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?

What happens when Wen does random searching online?  She inevitably finds Scottie stuff!  Our latest acquisition is a Scottie planter from Petforhouse that came in both black and white and in three different sizes.  After looking at tons of dog breed planters, cat planters, and other animals, she decided that we needed the large Scottie planter in white.

The planter arrived as a kit that needed to be assembled, but it was easy to build and in a few minutes, the planter was ready to go.  It can be used outdoors, but Wen wants to use it as a decoration inside.  Festive, huh?

Oh, no, not again!  Unfortunately, Wen discovered that Sadie had another ear hematoma the other day.  This time she wasn’t shaking her head or scratching at her ear like she had the two previous times, so there was no obvious warning.

Sadie had looked perfectly normal early that morning, but several hours later, Wen caught her slinking across the living room floor with her tail tucked, as if she had done something wrong and when she picked up Sadie, Sadie let out a scream.  Not only did she feel as if she had a fever, but her left ear had filled up with blood, so off to the vet they went.

Dr. Nina repaired Sadie’s ear hematoma and she was back home in three hours with her head wrapped and wearing a cone.  Hopefully her ear will heal without any issues and this will be the last hematoma she gets, but it will take many weeks to heal.  It’s too bad that Sadie is susceptible to those darn allergies that are responsible for itchy ear infections that make dogs shake their heads.  It’s even worse that this is the third ear hematoma that she’s had!  Poor Sadie!

Lucky me!  My wardrobe just got a boost!  Wen came home with a new baseball cap and a hoodie for me.  How do I look?  Do I look cool?

Sometimes when we go outside first thing in the morning, we Scotties like to sit on the deck and check out what’s going on around us.  We listen for other dogs in the neighborhood and for birds during the warm months and we are always on the lookout for bird and squirrel intruders.  It’s our version of an early morning watch over our territory, because we Scotties are in charge of defending our home.  Okay, and maybe we’re just plain nosy!

Our mom, Wen has a really bad cold right now and we Scotties have heard a lot of coughing and sneezing lately.  She has spent a lot of time on the couch the last couple of days and all three of us have kept her company because we are a loyal crew.  No cold is going to keep us from  doing our duty of keeping watch over our mom!

Hey, everybody!  It’s Valentine’s Day!  Please accept my HEARTY good wishes for the best Valentine)s Day ever!

Last night was the Super Bowl and it was a close game between the Chiefs and 49ers.  We were all ready for the big game with plenty of snacks and we were entertained the entire time with the lead going back and forth and then into overtime with the Chiefs finally winning in a tense overtime.  It was definitely a super Super Bowl!