It's a POOPY!!!

So... I was minding my own business one day at work (Wednesday) when out of nowhere this little black ball of fluff was put into my hands and I was told, "Hey, you like black labbs, right? Want this one?" so I was like, sure, I'll take her home... not realizing the girl was serious. I was then informed by the "owners" that they were a one-dog-family and already had a lab mix, and just didn't want her any more and didn't want to have to pay another 100 to surrender her when they already put like $500 into her to get her healthy. Apparently they found her on her death bed and she was dying from complications from kennel cough and starvation out in the wilderness, poor little puppy. They didn't want anything from anyone except the guarantee that she would be in a good, loving home... and what better a person to take her than one that actually works at a vet clinic, right? So, me being the bleeding heart that I am, I scooped her up, got her a first round of vaccs, her heartguard and flea/tick meds, and some dewormed from her very poofy wormy tummy. Then I had to make the call to the hubby...

I said... hooooooony, how much do you loooooooooove me?? He says, "What animal came across your path today at the clinic that you just have to have?" and I said, well, congrats daddy, it's a healthy 8 lb. baby girl!! There was a sigh on the other end, but I could tell he was excited it was at least it was a puppy this time and not something random like a ferret or a dog that needed hundreds of dollars of surgery... I mean, look at that face.... awwwwwwweeee

So allow me to introduce "little puppy." (To be named at some point...) Cute, huh? She's definately black lab and something else we can't figure out. I'm sure being from Oki she's mixed with something small so she won't be huge like our other two, but she goes with the color scheme we seem to have going at this point.

Charlie, being the good little mommy he is, threw out the olive brance to the little sprat when we got home. I'm sure Chloe was off scowling somewhere at this point. Little puppy just walked in the house like she owned it, grabbed a toy, and plopped down on the bed and started to chew away... at that point I was like, yeah, she's gotta be a part of this family.

She's a very low-key gal... she'll go balls out for a while, then zonk out so hard you could shakehe and she'd still sleep. I'm trying not to get too attached to her since I just want to find he a good home. Her previous owner had a collar for her, gave me a couple bowls, some food, her favorite toy, and a blanket for her which I thought was nice, and even brought me all her medical records from off-base the next afternoon after I took her. (The Japanese are such nice people!)

So we've had her for a few days now and she's doing great. We are learning to potty outside, having fewer and fewer accidents, no pooping in our kennel after the first night, is good with the other two, and LOVES Charlie! They snuggle all the time, it's adorable! He must smell good or something, because all the little ones love him! I've got a few people interested in her, so I don't think she will be with us for long, but I enjoy having a little one around the house... keeps things lively and me on my toes at all times! I've been throwing a few names around but I am really trying hard not to fall in love with her.

Ok, so I'll tell ya... we're been thinking about "Piper," "Sage," or my favorite, "Basil." Yeah, I'm kinda into the spice name, haha. Any opinions people have will definately be taken into consideration, but now it is time to get going... the little one just woke up form her name and it's potty time :-)

Is that Godzilla... no, it's Insect-a-saurus

Chloe watches the eveil monster from a distance, weighing her options of attack... meanwhile the monster ravages through the livingroom causing total havoc!

She pounces without warning and bravely drags the evil monster back to her secret lair... the foot stool!

The monster rallies and puts up a good fight, so Chloe is forced to call in for back-up from her trusty side-kick, Charlie! Chloe attempts to stun the monster with her super blue "Lab Eyes of Death" while Charlie busts out his trusty "White Paw of Power!"

The two combine their powers to attempt defeating the evil monster once and for all... To be continued...

Haha, so okay... for all of you who have not seen monsters vs. aliens, the cartoon, you wouldn't recognize this little guy. He's on of the characters called Insectasaurus, or however you spell it. He's a huge fuzzy bug that is actually very sweet in the movie. So anywho, I saw this plushy guy in the BX and it was on the clearance shelf, so I couldn't resisit. I gave him a good squeeze to make sure he was all fluff and didn't have any of those plastic beads in him, and we were good to go.

I brought him home and the pups instantly made it their business to destroy him at all costs. Now, we have a squeeker toy here about the same size they carry all over without ripping at all, and we've had it for months, but for some reason they felt it absolutely necessary to rip this poor guys to pieces. I had to put the poor guy up on the shelf to avoid him being completely de-fluffed. Chloe had her entire snout stuffed into his body ad was yanking out fluff everywhere, while Charlie had his nose just about ripped. I was able to refill his fluff up, but the poor thing took a serious hit! At least they get a kick out of it though!

You're probably wondering why I devoted a whole post to this... well, I love my little poochies more than anything in the entire world and I think every little thing they do is adorable. Therefore, I feel the need to share the very cute things they do with all of you. Plus, the grandparents just love grand-puppy pics!

A few pics from the North Steps...

This is a big puffer fish we saw when we went to the North Steps. Mike tried to catch him by the tail to make him poof up, but he was too fast and I hear they have really huge teeth...

Some clown fishies...

Some very weird little egg formation tucked behind some coral. I was betting they were shark eggs and some huge momma shark was gonna jump out from behind of somewhere and eat me!!

Some more of my little clown fish buddies... they are so cute!! This one actually came outta nowhere from below me and almost bumped into my goggles... he was very protective of his little anemonea!

So yeah, just a few fun pics of this week's dive... the battery died after our first dive so unfortunately I wasn't able to catch the illusive cuttlefish that I saw hanging out.

The missing Sac, and other fun what"nuts"... hehe...

This is Gizmo... he's a 9-month old bully baby and today he had a chery eye repair and a neuter. He's actually in a heated and oxygenated kennel. He was still kind of loopy in this picture, but I thought it was adorable that his face was pressed up against the door and his little tongue was pressed to the glass too! I kept trying to shift his head and put his tongue back in, but gosh golly, it just didn't want to cooperate! End result, very dry puppy tongue, had to clean the glass, and a very cute picture!

I could tell you were all just chomping at the bit to see some sugicated dog sac... well this is at the begining of the hematoma dissection. As the surgeon started cutting deeper, you could see the clot poking out. Not pretty...

Tah Dah!! And it's off... gross, huh?

Me gettin' my surgication on... attractive, huh? Any time we walk into one of the surgical suites, you gotta be stylin'! Hairnets aren't just for lunch ladies anymore, fool!

So the sac pic is pretty gross, but from our point of view it was really cool! It's not every day you come across one of these bad boys!

Extreme Sac Make-Over!

For all of you who laugh at me for carrying a camera on me 24/7, this is exactly why.

So this dog came into the clinic today, I just couldn't resist busting out the camera for it. At first glance, you may say, "Woah, those are the biggest balls I have ever seen in my entire life!" Well, get this... he just got neutered Friday (today is Tuesday.) His poor little sac is actually filled to the brim with a Hematoma. For all of you who are wondering what that is... it's basically a localized pool of blood in a soft tissue area that has generally clotted... gross, right. So essentially this was a huge blood clot... poor kid, right?

So yeah, we wrapped the sac area in some vet wrap, which is the same thing as you get wrapped around your arm when give blood. We did this first layer so we could scrub and prep the area for surgery. One the surgeon is sterile, she will be given a sterile roll of wrap and will re-wrap the area in the surgical suite. Note the size of my hand versus the size of his very tighty wrapped up sac! It was nuts... no pun intended...

Surgery wasn't as blood as I expected, and I debated putting any of the actual cutting pics on here, but I thought it was interesting. Anyway, so Dr. Ono gently started cutting all around the base of the hematoma until she pretty much, for lack of better words, cut the clot off. His muscle and subcutaneous (under the skin) layers were pretty rough looking. He had lots of adema (swelling from fluid collection) so his recovery is gonna be a tad bit painful, but she got it all out and after some very light treading, and string pain killers, he should be okay.

This is the aftermath... looks pretty good considering what he had hanging between his legs. He not only got a neuter, but got a sac lift too! His little hoo-hoo is gonna be pretty swollen and bruised, but it's gotta be better than carrying around that almost 1-pound clot! Hope you all got a kick outta this... I have a lot more cool pics of the surgery so if you all don't think it's too graphic, I can post a few more...

So one final note... I'm sure you wondering what happened to the hematoma when it was removed? Well... me being the curious person I am, decided to put it in a stainless steel bowl and chop that bad boy apart. To my disappointment... no gushing pockets of ooze, just tissue that looks like a liver... not too exciting. I tried to get Dr. Ono to dry it out and hang it over her tailgate hitch like those country hicks, but she wasn't going for it... I don't know why not though!!

Hope you enjoyed!