim. He was so happy to see me when I walked in. I am sure he wanted to show off how good he looked and smelt. Kim was so sweet that she gave Walley a free "Barkin Apple" flavored ice-cream when we were about to leave. Walley loves Ice Cream and this one was a sure treat for him on a terribly hot day! We walked home and all through the walk, Walley was anxious to eat his ice cream. As soon as we got home, I gave him his cup of ice cream and he relished it till the end!!
Walley got a new toy to play with. We bought him an elephant rope toy with colors of the American Flag: Red, Blue and White. Walley enjoyed playing with it, especially chewing on the rope part of the toy.
On the 4th of July ( Independence day), Elwyn and I did a 3-hour cruise over the Hudson river to watch the Macy's Fireworks. Too bad they don't allow dogs on the ship cause Walley would have really loved it! Well, maybe not the fireworks part :-) After we came home, we were very tired but we were so excited to see Walley. There was a special treat waiting for us in the fridge. It was a "Strawberry Torte Cake" for late night dessert. And it was yum!! But the one who enjoyed it the most was: Walley. Any doubts??
I have posted some pictures from our relaxing, fun weekend. Enjoy!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
A few pictures to share!
So, I guess Mother Nature read my last post. We are having beautiful weather outside today..quite a pleasant one. I hope it stays this way for some time.
Well, we are gearing up for a long weekend. We don't really have any concrete plans yet as to what we are going to do with the 3-day weekend. But hopefully, we'll spend some time outdoors with Walley, i.e. if his stitches get removed tomorrow and he is free from his E-collar.
There are a few pictures that I would like to share with you'll from the past few weeks after Walley's surgery. They were all taken in our home. The last two pictures are of Walley's healing ear. I took them just two days ago. If you look more closely, you will notice the sutures (stitches) on his ear. Can you even imagine there were 6 holes each about 3 mm wide, through and through Walley's ear flap? I can't either! In the first week after the surgery, the holes (made by Dr. Tufaro on Walley's ear for draining the fluid) were very obvious but over the next two weeks, the surgical wounds healed so well that they have left no scars whatsoever! Well, I guess that's the beauty of Medicine, Surgery and of course, God's Healing Grace!!
Enjoy the pics and have a fun long weekend!
Well, we are gearing up for a long weekend. We don't really have any concrete plans yet as to what we are going to do with the 3-day weekend. But hopefully, we'll spend some time outdoors with Walley, i.e. if his stitches get removed tomorrow and he is free from his E-collar.
There are a few pictures that I would like to share with you'll from the past few weeks after Walley's surgery. They were all taken in our home. The last two pictures are of Walley's healing ear. I took them just two days ago. If you look more closely, you will notice the sutures (stitches) on his ear. Can you even imagine there were 6 holes each about 3 mm wide, through and through Walley's ear flap? I can't either! In the first week after the surgery, the holes (made by Dr. Tufaro on Walley's ear for draining the fluid) were very obvious but over the next two weeks, the surgical wounds healed so well that they have left no scars whatsoever! Well, I guess that's the beauty of Medicine, Surgery and of course, God's Healing Grace!!
Enjoy the pics and have a fun long weekend!
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