vets, meds, and baths

so, there is this nice place down the street that mister damien and lady jami like to take me to that they call a veterinarian. i really enjoy it there because they always give me treats and everyone loves me! daddy takes me every week and puts me on a scale so they can tell how much i grow, check out my chart! sometimes when we go i meet a nice lady called dr. shane. she checks my eyes and my ears and then they take me away and pinch me. mister damien says that the pinch is a shot, and that it helps me get big and strong. dr. shane asked daddy and mommy to give me medicine because i had an upset tummy. so every morning and every night they give me my medicine, it tastes so good!

we have also been working on 'hygiene'. i don't really know what that means, but mister damien and lady jami do a number of different things to me for it. first, when i get really dirty they throw me in this large tub and splash water all over me. then they cover me in this smelly goo and then wash it off, it smells so girly! after that they attack me with a couple of large pieces of cloth called towels. mister damien also has to pour this tingly water in my ears sometimes for this hygiene, as well as cut my nails. this week i went to the groomer for the first time, i guess they are considered professionals with the hygiene... they did all of the things mister damien and jami do, but they did them faster and better. when daddy came to pick me up i was wearing a bandana around my neck, it was so embarassing!

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a couple of firsts

so today the nice lady at the manor set me out on my first journey; we went to the airport in my crate and i hopped on the 9am to 'lax'. the flight was a little rocky and i think i messed my crate, it was pretty scary! once i got to 'lax' some men said they had to process me and transfer me to a cargo area. i knew i was almost at my new home and i was so excited!

here's a picture of me when I arrived! lady jami, i have decided to call her 'mommy', put my new collar on and we went for a stroll in the grass outside the pickup area. mister damien took the afternoon away from work to get me, so we went to get smoothies with jami before she had to go back to work. it seems mommy and daddy, i decided mister damien was 'daddy', were as excited to see me as i was to see them. we had a couple photo shoots during the evening, and then this thing called jetlag caught me... i zonked out near a leg and next thing i knew it was morning and i was waking up in my cozy crate.

the day after we met my new parents took me to meet a really nice lady named dr. karen shane, she is going to be my new vet. it's her job to give my parents and i tips on how to help me grow

up to be happy and healthy. while we were waiting they gave me this really tasty stick thingy, yum! i couldn't keep my paws off of it, i think i chewed the whole thing up right there in the office. after dr. shane checked me out one of her helpers put some stuff in one of my ears and then gave me some yucky tasting medicine stuff. after that mommy and daddy took me home and we hung out for the rest of the day.

i woke myself up crying! i missed my brothers and sisters and i was having nightmares about the airplane, i felt bad for keeping mommy and daddy up all night... i am going to try and sleep better tonight.

go over here to see some pictures of our first days together: http://picasaweb.google.com/fischer.damien/HelixThePup#