Well, we got a huge blizzard and it’s still snowing.  It’s truly a whopper of a snowstorm and the snow is now up as high as our deck in the backyard.  Wen has shoveled off the deck three times so far so we Scotties have a place to go outside, since there’s no way for us to get to the deck steps, much less the grass.

We got much more snow than we expected and there are four foot drifts next to our driveway, where Wen has shoveled.  She tried to use the snow blower, but the snow is so deep, wet, and heavy that it couldn’t handle it, so the snow removal has been quite a task.

What do we Scotties do on a snowy day?  After we come in from exploring outside, Sadie and I settle in by the fireplace and Molly snuggles on the couch.  With a whopper snowstorm like this one, We’ll be spending lots of quality time staying warm inside.

One of Wen’s Scottie club friends dropped off two Scotties that were desperately in need of a new coat of paint.  Wen had agreed to spray paint them to freshen them up so they would look good as items to be auctioned off at this year’s Scottie club auction benefiting Rocky Mountain Scottie Rescue.

One of the items was a heavy cast iron Scottie and the other was a large chunky wooden Scottie and when Wen brought them in, Molly, Sadie, and I were curious, so we had to sniff around and check them out.  After all, anything different that we notice in our house has to be checked out and Scottie approved!

 

 

It’s March again and what holiday is coming up?  That’s right!  St. Patrick’s Day and  it’s only a week from today, so it’s time to start thinking about a festive costume.  Maybe I should borrow this one from the concrete Scottie statue that was decorated with it on our front porch….  I know I’m a Scottish Terrier, but who doesn’t enjoy the wearing of the green?!

Sadie went to see Dr. Nina for a recheck yesterday.  Wen had taken the last bandage off Sadie’s ear that had the hematoma and she also removed the cone four days ago, due to Sadie shaking her head incessantly.  It was obvious that poor Sadie had had it with the bandage and the cone at that point.  She was over it!  Three ear hematomas and three stints of being bandaged and wearing a cone was three times too many.

Wen decided to play the odds that Sadie would quit shaking her head if she wasn’t wearing the irritating bandage and cone and it worked!  Her ear looked good and she rarely shook her head from then on, so when Dr. Nina checked the ear, she put some medication in it, and declared Sadie good to go.  That was really fortunate, because it seems that Sadie has had enough of the healing process of ear hematoma #3!

 

This doesn’t happen very often.  Seeing Molly and Sadie hanging out together is a rare occurrence.  Sadie normally hangs out with me and Molly usually does her own thing, but every once in awhile, Sadie will jump up on the love seat next to Molly, but it will only last for a few minutes at best.  How rare is this sight?  VERY rare!

 

 

Poor Sadie.  She has suffered through three ear hematomas in her left ear, due to her excessive head shaking when she had itchy ear infections.  Each time, Dr. Nina had to make an incision in Sadie’s ear to relieve the pressure from the blood that had built up inside the ear and inject her ear with a steroid.  Sadie had her ear bandaged to her head each time and she had to wear a cone for weeks to prevent her from shaking her head and scratching at her ear.

This time was one hematoma too many, because the cartilage in Sadie’s ear has been so damaged that the ear won’t stand up any more and now she has one normal prick ear and one floppy ear.  Her traditional Scottie looks are gone forever, so it’s a good thing that Wen had a nice portrait of Sadie taken at Red Rocks last summer so that we have a really nice picture of her before the ear hematomas broke down the cartilage in her left ear.

It’s kind of sad that Sadie will never look the same, but she is so happy to not be wearing a bandage and the cone that she doesn’t seem to care if one of her ears doesn’t stand anymore.

 

For once, the Denver weather forecasters were actually accurate when they said that we’d get a dusting of snow overnight.  What a surprise!  Normally they underestimate our snow totals, so waking up this morning to a dusting of snow and then the sun coming out was a pleasant surprise, because we Scotties are ready for spring!

Sadie saw Dr. Nina for a recheck yesterday to see how her ear hematoma was doing.  Wen was concerned that Sadie was shaking her head incessantly and that her ear could refill with blood, so Dr. Nina removed most of the Elastikon tape that was wrapped around her head that seemed to be bothering her.  Sadie still has tape on her ear and she’s still wearing the cone, but at least she’s not so restricted anymore, so hopefully she’s making progress.  If this doesn’t work, she may have to have surgery, so cross your fingers!

 

Just when we were getting used to nice weather in the 50’s and 60’s, a snow squall blew through yesterday.  It only lasted a few hours, but it looked like a blizzard and it dumped several inches of snow on us.

That’s pretty typical of Colorado this time of year.  One day people are out and about wearing shorts as we Scotties are out in the yard enjoying the sunshine and the next day, we’re all dealing with a snowstorm.

What’s that?  Something smells good!  Is that French toast you’re eating?