The People Have Spoken!

Ok by people I mean...2 people (ralli and my dad) and they demanded a new post!!

We are still alive over here. I guess I still have readers because when I check my stats - I somehow have over 200 hits a week? Who are these people? I feel bad for you.

Anyway...

Finn doesn't go to work with Matt any more so now he is home every day alone, but luckily we have great dog walkers taking care of him. They come twice a day and he treks out with the neighborhood gang of dogs. Let me take a chance to introduce you to Finn's "posse" that he hangs out with every day, gallivanting around the streets of Salem.



What a motley crew.

How hilarious is Cooper's haircut?? Cooper is one of the first dogs we met in Salem with Finn. He is very sweet but very, very shy. Finn loves to terrorize Cooper.

Charlie, the other pug, is Finn's brother and littermate! And Jack, the Boston Terrier, lives with Charlie.

I don't know much about Copper except that his name always shows up in the notes that the dogwalkers leave us.

That brings us to Zoe. Finn's one true love. One note we got recently told us that Finn and Zoe ran into Zoe's crate together, snuggled up and took a nap. How sweet. They are very smitten with each other. Matt and I feel like maybe we should call Zoe's parents and make sure she comes from a good home.

So that's whats new over here. I'm reseraching dog walkers in the woburn / burlington / stoneham area since we will hopefully be moving there soon. If anyone has recommendations please let me know! Not sure how we will tell Finn that he's moving away from Zoe. I see a broken heart in his future.

Dog, or demon? You decide.

The video quality on this isn't great, but this is finn's nightly freak out. Usually it's more dramatic. Pay the most attention to the noises that come from this dog. Pretty sure he becomes possessed by the devil.

At the end of the video, Finn runs over and grabs a shoe. Sigh.




And this is Finn five minutes after his freak out....

Flashback

Here's Finn a couple days after we got him sitting in front of my engagement ring Matt's race car.

Isn't he cute?

Pug Art

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.