Thursday, January 22, 2009

Turbo and a special friendship

Brrrr..it is still pretty cold here in New Hampshire the forecast is saying -30*below zero Saturday night.... but that's what you get for living in this area.....




Turbo had a vet visit yesterday, he as you know has Hypothyroidism and needed to have his levels checked. and he has had a lump on his back leg they biopsied. His Thyroid levels were where they expected them to be...( phewww) and the Lump that was going to be biopsied was diagnosed as a clogged sweat gland. that took alot of weight off my shoulder! so he now has a little stitch on his back leg where they cut it off...


During our visit The Dr. told me his eye is not good again and looks to be infected behind his eye in the socket, He has a tough time getting around and always bumping into something and getting confused. When We call him we notice he doesn't respond to our voices anymore we have noticed, his vet confirmed he no longer has much if any hearing at all.... when I call him he just sits and looks at the ceiling or wall.but as soon as I touch him his little curly tail wags like crazy! so now he is on 6 pills during the day and 2 at night and drops in his ears 3-4 times a day they are still so badly infected. The vet said he should have his ear canals removed but she said the surgery would be too much for him to handle. and he has his eye has to be treated 4-6 times a day...During our visit the vet talked to me that there is going to be a time we are going to have to think what is best for Turbo. She agrees now is not the time but we need to start preparing. we talked about how he still has a lil spunk in him when he wants to zoom around with the other pugs ans still goes crazy when I am patting him...he will lick and lick me until my skin falls off! his tail goes a mile a minute...he is telling me he is not ready to leave us....he has a lot of love still and still gets around...a few potty accidents during the day..but heck for a 12 year old pug? it is okay....he is worth the cleaning up. one thing we have noticed lately is that he snaps at Whitney. he does not want her touching him. I think he is sore and frail and just wants to be left alone and rest with Mommy...Whitney took it hard wondering why he snaps at her and not us....she now leaves him alone and wont bother him if he is resting...... when I hold him she will pat him and give him loves....




one of my best friends Cammy moved to Florida 3 years ago we worked at a hair salon for 5 years together...she flew up last week and stayed for 5 days...at her sisters house just up the road from us. we had a great time catching up while she was here and she will be return in May for her Step sons wedding....( her step son is getting married to Tori and Whitney's first babysitter! Makes me feel old!) Whitney took this picture of us just before she flew back home with the snow in the background to show her Husband who stayed back at home..... from what I hear it was 28* in Florida today..( is this true Ragus and Magnolia?) I guess Cammy brought you some of our chilly weather....!




Friday, January 16, 2009

Can I say...COLD?


I am so glad I bought my new North Faced Jacket! I know living in New England you will get slammed with a Deep freeze but common already! When I got up this morning to warm up my car at 6:30 am it was beyond freezing out..so cold my car did not want to start... on my way to Bring Tori to School at 7am it was -15* below zero! That my friend is a painful cold! so cold it burns your skin and you choke when you breathe....


On my way into work at the barn today I passed a farm house that I love...here is a picture...Mind you that is not snow on the trees..it is PURE ICE!


( this photo I got of the internet..but it looks alot like the pony we have at the barn)

there are a few horses that wont let you blanket them or go inside so they bare the outside cold...they are Horse popicles! I feel so bad for them but if we bring them in the barn they get stressed out...they rather stay outside for some reason..Strange Horse? I;d rather be in the heated barn! so my day today was just grad! I open up a packet of foot and hand warmers and place them in my golves and boots....Grab a hammer and smack the waterbuck in Bulls stall to break the ice and give him fresh water....
mind you...at work it was -23!....way to cold to be outside!and water buckets freeze in minutes!



Then the blacksmith came today and put snowshoes on Bull so he wont have ice and snow build up on his hoofs....he has had so much snow build up in on his hoofs he looked like he was walking on baseballs...


then when I get home I let the Pugs out to go pee....Belle was so cold she rolled her side out in the yard and laid all 4 legs out straight because the cold weather hurt her paws...Turbo and Coal went out but came right back in and peed on my boots....( too cold to pee outside! I guess) Willow peed but when she did she would pick one foot up at a time....
to top it off...our pipes froze in the garage....(eyeroll).. Brad just went to get Heat tape for the pipes to make sure they wont freeze up again.....
I hate this Deep Freeze! I'm not a happy camper lately! I think I may hibernate until spring!









Sunday, January 04, 2009

This is adorable...

We get the tilting Pug heads here too....I should video my 4 Pugs doing this sometime....

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Saturday, January 03, 2009

HaPpY Birthday Belle!

HaPpY 3rd Birthday Belle!
Well...since today is Belles Birthday I couldn't get angry with her for eating out of the Cats Kitty Food jar...









Oh Shoot! Momma Caught me!..........So much for my Birthday treats!






Maybe this is the reason Belle has packed on so much weight! ...to much kitty food on the side!



Coal and Turbo are doing well...Coal is such a Monkey..we call him Monkey he is such a Puppy still and is so active. it is funny to see these to together...because Coal is so busy and all OMT does is sleep and eat.. Coal knows that OMT is not doing well. Turbo is having more medical issues and has been at the vet more and more. he still has bad and sore ears and Coal licks them all the time and licks OMT's eye we have started to also call him Dr. Coal. he is always doctoring OMT. OMT is now completely blind and when we let him out to pee the snow disorients him and we have to go out and pick him up and Carry him back in...he has a hard time finding his way around in the deep snow. ( Poor Fella...makes me sad) we think his hearing is alot worse now too..he does not respond to us like he used to....well he will be 12 years old next month so it is to be expected I guess... all in all he is a pretty Happy senior Pug with so much Love. He will sit and lick you all over your face and want his 37lb. body on your lap! he is HUGE! But no matter how heavy he is always welcome on my lap.




Willow is doing Great...she is just a Mother Hen..She wants control of all the Pugs...we have had her the longest so I think she must think since she was the first Pug in the house she thinks she has all the Control over the Pugs.





Coal.....I swear he tels me every day THANK YOU for adopting him...he has a funny way of communicating with me...it is like he is really trying to say Thank you for giving him a Forever home.








we has a little more snow over night...I took these pictures on my way to work this morning....







I know..lots of posting tonight...
a few months ago I came across this young woman who owns a business and she makes jewelry out of your Horses tail.... so I contacted her and she told me what to do to get a good Clipping of BULL's tail for her. I mailed it to her and this is what she came up with..
a bracelet of Bull's tail clipping...with a Heart on it that says..Live to rideI got to play around with Bull for a little bit today after I finished up my chores at the barn...
he got a good grooming and brushing and alot of TLC.... we are getting closer to bringing him home soon...still getting all the supplies we need for him ...electric fence, order his barn, and all the accessories we need for him....even looking for a pasture mate for him...
speaking of Bull and my Pugs.......... this is one of my many favorite Gifts from my Mom and Dad for Christmas.... an old Vintage sign....

Old Horse.....( Check)
Blind Dog.....( Check)
Unruly kids!.( Check)
So very true on all three!