Tick Tack Toe

There was some drama in the Wheaton / Long household last night.

Let me set the scene....

We had just finished our dinner (that we order way too often) of chicken kabob salads from Giovanni's (Salem, not Woburn - not as good). Grey's anatomy was just starting, and the Halloween freaks were just beginning their nightly descent upon Salem. I was surfing the interweb and petting Finn when I said, hmm, what's that funny lump? I proceeded to look at it, poke at it, etc. I called Matt over and he said...that's a tick.

I then very calmy (code for shrieked) pushed Finn off my lap gently (code for tossed him across the room).

Then I washed my hands. Twice. With really hot water.

The, it was time for tick extraction. Who knew getting a tick off a dog was soooo much fun!!! Finn sat really still and let us pull it right out. NOT. It was really annoying. So after about 15 min. of wrangling Finn and holding his head (Could have really used a muzzle at this point) we get the tick off.

Times like this I'm really glad to have a man in the house. Because I would probably have gone home and made my dad do it if Matt wasn't there. Because it was sick.

RIP my favorite pair of tweezers.

Then, you have to burn the tick. FYI. who knew.

SO - phew, that's over. I give my little Finnie a sympathetic rub on the head. What's that?

ANOTHER TICK.

two ticks.

thanks K9 Advantix.

So, repeat the process.

Here's the patient after being poked and prodded for about 45 min.


He's just happy to be alive.

Of course now I'm paranoid Finn has lyme disease or some other exotic tick borne illness. We are calling the vet to have his hernia checked on anyway so we'll get it checked out.

Thank you Matt for patiently (code for "I'm goign to freak out! He won't sit still! YOU'RE IN MY LIGHT!!!!) pulling out the ticks.

Sleeping Beauty

Happy Tuesday. Long weekends make coming back to work a lot harder don't they?

Anyway, today we have some picture of Finn sleeping because really what's cuter??

He has a few new favorite spots to rest his cute little head.

Spot #1 - our new tempurpedic mattress. Sorry, I have no pics of this. But Finn loves it. He thinks it gives him phenomenal lumbar support with the space age foam. Seriously though, he slept until 9am on Sunday when he is usually up at 6.

Spot #2 - "the Perch" (sounds like a dharma station)


Up here, he has a good view of everything that's going on and he can easily watch his favorite show - the today show with meredith vieira and matt lauer. He hates ann curry.

Spot #3 The bed which was supposed to be trash but is now not trash.



This bed was $50.00 at petco. Its plush, fashionable, sheepskin, and apparently a great place to pee. He peed on this bed approx. 10 times. I tried washing it, spraying it with dog pee smell remover, but nothing got the pee smell out. So we decided to throw it away. We put it in the usual trash spot next to the door. Five minutes later, Finn jumps in and falls asleep and decides its now a great space for sleeping, not peeing. So, I threw a sheet over it and called it a day. It's particularly good for him because of its close proximity to the kitchen so that if I'm cooking, he is in prime location to snatch up anything I drop.

Here's one more since I have no more fun pics.

Tricks are for Kids

Check out Finn's new moves!

Even without his male reproductive parts, our little guy is very smart!  

Finn's recovering just fine from his operation.  His hernia is all fixed up and microchip is in place.

We're off to a wedding in PA this weekend.  Flight leaves at 6am.  Need to go to bed.  Now.

....Shamefully crawling back....

Well hello...

I may be writing to no one right now since most of you have probably abandoned my blog due to my shameful absentee-ism.

But - please don't leave us! Life has been busy. Ok the real reason is I never feel like taking pictures of Finn and I feel that this blog is boring without pictures!

I am not really a picture taker. When I go out with the super8, I'm never the one with the camera (that would be Candice). I actually don't even know where my camera is. So, when the novelty of my puppy wore off, I just didn't feel like taking his picture anymore :)

Anyway - here is a picture I took last night with my phone. I took it because I felt like it captured a normal night for us. Except usually it's me on the laptop. Finn loves sleeping on the couch with us once he calms down a little bit.


Anyway - what's new. Well, last night we received the honor of being asked to be this little guy's godparents!!!
That's right - that's my godson, folks! Isn't he handsome?? We are really honored and really excited that we'll always be an important part of Arlo's life. :)

Other news:

Finn weighs 16.5 lbs now. He weighed almost 6 lbs when we got him. Baby's all growed up.

Finn is at the vet as we speak, losing his manhood. Which, really could not have come at a better time. I won't go into those details but I think Finn has officially violated Bauer, Ozzie, Ollie, his brother Charlie, me, Matt, a stuffed cat, and countless other dogs he sees during his daily walks.

The vet also let us know that Finn has a small hernia. What does that mean, well, first it means $$, second it means a longer more complicated surgery today so we hope that the little guy is OK. Luckily we love our vet and I know he'll do a good job.

We decided to microchip Finn. Mostly because we've sunk almost $1k into this dog in vet bills already and I need to protect my investment! Also, because we'd be really really sad if he got lost.

Other than that - life as usual around here. Hoping to get some funny pics of Finn post-anesthesia tonight. maybe if you guys are lucky he'll be wearing a cone!

Before he was ours...

Here's Finnie with his momma and his brothers and sisters. Not sure which one is Finn but check out the little black baby hiding on the end there!

lovers.

This about sums it up...

spaz.