My Busy January

Hi Furiends!

As you can see, I have been very busy this month!  My days were full of napping while wrapped in fleece, helping my Mommy finish her smoothie, worshipping at the alter of the magic heat box, sunbathing, and walking at the park.

But my month was not all sunshine and rainbows, my furiends, no not at all.  The other day we went to the v-e-t for a pawdicure and my Mommy decided to put me on the big-dog scale in the lobby because I am often way too wiggly for the little-dog scale on the exam table.  So anyway, she put me on the scale and discovered that I weigh 9 1/2 pounds.  This sounds okay to me, but Mommy was kind of not too happy about it.

So now for the horrible news: I AM ON A DIET!!!  So far this has meant no people-food treats from the dinner table.  Noooooo!!!  I am using my best big-brown-eyes look to try to return things to their normal state, which is that of Daddy feeding me all the time.  So far it is not working.  I will keep you updated...

Bye for now,

Poppy the (really very svelte) Little Blonde Chihuahua

Sick Day

I'm keeping Mommy company on the couch while she has a really bad headache and cough. My job is to sit on top of her and lick her nose every now and then. I think I'm doing really good job.

Bye for now,
Poppy the LBC

Snow-venture!!!

Hello Furiends!

I journeyed last week to a very cold place with lots of snow on the ground.  I spent three days being carried around.  My feet never touched the ground outside!  Mommy and I had to wait outside while Daddy shoveled a path to the cabin door.  I waited inside Mommy's puffy jacket.  It was so cold!!!

The place where we stayed had a nice fireplace.  As soon as we got inside, my preferred location was on my big puffy travel bed right in front of the roaring fire.  It was so warm in that spot that I didn't even need to wear my sweater!  Oh, how I wish we had one of these at our regular house!

Mommy and Daddy took me snowshoeing.  I rode in my backpack the whole time.  It was really cold, so I wore my fleece jacket AND a fleece blanket AND Daddy's puffy jacket.  The only thing that got a teeny bit chilly was my ears.  I wish I had a hat with ear-cones.

I hope you are all having a nice winter and staying warm!

Bye for now,
Poppy the LBC

Happy New Year!

Hello Everybuddy!

My New Year's Resolution is to eat more...errr...less...grass. Do you have a resolution?

Poppy the LBC

Santa's Little Helper

Hi everybuddy!

I think I am ready for Santa to come tonight. I have been a very good girl this year, I think. I only grrr when it is absolutely necessary (or when I'm sleeping, or when somebody looks at me funny, or when another dog tries to sniff me...actually, let's not quibble over details).

Merry Christmas to all my furry friends and their peoples!

Bye for now,
Poppy the Little Blonde Chihuahua

Towards World Domination, part three

Hello Furiends,

Step One

Step Two

In Solidarity,

Poppy the Little Blonde Chihuahua

A Christmas Tree Adventure

Hi Furiends!

I got to go on an adventure to the mountains yesterday.  We went to find a Christmas tree to put in our living room.  We do this every year.  It seems a little bit strange to bring a big giant tree into the house, but is sure is pretty.  We found our tree at a tree farm in the mountains.  The weather was very nice, so we had a little picnic, too.  There were so many things to smell there that I hardly noticed that my parents were eating hummus and bread.

The adventure started out very fun.  Hey, let's go over there!  I think I smell a good tree down the hill!  There was also a lot of yummy grass to eat.  Mmmm...mountain grass...

However, there was a problem.  I walked through the scrubby brushy grass and I got a tick.  A TICK!!!  It was stuck in my armpit and it was very hurty and I didn't know what to do.  I held my arm out to the side so Mommy and Daddy would notice that something was wrong.  Luckily they are very smart and attentive, so the looked and found two ticks on my sweater, one more crawling on my chest, and one stuck in my armpit! Eeeewww!  Ouch!  Yuck!  Owwie!!!

We went to the vet right away and they got it out for me.  Phew!  Sierra, the vet tech, looked all over me for more ticks, including in my ears and my "lady parts."  When we got home, Mommy and Daddy gave me some pain medicine, which made me feel a little loopy...especially in the ear region.  See how one of my ears is all twisted around backwards?  I don't know why it was doing that.  Silly medicine.

Whenever something happens to me around Christmas time, Mommy and Daddy feel very sad and anxious, because that is when I had my first back injury in 2007.  Last year when we went to get our tree they freaked out because I hurt my paw while we were tromping around.  And this year the tick!  The moral of the story is that I do not think we are going to go cut our own tree next year.  We will just go to one of those lots with the lightbulbs strung all over.  They have some very nice trees there.  And no ticks.

Bye for now,

Poppy the LBC