Sue from “About A Dog Pawsitive Canine Massage” came to our house tonight. Our trainer Lora told My Margret about Sue and how she helps pups feel better.

She was very nice but I didn’t know what to think when she sat on the floor beside me.

She talked to me in a quiet voice while she started to massaged my muscles. Linus got a little jealous and asked when his turn was going to be. Hmm now that I think about it he never did get a turn but maybe next time.

Sue explained to My Margret what she was doing as she was doing it. You might not know it but My Margret likes how’s and why’s so she was really happy. She wants to learn how to do this so she can help me move around and feel better. Turns out Lucy Kitty can get massages to help her move around better too.

I didn’t care about the how’s and why’s I just knew that it felt good. Although every once in a while Sue would massage a spot that I didn’t want massaged and I would offer to let her rub my tummy instead. Most of the time though I really liked it.

After Sue left I felt so relaxed I didn’t want to move. I sure hope she comes back soon.

~ this is Belle “the boy do I feel relaxed” Pup for the Pups and Kitties

Can’t believe this pup is 5! Happy Birthday Bessie!

I like having my room pretty much by myself. My Margret put up the gate in such a way that I can come out any time I want.

Lately my sister pup Belle has been visiting with me every morning.

I like that and I think she does too!

~this is Lucy “the she isn’t just a pup she’s my sister pup” Kitty for the pups and kitties

My Margret and My Greg’s big and little people came to visit last weekend.

I usually like to keep to myself but I really liked it when Katie and Ethan talked to me. To reward them I let them pet me as much as they wanted to.

Shhh, don’t tell them but I hope they come back real soon.

~this is Lucy “the I like to be petted more than I thought” Kitty

This weekend we had to take baths.

We got new collars.

And My Margret expected us to go out to our pup porch during a storm. Something about she had to go to work.

Sigh…

So the baths weren’t horrible except it took forever for our My Margret to say we were dry enough to come downstairs. We even licked each other to hurry the process up a bit.

Our new collars are really pretty but with our fluffy fur they are hard to see. Mine is green with flowers, Belle’s is blue plaid and Bonnie’s is bandana red.

This morning when My Margret wanted me to go out to the pup porch I invited her to rub my tummy and she did.

But she still wanted me to go out so that didn’t work so I said no! Let’s see how she moves 100 + lb me when I don’t want to move.

All of a sudden she started doing this really fun dance with a lot of hand clapping all with a silly voice. I danced with her until I noticed that instead of dancing in the dining room she was dancing on the pup porch. Good thing I noticed before I danced my way out with her. She scared Belle with her dancing and that’s when I realized where we were.

Next thing I knew she was breaking out the good treats and I could not resist that. She felt bad and said if she hadn’t had to leave for work we wouldn’t have had to go out in our porch when it was storming. I believe her because of how she cuddles with me when I’m scared. It really wasn’t too bad on our porch but shhhh don’t tell My Margret I said so!

~this is Bessie “the nope not happening” Pup for the Pups and Kitties.

I don’t know what the big deal is. My Margret said she needed to trim my nails. Well I don’t agree, they are just fine the way they are. Thank you very much!

As usual she didn’t listen to me. She did give me a choice of where to lay. So I tried out the love seat, the couch and several places on the floor. I also invited her to rub my tummy several times.

After several attempts to hold my paw sweet talk to me, line up the clipper with my toenail all at the same time while muttering something about bifocals whatever they are she stopped got up and went to the kitchen. I followed to see what she was up to. The next thing I knew there was my Kong filled with yummy peanut butter.

For some reason clipping my nails went much better after that. Although I did hear her laugh and say something about me slurping. Humph I do not know what she’s talking about, I have never slurped in my life!

~this is Bonnie “grooming isn’t so bad when a Kong is involved” Pup for the Pups and a Kitties.

It’s been quite a week. We all had our taker carer hats on. Our My Greg was home sick and our My Margret had some oral surgery.

We pups and kitties took turns sitting with them so we could help them feel better. It worked My Greg and My Margret are feeling a lot better!

Early this morning I woke My Margret up to let her know it was storming. We went downstairs to watch tv for awhile. It wasn’t too long before she told Belle and me that it was time to go back to bed.

A couple of hours later I let her know it was storming again. We went back downstairs and she held me until I wasn’t scared anymore.

I like how we all take care of each other

~this is Bessie “the we take care of each other” Pup for the Pups and Kitties

This morning My Margret took my cone off to see if I would leave the hotspot on my paw alone.

Nope, it was still itchy so I did what a pup does which is lick. it. a. lot.

She then took a look at my ears and sighed. Then immediate brought out the cotton balls and ear wash. While she was wiping out my yucky ears she saw a hotspot on one of my ear flaps.

Our vet office found an appointment for me in an already very busy day. They said you don’t let a hotspot go untreated over the weekend.

I’ve got to tell you I was (and kinda still am) mad at My Margret. She wouldn’t let me sit in the front seat. She said I was going to have to wear my cone again. Then she wouldn’t let me hide in the corner when the dr came in to see me. Something about the dr needing to see my ears and paw so he could help me feel better. To make sure she knew I was mad I refused to look at her although I made sure to stay close by her so she could call me sweet girl and rub my tummy.

I got a shot that should help me not feel itchy and feel better soon.

Tonight My Margret sat down beside me and started to brush my fur. It felt so good that I kind of (but not quite) forgot why I was mad.

~this is Belle “the kinda still mad but kinda getting over it” Pup for the Pups and Kitties

Despite my best efforts to keep My Margret from finding my hot spot this happened last night.

Guess I didn’t hide it as good as I thought.

Tonight when she came home she called me to come to her and while she was petting me she reached down to feel my paw. It was soaking wet because well you know it’s itchy and no matter how hard I tried I just had to lick it.

My Margret put this on my hot spot last night and this morning in hopes that I wouldn’t want to lick it. The smell cleared out all of our sinuses but you know once I got used to the taste it wasn’t half bad!

But then this happened.

My Margret says we caught it early so I shouldn’t have to wear my cone for too long. I hope she’s right. Oh and she also promised me lots of tummy rubs.

~ this is Belle “the yucky stuff didn’t taste that bad after all” Pup for the Pups and Kitties

I have pretty much handed over my duties as the “watcher over” the family to Belle Pup but every once in awhile I take on a special event.

This past weekend My Margret and My Greg’s oldest little people came to spend the weekend. It was called the First Annual Grandboys Weekend. Because this was a first I decided to be the watcher over and gave Belle some time off. She wanted to test the belly rub technique first though and said it was perfect.

I decided to test the two handed pat techniques. What an excellent job!

After that it was time to test for the ability to give gentle cheek scrunches while a cousin is being goofy.

Passed with flying colors!

Next was the the ability to give pats while reclining.

Totally Passed!

The final test was the ability to pose nice then get as goofy as possible.

I am happy to report that they all passed with flying colors!

I can’t wait until they come back for the Second Annual Grandboys Weekend!

~ this is Lucy “the test giving” Kitty for the Pups and Kitties