We had to take a bath yesterday. I don’t know why I needed one, I mean I had a shower just the other night.

You would have thought that was good enough but no not for My Margret.

To add to that we had couldn’t come downstairs until we were dry. My Margret says if we would let her use the blow dryer it would go much faster but who wants that noisy thing. She says we’ll work on that.

I tried to tell her we wanted to come down but she said it wasn’t time yet and went to turned on some music.

Then we decided to give her guilt inducing looks and on the count of three we gave it all we had. Nope, that didn’t work either. My Margret is a tough one. Finally we gave up and took what My Greg called a drying nap. That must have worked because when we woke up My Margret said “Girls are you ready to come down?”

Finally! I’m telling you this whole bath thing just wears me out!

~ this is Bessie “the I don’t know why we had to take a bath” Pup for the pups and kitties.

Note from the Pups and Kitties My Margret:

We want to wish all of you a blessed New Year. Thank you for stopping by to visit our blog. We love getting to know you. We enjoy your comments and hope our antics bring a smile. Here’s to 2020!

Every time I go outside My Margret has to put a plastic bag on my bandaged foot. I don’t like it very much because I forget and wag my tail and some of my tail hairs get caught in the tape.

If that wasn’t enough the plastic bag feels funny. It’s slippery and makes so much noise that I make My Margret go down the porch steps and out in our pup pen with me. I seriously won’t go unless she goes with me. She’s good like that.

When we come back in the house I sit real still so she can cut the tape and get that bag off of my foot. Then I go do my new job. Bonnie made being a pillow tester look so easy that I decided to become a blanket tester

It’s the best job ever!

~this is Belle “the blanket tester” Pup for the pups and kitties.

So last Sunday night I hurt my paw. My Margret posted it on our Three Pups and a Couple of Kitties Facebook page. I asked why she didn’t write about it on our blog and she just looked at me. I asked her if she would copy the post here and she said yes.

“Ugh! Belle ripped a nail on her left rear paw down to the quick. It was hanging by a thread. I talked to our vet and he told me what to do. With Greg distracting her I took care of the nail, cried a few tears and used flour to stop the bleeding. We are to keep an eye out for infection. Belle, then went and rang the gotta go chime not to go out but to ask for not one but two treats. Belle baby whatever you want sweet pup whatever you want.”

That same night she noticed that Bessie had a hot spot on her inner ear flap. So while she was putting medicine on Bessie’s ear she told Bonnie that she needed to stay healthy.

Today My Margret noticed I was licking my foot a lot and took a look then called the vet’s office. She took me in and took a picture of Bessie’s ear to see if she needed to make an appointment for her or if it was getting better.

I’m not quite sure how it happened but I ended up with this and antibiotic pills…

While Bessie just has to keep having antibiotic ointment put on her ear. Some how that’s not fair, oh but wait, I get hot dog pill pockets and she doesn’t. That makes it seem better somehow.

So while Bessie and I have been busy Bonnie got a job as a pillow tester. She says it’s a real comfy job.

~ this is Belle “the pillow tester’s sister” Pup for the pups and kitties

My Margret and My Greg’s big and little people were home this weekend for their family Christmas.

There was a lot going on so my sisters and I were happy to spend some us time in our pup porch and pen.

Everyone went home today and we have our My Margret and our My Greg all to ourselves again.

My Margret came into the living room after talking to Aunt Mrs. Barb about another Christmas celebration and found all of us and My Greg sleeping in our favorite places.

BelleBonnieBessieAfter our naps My Margret brought in an armful of newly washed stuffies. Bess got so overwhelmed thinking about which ones she wanted to carry around that she had to lay down for awhile. She finally decided and jumped up to give them to My Greg. She must have had at least four of them!After awhile Bess jumped up beside My Margret, who was looking at recipes and took another snooze. Awhile later Bonnie jumped up to take her turn sitting with My Margret.

In a little while it’s going to be my turn to spend some time with My Margret. In the meantime….

~ this is Belle “the patiently waiting” Pup for the pups and kitties.

Tonight while I was writing Christmas cards Belle Pup came and stood next to me and put her nose on my leg. When I asked her what she wanted she sat down and waited. After I started to give her a massage she laid down and closed her eyes. I love that this sweet pup likes the massages enough to come and ask me for one. Thank you Sue (About a Dog- Pawsitive Canine Massage) for showing me how to make my pup feel better.

I turned around and saw to my surprise Linus Kitty and Bessie Pup waiting their turn.

~this is Belle’s My Margret for the Pups and Kitties

Every year My Margret tries to take a picture of us in front of the Christmas tree.

Every year it goes something like this.

~Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Bonnie, Belle and Bessie Pups for the pups and kitties.

I have always loved to sit way up high in our Christmas tree.

I’m 17 now and I only have three legs, not that either of those things have slowed me down. Well much anyway.

Anyway I looked around to see the best possible way to climb up in the tree.

Then I went to find My Margret. I knew she would help me.

~ this is Lucy “where there’s a will there’s a way” Kitty for the pups and kitties.

So this morning at 4:15AM I was really excited about the dead mouse I found. I really really really wanted to take it and show My Margret. But she said ” leave it”.

I looked at her because I knew I hadn’t heard her right and took a few steps closer and then she said it again. I dropped the mouse then picked it back up and she said it yet again. But, but, but are you sure I asked her. She said yes, I’m sure, leave it.

I sighed and dropped the mouse then walked with My Margret to the door of our pup porch where she ruffled my fur and told me I was a very good girl. A few minutes later I came back in and ran right to where I had dropped the mouse so I could try to give it to her again and it was gone! I’m so confused.

~this is Bessie the “but, but, but” Pup for the pups and kitties.

My Margret says she’s been “crazy busy” for the past few weeks. I didn’t know what that was then Belle Pup told me that it means My Margret has a lot of things to do, more than usual. All I know is that I haven’t gotten her to sit down very much so I could sit with her. Well I decided that was going to change this morning!

I woke her up at 4:10am this morning. After I did my usual first thing in the morning check of our outside I laid my head on the loveseat and gave her my I want something look.

She smiled and said show me sweet pup. And I grabbed a stuffie and came to stand by her. She put her coffee cup down on the table, sat down and hadn’t even gotten the blanket settled before I jumped up to snuggle in close.

Now this is more like it! Hmmm maybe I’ll wake her up early tomorrow too.

~this is Bessie “the snuggle” Pup for the Pups and Kitties

A few days ago I did something to my front leg. As you know I’m the bouncy one in the family but whatever I did took the bounce right out of me.

I didn’t want to go up and down stairs. I didn’t want to jump up on the comfy furniture. What was even worse when I tried to roughhouse with my sisters I whimpered because it hurt.

My Margret decided that I needed to stay in the house so I could rest and get feeling better. She put a special comfy red blanket on the floor for me to snuggle in. My Greg would carry it up to bed at night and My Margret would take it back downstairs for me in the morning.

My Margret also called our vet who suggested along with resting to give me aspirin for the inflammation and Sue, suggested ways to massage my leg.

While I’m sure all of those things have helped me to start feeling better I really think it was my red blanket.

~ this is Bess “the red blanket is good medicine” Pup for the pups and kitties.