My little angel's getting old

Shay: Still as cute and spunky as ever. Shay has an appointment with the Internist for a bronchoscopy on Nov. 13. In a playing fit in the backyard last month, she hurt her good leg (tore the cruciate ligament). She had surgery for a the same injury in the left leg a couple of years ago..thats why the right one was the good one. So, she is pretty gimped up right now. We talked to the surgeon about repairing the knee...but first we have to figure out what is going on with her lungs....Shay is pretty sad that she doesn't get to go on walks with her sister and brother...but after Parker and Mattie go on their walk...shay gets a special solo walk just slightly down the street. This is a picture of Shay in the dirt hole that was built to store the balls. I am sure Shay is guarding the balls which she cares nothing about from Mattie!

Slim and trim

Parker: Parker is looking hot to trot. We go on walks almost every day...he has a little girlfriend (~10 years old) up the street that loves him (her last name is Parker so she thinks it is really funny that I call him Mr. Parker which is the name of her dad). Last night we were walking (since it gets dark early all of our walks are at night) and Parker walked/hopped right onto a cat. In the second I had to process the situation I thought it must be a dead cat because Parker is barking at it and lounging within 1/2 a foot....it then started to slowly walk off and I realized that Parker just walk upon a skunk and was literally trying to get the critter which was within arms length. In this milli-second I thought for-sure the skunk was going to spray us all (Park, Mat, and me)...but the cool skunk just wobbled off as Parker had a fit to get at it. Moral of the story...Mr. Parker is the same old fool he always has been!

Mad

Tipper: She did not give me permission to take this picture or to discuss her personal life on the web! Tipper screams bloody murder when she is ready to be fed (her and parker are partners in crime when it comes to demanding 6am feedings on the weekends). She sleeps in my bed with me every night (I can only pet her when she demands it by hitting me). Although her and Lou are mortal enemies and have hiss fights all the time...they both share a bed (mine) every night.

Handsome

Cooter: Still as perfect as ever. He took a hiatus from rides for a while but now he has started hopping on again. The kitchen counter which is tall and centrally located is his perch. His game is to require pets from me whenever I am in the kitchen...when I do not oblige I get a spank (swat). This picture is of Coot on the back porch...very angry that Lou is outside and he is not.

Critters

Mattie: Getting grayer (aren't we all)...I removed 2 small mass from her body (they were nothing of concern per pathology)...she still does the very cute talking thing when she gets excited and her glowie yellow ball is still her favorite.

Animal Updates

As requested...here are updates on the critters

Lou: Still as rascally as ever...a good bit chunkier. Lou's daily need to spay earned him a harness and leash. He now enjoys walks in the backyard with his doggie siblings (he thinks he is a dog anyway...who's to say...he might be right).