My Greg took me to the vet today to check my ears and the hotspot on my face. While we were waiting I became the official greeter and welcomed everyone and their pups when they came into the waiting room. I had a lot of people smile at me while they petted me, it was a lot of fun. Hmmm I wonder if they would put me on the staff? That would be a really fun job.

I have a doozy of an ear infection but my hotspot is better than it was yesterday. Dr Mr Vet was impressed that My Greg had trimmed the fur from my hotspot and said that was helping it to get better. He said it was going to take a few more days for my ear infection to get better and gave me more medicine. Which means…CheeseCheese

And more cheese.

I’m telling you it’s fingers licking good! (My tongue is almost as wide as three of My Margret’s fingers. Ha!!)

~ this is Bessie ” the you never can have too much cheese” Pup for the rest of the pups and kitties

So I am coneless today. But I also have a hotspot on my face below my ear along with my ear infection. My Greg picked up some more medicine today to help settle everything down and tomorrow I have an appointment so the dr. can see how things look.

My sister Belle is feeling a lot better which is a really good thing.

A little while ago I went up to my Margret to be loved on and my sister Bonnie decided that she wanted to be loved on too.

She got all goofy about it but I patiently waited my turn.

My Margret just kept telling us there’s enough loves and pats to go around and she was right!

~this is Bessie “the I’m glad there’s enough love for all of us” Pup for the rest of the pups and kitties.

They say misery loves company and I didn’t want my sister Belle to be lonely.

My Margret noticed I had been scratching my ear and then she saw my sisters lick at my ear. Seems that I have a quarter size owie on the underside of my ear flap along with all the signs of an ear infection. The cone is so my sisters can’t keep licking my ear. My Margret said I would soon be cone less and that both Belle and I would be feeling better. I hope she’s right.

~ this is Bessie “the I didn’t want Belle to be lonely” Pup for the rest of the pups and kitties

So most of you know that I’m the taker carer of everyone in my home but every now and then I need to be taken care of. My Margret noticed the other day that my left ear was red and yucky and because I am the ear infection queen she knows what they look like and started me on the drops that we always have at home.

She noticed that it didn’t seem like it was clearing up very fast so we went to see Dr. Janelle this afternoon. She looked at my ear and said that the infection was almost all gone but that my ear was still irritated and swollen so she gave me something that will help it to get all the way better.

I got lots of pats and hugs from Dr. Janelle and the staff, I really liked that.

BUT what I didn’t like was that My Margret didn’t let me be her co pilot like My Greg does. So I let her know I wasn’t happy about that. She’s tough though no matter how many nudges or glares I gave her she wouldn’t let me move up to the front. I’m going to have to talk to My Greg about that.

~ this is Belle “the I’m a good co- pilot if I would get the chance” Pup for the rest of the pups and kitties.

1 extra large aluminum foil pan filled with warm soapy water

2 old towels

12 extremely muddy paws

1 child gate so they had to stay in the kitchen.

Several “leave it’s” when Bonnie and Belle wanted to drink the soapy water.

3 Golden Retrievers who wanted their My Greg instead of getting a “pedicure” from their My Margret

2 sister pups who got as close as they could to the sister pup who was getting her paws washed.

Equals washing muddy paws so we can all go to bed.

Sigh…

~ this is the Pups My Margret “hoping the mud will dry up sooner than later!” for the Pups and Kitties

We had 11 inches of snow that in the past couple of days due to warm temps has pretty much melted into a muddy muddy mess. Add today’s rain to that with more rain coming tomorrow and we have an even muddier muddy mess.

In honor of all that glorious mud the pups are singing their version of “I Feel Pretty” from the musical West Side Story.

Hit it Pups!

” I feel Muddy oh so Muddy…..”

Bonnie was very excited to have a solo….

~ this is My Margret “hey at least it’s not ice. And maybe Spring is on its way.” for the Pups and Kitties.

I have discovered the warmest and toastiest place in the house. And I’m not sharing! ~this is Lucy “the you never can be too warm” Kitty for the rest of the Pups and Kitties.

I LOVE SNOW!!!!

Playing in the snow is almost like having a spa day. No, really it is! You should feel how silky our fur is after My Margret towels us dry…..every time we come back in from the pup pen….which is…A LOT.

My sisters and I are SO glad she had a snow day so she could stay home with us and let us in and let us out and let us in and let us out. I mean you know you can’t overdo a good thing!

~this is Bessie ” the I LOVE SNOW” Pup for the rest of the Pups and Kitties.

I’m working on a hot spot and My Margret is working just as hard to stop the growth of said hotspot.

As she was giving me my stop itching medicine in cheese my sisters heard the wrapper rustle and got in line for their bit of cheese. You should have seen the look on Bonnie’s face on being put outside before she got her cheese. In fact it took using the leash to help her the 12 remaining inches out the door to their pup porch. She can be a bit stubborn sometimes.

When My Margret wanted to put the other medicine on my paw and wrap it for a few minutes so I wouldn’t lick it off instead of laying down and letting her take care of me I heard My Greg come in and ran to him to let him know that I needed his support while she medicated and bandaged my paw. After that because someone needs to distract me so I don’t chew the bandage off I knew only My Greg would do.

Oh and of course Bess and Bonnie got their bit of cheese too.

~ this is Belle “the My Greg makes everything better” Pup for the rest of the Pups and Kitties.

I told my Margret a couple of weeks ago that I wanted to start spending more time with the my family including the bouncy one who barks when she sees me . I figured it was about time that the two of us got used to each other. (If you look real hard you can see me laying on the bed across the room from the door).

My Margret and My Greg fixed up a place that’s just for me, well my brother kitty Linus comes in too. The best part is I can come and go whenever I want to.

The bouncy one is finally getting used to me and sometimes instead of barking she just stands and stares at me. I just stare back.

My favorite all time thing to do is to sit by My Margret and purr.

I’m pretty sure that’s her favorite thing too.

~ this is Lucy “the I like spending time with my family” Kitty for the rest of the pups and kitties.