She is Broken

Our poor puppy is broken. Yesterday morning we saw her limping and it wasn't getting better. I thought maybe her foot had just fallen asleep. Not the case. She damaged her knee and will need surgery, but the vet also said that the xrays show she has had a previous surgery to that knee. Not good. We bought Gabby when she was 4 months old and were told she had no previous medical issues. We aren't certain but we believe the breeder had a surgery done on her knee before we bought her. We will know in a few days, but what we do know is she is temporarily broken.

Breakfast in the Park

This morning Gabby and I had breakfast in the park - it was really at a small local lake. Einstein Bagels makes puppy bagels and this was her first time having one. She wasn't very neat abut the whole thing. There were pieces on the floor, on the bench, stuck to her paws. I think she loved it though.After breakfast we went walking around the lake. Bulldogs are not very energetic at all so Gabby had a lot of trouble even making it around one time.

Before we enjoyed a great breakfast and nice walk, there was a traumatic event that occur ed. I found my first stretch marks. And they are not the little white ones that are hardly noticeable. I not only felt very disgusted with myself, but I felt very let down by the stretch mark cream. I use it every morning when I get out of the shower, I don't scratch my stomach when it itches but still, I got stretch marks. I am going to go get stretch mark repair cream and start making them go away before they get worse. These were the one things I did not want when being pregnant. I hope they go away.

Does anyone have any advice on how to get them to go away or reduce my chances of getting more?

The Dog Days of Summer

The weather is finally starting to cool down! Gabby might be a little disappointed though. Once it starts getting closer to fall her swimming pool will have to be put away until next summer. She loves her pool!

Little Miss Gabby

Yesterday DJ got to pick up our puppy from the vet. He was so excited. . . until they were leaving. When they brought Gabby out tho the front of the clinic DJ said she was running around like crazy and was the happiest he had ever seen her. He said this was amazing considering the afternoon before she had been spade and had a puppy abortion. He said she was fine until they headed to the door. When she realized she was going towards the exit she got really slow and barely moved. When DJ got her out the first set of doors she stopped and tried to go back in. After a few minutes of dragging her to the truck, he put her inside and she sat far away from him staring out the window pouting. He said she took her time making it into the apartment and when he opened the door for her to go inside she turned around and went the other way. She wanted nothing to do with him. When he did get her inside she sat at the patio door staring at the corner of the wall. Poor puppy!

But she has always had an attiutde so it didn't come as a shock that she reacted this way. The vet did say that she seemed pregnant - she just wasn't far enough along to have formed the puppies yet. DJ said he couldn't stand living with two pregnant woman because she is a lot worse than I am!