All spruced up for my weekend with Aunt Molly....

Wahoooo!!!!! Tomorrow my parents leave for Anchorage and I'll be staying with Aunt Molly. Aunt Molly has lots of fun stuff planned for us! I'm sure we'll get to snuggle on the couch, go for walks and play at Sandy Beach.

On Saturday I get to spend the whole day with Uncle Bob and then on Tuesday I'm going to meet a friend of Mommy and Aunt Molly's and have a play date with her and her kids. I am going to be one worn out puppy when Mommy comes home. I'm soooo excited!!!

Instructions for Aunt Molly

Dear Aunt Molly,
I can't wait to come live with you for a few days! Mommy said I should write to you and remind you what I like and tell you all about my routines. I've been a little bit of a punk at home so Mommy hopes I'm good for you and Uncle Bob.

*Please feed me a little scoop of dry food in the morning and a scoop of dry food mixed with wet food at night. (Feel free to have Uncle Bob drop food on the kitchen floor while cooking. :-) )
*When I come inside from going potty I get a little treat. You can also tell me "door" and I'll close the door behind us ;-)
* Mommy will bring my kennel and you can put me in there whenever you need to. I haven't been in there for a while so I might whine but just ignore me.


If I think of anything else I'll be sure to write you again.
Love,
Rosco

I'm exhausted!!!

Holy doggy bones!!! Mommy took me snowshoeing today AND night sledding! I don't see very well at night so I was really confused at first. There were people going down a big hill on plastic and I wasn't sure if they wanted me to chase them or if I needed to run away from them. A few of them almost ran me over and I had to run my fastest to stay out of their way. After I got used to it I had a lot of fun but boy am I tired!!!!

snowshoeing adventure!

Today mommy and aunty Stephie took me out snowshoeing. I'd been cooped up indoors all weekend so I was happy to get outside!!! It was my first time at Montana Creek Trail and I liked it way better than Salmon Creek Dam (that's where we went snowshoeing last time). Mommy says this winter is looking like a good winter for snow. I hope she takes me out a lot during Christmas break!!! I love snowshoeing!

Good news and bad news

The good news!
~I got my stitches removed!!!
The bad news....
~My growth is cancerous
The good news!
~It's not the type of cancer that spreads!
The bad news...
~It'll probably grow back in about a year and I'll have to get it removed again.
The good news!
~For now I'm a healthy pup who no longer has to wear his cone!

Healing quite nicely!

It's been about a week since I had my surgery and I have to say....I'm healing quite nicely! I've had to wear my cone around A LOT but today mommy took it off and I left my stitches alone! It was so nice to have that thing off my neck! I've been laying pretty low lately but today I had a ton of energy so mommy and daddy took me for a long drive, a sunny walk and then mommy chased me at the field while daddy worked in his classroom.

Mommy told me yesterday that she messed up on the dates and it's actually  THURSDAY that I get my stitches out! I'm so excited to be done with this cone forever!!! Thanks for all the concern from my human and doggy friends!

My first surgery

  I've had a growth on my leg for a few months and it just keeps getting bigger. It wasn't hurting but Mommy and Daddy were worried about it and my skin was starting to look red and stretched. Mommy scheduled my surgery and on Thursday morning they took me to the vet. I was pretty whiney when I went there but the doctors took really good care of me.
My vet was nice and he called mommy during my surgery to tell her that I was doing well but they'd found another lump in my tummy. He removed both lumps, cleaned my teeth and trimmed my nails. When I woke up he gave me lots of pets and a little treat to eat. Mommy came to pick me up and listened to the vet tell her about my surgery. He said the lump on my leg looked weird and he wanted to have it checked to make sure it wasn't cancerous. Mommy and daddy will get the results soon. 

Mommy and Daddy laugh everytime they look at me and my cone. They say I look ridiculous and they find it hilarious whenever I bump into thing. They told me they'd take off this stupid cone if I promised not to chew my leg. It's so nice having this thing off! I havent been chewing my leg but when they go to work they put this darn cone back on. I can't wait to get these stitches out....two weeks to go....the countdown is on.