Pupdate & .......THE PACKAGE!!

Gen & the Foo were sooooo excited to win Salinger's giveaway from Taste of the Wild!!   It's so much fun to get a package, especially if it contains foodables.

 

Unfortunately, several calamities have conspired to delay a post about hte contents of their package.    So first, we'll have to talk about this:

 

 

 

This is NOT what arrived in the mail. Rather, it is all the medicines Foo has been given to fix her broken eye. Today, momma took her to see the the puggy eye doctor.   She will have to keep her eye closed for 2 to 3 weeks.  After that, we'll try to find out if she can see and move her eyeball.  For now, that's all we can do.  But he did change her medicines. While he was at it,  the eye specialist also checked out her her good eye and a few problems were found.  (thanks Dr.Mohoric!!)  Dry eye, very common in pugs was severe, and there was also a mild infection of the lid. Some of these have been discontined. From the left (no pun intended):

• Metacam - for inflammation (#2)
• Tobramycin - 2nd antibiotic
• Artificicial Tear Ointment
• Tacrolimus - tear stimulant (and chemotherpay agent)
• Triple Antibiotic ointment
• Rimidyl - first anti-inflammatory
• Number of vets seen: 2
• Number of medications being given: 4
• Number of drops per day: 10

 

And now........we turn to more exciting news!!!!

 

The PACKAGE

 

 

We could not open this ourselves, so the momma had to help.  It was soooooo exciting!

 

 

 

And look at all the booty we found inside:

 

I guess the nice lady at Taste of the Wild doesn't know that we don't do tricks.

So I sniffed and sniffed all the goodies.   There was all  kinds of foodables. And a gigantic collar......what breed did that lady think she was sending her box too?    An English Bulldog?   We'll have to find a big buddy to send that too. Can anyone think of a furiend with a giant neck? And there was also a piece of paper.  It didn't smell like much but momma liked it.   She said it was useful to get MORE foodables, so I am OK with that.

 

(We put that up sideways so the Foo Lefty can read it)

 

Here's Lefty checking out the booty before her "injury."

 

Mom, seriously, look at all this stuff!   Canned food (for Lefty),   kibbles (for me)  chewy stars in THREE sizes!   Hey, wait, is someone suggesting my breath is less than delightful??

 

I scarfed up my chewy so fast, momma could not even get a picture. Dentally challenged Foo, I mean Lefty,  gnawed and gnawed.  Finally after like an hour, mom had to take her chewy and throw it away.  Seriously, she only has like 5 teeth left, what were ya thinking, mom?

 

We can't wait to taste the real foodables....but more on that later.

 

Love,

Gen & Lefty 

 

Eye ya Yai! or...The Cone of Silence

The Foo wanted to thank all of her pug and human friends for their kind words of support, and for sending out the Power of the Paw.   She is at home now, slightly drunken, but feeling OK.

He eye is sutured closed to help it heal. 

Hopefully, when the swelling subsides her eyeball will go back where it belongs.

The Foo seems very comfortable, even with......the

CONE OF SILENCE*

It's clear. She does not seem to notice it, but is bumping into things because she is not used to the extra space she needs.   Otherwise, she seems just fine.  

She'll be spending the next few nights in the

"Inner Sanctum"

of momma's bedroom in her new soft crate.

It's a special treat because no pugs are allowed in human bedrooms.

And I have to give her eye drops 847 times a day.  

30 minutes apart. So you can see how that could be a problem......

We'll keep you all posted, 

and keep sending the

Power of the Paw!!

*for those of you who can remember Get Smart!

My new BFF, Animal 911

Clearly, the holiday weekend was progressing too smoothly..........

Gen & the Foo had a little tussle over breakfast this morning, resulting in a really gross, bulgy look eye for the Foo.    Eeeewww.  Oh, wait, GROSS - this is serious!

Oh, you were thinking we'd put up photo of that grossness?

Come on, we've got some dignity.  

Well, maybe not. 

But I was not able to get a photo while racing down the block, blinkers on, nearly running red lights to get to the ER vet.

Fortunately, we were able to get Foo over there within 10 minutes. The vet wasn't able to reposition her eye (right, in case anyone cares) on the first try, so she will need to be sedated.   Hopefully, the eye will heal and no further treatment will be needed.

I saw Foo just before her surgery, and she was pretty, well, drunk.   But I told her she was really brave.  And seriously, eye patches are really a fashion problem.  

Please send eye healing thoughts!  

(Chocolate works too)

iUpdate:   Foo made it through surgery, but the vet was not able to get her eye in the completely correct position (due to swelling).   She had to suture the lids closed to help it heal.   We'll need to watch her carefully, and with medication and drops, hope for the best. 

Programming has been interrupted for a test of the Emergency Broadcast System......

The big reveal of our package has been interrupted by the following test of our

Emergency Response System:

That would be the momma mobile.   Even though we are pugs,  we are pretty sure there is something SERIOUSLY wrong with this picture.

When pugs collide, nothing much happens.   When people mobiles collide, this is what happens.   Even if the momma was parked (as in stationary) and just minding her own bees-wax.

The fender remover other driver was heard to say "I didn't even see you."

Again, we're just pugs, but even we can see a large SUV before we run into it.

Tune in tommorow when we resume our regularly scheduled

"BIG PACKAGE REVEAL"

Love,

Gen & the Foo

It seems we've gotten a package.......

Mom was at some foot convention over the weekend, and while she was away a package came for us.

We barked and barked at the mail lady to just leave it for us, but she brought it next door.  Hmmpf.


Our neighbor brought it over to us today.  But Mom won't let us open it till she find the camera.   Something about it being lost in her suitcases.   Whatever.

Love Gen & the Foo

The Klondike Rebellion

Momma opened the garage door this morning, and we heard a horrendous shriek. Seriously, it hurt our delicate puggy ears......

Agent Awesome was immediately summonsed to the scene of the crime.

Which began with a suspicious puddle, much like this one:

Ok, well, may be it was not actually not THAT big, but momma sure was pissed.

And so she followed the puddle.....

And we decided it was time to quietly step away from the scene.

Where she found an overturned box of soggy, melted these:

In what "may" have been a jailbreak out of the extra freezer?

Leaving the door WIDE OPEN....

for 10 hours.

 

(Not actual fridge)

Resulting in a fridge full of soggy, melted food.

Did the Klondike's try to make a break for it?

Protesting poor conditions and the specter of cruel & inhuman punishement?

Or, did *someone*,  maybe,

 FORGET TO CLOSE THE DOOR??????

We'll never know, will we?

But we sure don't want to be around when mom finds out!

as Reported by Gen & the Foo

It's My Birthday, and I'll Snort if I Want To!!

Genevieve turned 5 on Wednesday!

For some perspective, here's one of her earliest pictures:

Not the blondie, that's Agent Awesome.

It's probably time to tell you how I got here to my family.  After adopting many pets from local animal shelters, mom wasn't exaxctly sure how to find a good breeder.   So she kept going to pug events looking for suggestions.  And she finally found one in a place call Eye-oh-wah. 

But Agent Awesome was still pretty small and momma wasn't sure if it was time yet.   Agent Awesome begged and begged for her Genevieve, you know the little dog that rescued Madeline from her fall into the River Seine in Pa-ree.

Can't you see the resemblance?

It was winter, so momma told Agent Awesome that they'd have to wait for springtime because it was too cold for me to travel across the ocean.   Momma was hoping to buy some time, but Agent Awesome, who was just 5 years olf (like me!) said "You can just put a sweater on her Momma."

And so, when I was finally born, and ready to leave the farm, Momma told her I was on my way.  Unfortunately, she sais I got a little lost on my way from Paris and had to be picked up in Eye-oh-wah.  Another day we will tell you Agent Awesome's description of the trip to come get me.

For now, please share in my birthday celebration!

Hmm, that sure smells goooooo!

Nom, nom, nom!

The Foo licked her plate bone dry.

Here she is in her party outfit.

Look at all this birthday booty!

OK, I admit it, I'm still kinda confused about what to do with toys. 

Do you think Angry Chicken looks sad?

Agent Awesome made my very own Birthday Bandana.

Bye Everypuggy!

Love Gen & the Foo