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This is awsome these guys are coming to Abravanel Hall on Nov. 17th Yes we both want to go.

Food

I started a new diet where I binge for three days. Today is day two and I feel like I weigh 400 pounds. Thats all just sharing my thoughts ha ha

on a happier note....

I totally forgot to post how Diesels post surgery visit went! We took him to Dr. Blotter on Saturday morning to get his stitches removed. He LOVES going to the Dr. I know it sounds crazy but he's one of those dogs who loves to see new people and old friends. That is, until he's lifted up onto the operating table. Then it's a whole new ball game. Once he's lifted up about 4 times his own height to the dreaded table, he started to shake and lay down. But the Dr. was able to extract the stitches with no problems. In fact, he said Diesel was the best he's ever seen in that situation. It's pretty scary when you're clear up in the air and a huge metal pair of sheers are coming at your eyes so I don't blame him ha ha. Once he was done we slowly let him down to the floor and he took off running into the lobby area where he likes to pee on the walls. Jeez Diesel! Can't even wait until we're outside you have to mark your territory. Below are some after pictures. I'll need to post some before pictures so you can get the full effect. But those of you who know him know his eyes were pretty much none existant.....until now. LOOK AT THOSE HUGE BROWN EYES!!!


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dog no more...

The last few days have been a huge eye opening experience. About a week ago, Aubrey saw an ad on KSL for a free English Bulldog named Daisy. She is 1 and a half years old. The ad said they needed to get rid of her because they already have 2 other dogs and she wasn't getting along with them, namely the girl. Since we don't have a girl dog we thought she would get along with Diesel. Way wrong! We went to meet her and the owners. They said they had a few more people to interview and that they would call us with their answer. A few hours passed and they called to say they really liked us. And the fact that we already had a Bulldog just made it better. They really felt comfortable giving their dog to us. A few days later they brought her over to our house. I had read earlier that when introducing a new dog to the family, for them to meet on mutual ground. So pretty much anywhere but the house. Once they met at the playground area, they did great. Both of them were really excited to see each other. She seemed to be a little dominant but for the most part they seemed happy. After spending a little outside, we headed over to the house. Once inside, Diesel started getting territorial. We couldn't leave them off their leashes without one of them lunging at the other. Diesel for the most part was okay until she started sniffing him. He seemed to get annoyed at that and snap at her. That would cause her to get uncomfortable and snap back at him. After a few hours the owners called us to see how everything was going. As embarrassing as it was to admit, I had to tell him it just wasn't going to work. I explained to him the situation and he sadly agreed that it wasn't the best for Daisy or Diesel. Aubrey took her outside to walk her around. Once the owners pulled up, Daisy jumped in the car so so fast. It was clear she was happy to see people she knew.

It was hard to let her go since we fell in love with her when we first met her, but we know Diesel is happy being the only dog. I'm really glad there are people out there who truly care for their dogs well being. I couldn't be more impressed with the way these owners handled the situation. It makes me so happy. Here is a picture of her we took with our phone. And her name tag we got her.

We're Expanding...

No it's not a baby. Not a human one at least. We've scored big time with our new friend.....


Photos to come

Boo to the green couches........BOO!!

We're planning on painting our downstairs very soon and the green couches just didn't land a spot in our plan. Out with the old and in with the new. With the economy the way it is, it's a buyers market out there. Deal upon deal presented itself to us with new furniture so we just had to pounce. Normally, Diesel is a regular guest on the couch because he likes to lay on our laps. Poor little guy, just got surgery and now he can't sit with us. But we brought down his bed from our room that he hardly sleeps on so hopefully he'll get more use out of it downstairs. We love the new sectional and couldn't be happier with the end result. Once we paint I'll post pictures :)

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Post Surgery Update

Diesel had his surgery. Everything went well so we're very happy. So far he's very very sleepy. When we take him out to go potty he can hardly move around. It's actually kind of funny to see him walk back and forth like a drunk bum ha ha. Some of these pictures may be disturbing to viewers. I had a hard time seeing him for the first time. When we first got there, the vet wasn't there yet, so we ended having to put him in a kennel. Obviously he didn't want to go in so I physically had to lift him (not an easy task) and place him in there. Now we're home and he's just been sleeping which is good. Here are some pictures:

Surgery

Diesel will be going in to surgery Friday morning. His eyelids are bigger than they should be which causes them to roll inward and rub up against his eye balls making them irritated. It's called Entropian. So far the only symptom that it's causing is a very runny eye. His fur all around his eye is completly red from all the liquid and "goo". We are constantly having to rub his eye's which he HATES! Naturally I'm a wreck about the whole thing. This is my little guy and I don't want to have him go through this. But I know it's in his best interest. We're taking off the whole weekend including Friday to be there for our muffinator. Hopefully he won't have to wear one of the great dog fashion wonders, THE CONE. If so, I hope he's as happy as this dog is:




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Puppy Update

Well last night was very interesting to say the least. Cole texted me around 11PM stating that Bella had gone into labor. Apparently around 3PM earlier that day he noticed fluids coming out of her body. He said she was having trouble sleeping and that she was making her bed constantly then laying down only to do the same thing a few minutes later. I asked him if he was taking her to the vet. He said they were being born at his place so I was kind of freaking out. A few minutes later he texted me saying he didn't really know what to do. So I went upstairs and woke up Aubrey. We called him and started reading everything we could off the internet about dog breeding. We kept him on speaker and slowly talked him through the process. About a half hour later we hung up the phone and just hoped for the best. I told him he would most likely be going to the vet. I didn't think his female could handle giving birth to all # pups on her own. That's right, I'm keeping you on edge on how many pups she produced.


Around 1:30AM Aub and I fell asleep. Here are the text messages I received later that night:

1:34 AM
First baby born :) Call me!

2:43 AM
3 girls and 1 boy so far. Waiting for more.

3:23 AM
Number 5

4:13 AM
7 just came out

4:45 AM
So Bella had a total of 7 puppies and they are all so beautiful!



7 Beautiful English Bulldog Puppies!!! I can't belive Diesel helped produce so many little babies!



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