Buddy 26/06/2015 - 08/05/2021

The last week

It has been a pretty good week for me - I am getting lots of peanut butter, milk treat in the morning, and lots of my other treats throughout the day. I normally only get one of the good ones per day, but for some reason, I've been getting as many as I want all week long! My leg is really bugging me, and so I am not going for any walkies or sniffies in the neighbourhood, and so I spend most of my time lying around in the backyard. 

Sometimes, Richie will grab one of the big, soft cushion things from the lounge chairs and put it down on the grass beside me. I get soft pets from him while I doze off and he hangs out with me while I snooze the afternoon away. I'm sure glad the weather is nice for them, as I'd probably be lying out here in the rain regardless, but I doubt they would! I have also had a couple of visits this week; one from my old friend who (tried to) dog-sit with me one weekend, and on another evening, Cooper's humans came to visit me. They were really sad when we said good-bye; I hope they said hi to my brother for me.

Don't be too concerned about me. Despite the pain in my leg, I'm a pretty happy guy. I've been eating and drinking really well, as I am getting more than my share of table scraps and special meals all week. I have also been spending all my time - at least when I'm not sleeping - with my two favourite humans, Richie and Christine. This place really has been everything that a crazy puppy like me needed, and I have lived my life the way I wanted to. As my nana likes to say, when I found this place, "I won the doggie lottery!"

Buddy

Now my leg really hurts!

So I tried to follow Richie up the stairs earlier, but there is that baby gate thingy (who are you callin' a baby?) in the way. So when I turned around to go back down to the bottom, I guess I missed a step, and came down hard on my wrist. YOW! Did it ever hurt! I just stood there for a few moments, paw off the ground, as Richie came quickly to soothe and comfort me. I don't know what I did, but now I can barely put any weight on my paw, it hurts so much.

I got some more peanut butter, and after a little bit, the pain subsided, and I was able to settle down in the basement. Christine brought down my baby blankie (I can be a baby sometimes), and so I immediately laid down on it. They have decided to move into the basement now, rather than having me go up and down the stairs, putting more stress on my leg.

We all eat our meals down there, and Richie sleeps in the basement with me now too. Of course I can still go out through my special door to do my business, but I try to hold it for as long as I can, so that I don't have to get up as much. Aside from getting peanut butter now four times a day, this kinda sucks.

Buddy

Still doing Buddy things

Well, my leg still hurts. But it's still a pandemic, so not much has changed around here. I still walk a bit when I'm not too limpy, but typically it is just around the block, and only once a day now. I'm happy to tell you that I have been getting a regular course of peanut butter three times a day, and still getting my milk after breakfast. For some reason, that makes my wrist feel better. 

I still have to get help going down stairs using the harness thingy, but I don't mind now, and I kinda am getting used to it. The weather has been pretty good, so now we are all hanging outside on the grass. Well, I'm on the grass, while they sit on their chairs on the patio.

Now here's a fine mess. Christine and Richie went off this afternoon to play cornhole (like they do down at the cabin). So while they were gone, I decided to see what is in the little room downstairs. It turns out that there is a trash bin there, and I found a great thing in there to bring outside and shred apart! The fun was short-lived, as I made quick work of that envelope. But you can see from the photo above that my leg still hurts; most times now, I try not to put much weight on it.

Buddy