Liza and the post op

Past few days have been awful for Liza, our female cat, she has been very sick. Yesterday Maja and her travelled to see Dr. Rok to do some biochemichal tests and bloodwork done, since we suspected it to be Pyometra (don't click the link if you have a week stomach), basically it's an inflammation of the uterus and can lead to sepsis and death in female animals. The blood work showed she was healthy and had no infection but Maja and Magnus still requested the operation, sterilization to cure her, the vetenarian agreed with their choice and today she was taken there again. She was operated at approx 1 pm, Ed and I were acting all weird and clingy to Mags when the girls were away, we knew something was wrong and Liza would never go somewhere without all of us, so we awaited her arrival. Maja came home alone, which made us even more panicky, it's funny isn't it, how us animals feel that sort of a thing. The vets called at 3pm asking us to come get her as she was ready to come home, they showed the removed uterus to Maja, it was the size of a larger breed dog, and not a tiny cat, so they made a great decision to get her operated. Again the three boys waited for our girls to come home, safely and healthy. When the girls arrived, Liza was still very groggy and drunk from the anesthesia, she wommited and walked around all weirdly, so we weren't allowed to play with her, but ofcourse Ed being a silly fat cat he is, wanted to chase with her so he charged her and knocked her over, poor girl, but Liza being herself, she didn't care at all. Even when sick and all messed up she still got up to Ed and started cleaning him, such a loving cat. She is one of the most tolerant animals I have ever met, I can sit on her and nibble on her tail and she doesn't do anything till I get really annoying hihi, but I wasn't allowed to be playful when she was like this. Eventually she settled down and layed on top of me to keep warm, and I let her sleep, she is my friend afterall and I need to take care of her. She is resting now on the chair, she ate and drank and isn't in pain, the scar is small and covered with silver protection spray, acting as if nothing is up at all. Her eyes cleared up, unlike dogs, cats don't close their eyes when under anesthesia, so they need to be glazed with a gel to keep them lubricated and teary. So our pretty little animal family is all well and happy. We are glad that our owners love us so much that they take extra care when we get ill, even tho I have to admit I did get a bit jealous when she got so much attention, but I am sure I will soon get over it when she is being given antibiotics which noone likes to eat hihi. I did get a new toy and cookies today, so I am happy for being supportive to Liza, she loves me so much back. Oh and yes I forgot to mention, I got slapped around by Ed a few days ago, leaving me a furless scar on my eye again, since I was annoying and didn't leave him alone he was trying to teach me a lesson, which I refuse to learn hihi, no worries, the fur will grow back and noone will know I chase my cats around hihi. Long day today and time for all of us to rest. Oh wait, she is being fed again, meaning I get to steal the remains of the food when she is done, Yipppyyy.

Trimming and swimming

Taking a dip

Remember how I said I am on a new mission, which is getting as dirty as I can after a nice bath...well it has happened, I have been washed. Yuck, the smell is so clean and so undoggy, so I had to find a way to completely get rid of it hihi. Everytime we walk to the vineyards, we pass a little river, which is tiny but has sand shores, which ofcourse get into my fur and I am nice and dirty for a long time hihi. That is untill we get home and into a bath. The weather has been really warm, around 20 degrees celsium during the day, very sunny and great for swimming, so I try and take a dip everytime.

Dirty, wet and looking intellegent, oh yes that would be me hihi

My owners decided it's been enough of semi afghan hound look - my fur was so silky and long and completely cottony, great and soft, but it's time for me to get more into a cocker fur now, so we started to trim my back. Trimming is funny, since I am  a boy I ofcourse hate washing, combing, clean in general hihi, but trimming puts me in such amazing sleep, it's so relaxing and massaging, I just doze of a little. The trimmer is such a cute, funky, weird item in my daily routine. Slowely it removes milimeters of my old puppy fur making my fur look fresh and new. As a cocker I am supposed to have 1/3 back fur shortened to give me a proper look, but since shaving isn't the best option proper breeders say, we went with the best option of trimming.

the trimming comb, somewhat like mine

Past few days we have been really busy, we helped with planting fruit trees, I helped with digging and making a mess, while the tiny baby trees were being put into the ground with fertilizer, cow poop, which is by the way very yummy but ofcourse forbidden for me, no fun! Hihi. I did however manage to steal some for my fresh breath and extra fun. Tara and Emma were so tired when we left they didn't even get up to say bye bye, they just slept poor girls, I am an energy machine, draining the poor girls with running and playing. When we take the road there we always meet my friends, Pika and Vas, a red cocker girl, really pretty and Vas looks like Emma, golden retriver boy and we sniff and cry to play, but today I just didn't have the time to stop much for them, I just pulled my owners to get to my two girls as soon as possible, and ofcourse the chewy bones and cookies I just know we are getting as we reach the weekend house hihi. Funny day today, tiring, but after a short nap I am ready to go and play football with my owners again, they don't seem to excited tho, but Magnus did teach me how to play with my feet and not teeth, fun! Back to sleep, hopefully soon we can post a dry picture of me, but I will make damn hard for that not to be possible hihihi.

11 Months Old Today...

...one more month to go and I will be a grown dog, well, only by size, but I have been too huge for months now hihi. Yesterday Maja and her parents went shopping for some more painitng material and flowers, so we can have a pretty blooming house in the summer, but most of all we have also painted the doors in the hallway. I use the term we since I pressed my tail againt the wet door and got scared of the sticky thing! How mean it is for pulling my silky tail fur. I also got new food, this time as the vet said they got me some uber tasty grown up food, oh yeah! And since Magnus is norwegian they chose salmon flavour, yay me, I have been enjoying the dry delicacy ever since. However they did buy me a new shampoo, yuck, more cleaningness for me, it smells like bubblegum, which means that after a wash I will need to work extra hard finding some very stinky stuff to rub myself againt outside to get a good filthy dog smell back, they do keep me busy with this new missions hihi.

On sunday we were at the weekend house and one of the neighbours dogs came for a visit, on his own, he is an old male, about 16 years, shepard mix, who jumps fences and is very vital. The weird part is, not only did we hit it right off, playing and running, I think he had quite a man crush on me, I know I am beautiful but I am still a boy! He ended up following us, walking by our side till we almost came to town, so we had to head back and walk him home. Clearly he had no intentions of going home by himself. So we walked up, again, and then decided to take the longer path home, around and under the city castle, which is about half a kilometer away from where the weekend house and vineyards are. Oh yes, I forgot to mention, me being me, I managed to get so unbelivably dirty, I wasn't recognisable, my fur was muddy, wet and sticky, I looked like a ...brown washed puddle hehe.  I am quite tiny if u wet my fur, my legs are so itsy bitsy hihi. We continued the path down from the castle and took a few pictures and then headed home where I was showered. Mean people! Yay I am off to eat some of my 11th months bday pot roast dinner hihi

Roadtrip!

Today was a long but exciting day! We woke up at 4 am and started getting ready for driving Maja's mom to a private clinic, since the poor girl has kidney stones and needs them removed. We met them at 5:30 and started driving towards Bled, where the clinic is, but as all hospital things usually are the whole getting her into the room got very delayed and Magnus and I were walking around for hours. But even if that sounds terrible, I met swans and ducks, never seen swans, they sigh at me, like a cat, I quickly learnt not to get to close hihi. Ofcourse me being me I whined everytime Maja went back into the clinic, since I just want both my owners with me all the time for fun hihi and I missed her when she was gone. After her mom was admitted, we went for a long walk, to the castle, but the roads were under construction, so we went halfway around the lake to see the little island in the middle.

The lake was quite frozen and it was very frisky so we decided to move towards another beautiful destination we had planned to see. Hihi if you look at the picture I am already quite tired from the yelping and running around sniffing all the dogs and birds, but the island behind us looks very pretty. But...on we went...

Kranjska gora! Snow! Skiing...never saw skiing and I have never seen so many people enjoying the snow as much as me! Look at those mountains...what a place to play hihih

The clear skies, crispy air, fresh white snow and many snacks....today was my first really long and perfect roadtrip. We drove around and back for around 5-6 hours, I slept in the car, behaved and looked adorable. Ofcourse I got rewarded by my favorite snacks from Arden Grange, which they bought from a pet store in bled hihi, no wonder I whine when one of them leaves, I just absolutely adore them both!

A very cute video Magnus made with me whining  becouse I had to walk properly when Maja went away, I believe I am a bit spoiled, but that never hurt anyone, especialy not since when left completely alone, I do not destroy anything, I simply wait untill they are back to kiss like crazy and be kissed back. Today was an amazing roadtrip day!

ps: video comming soon:)

As promised, pictures of my new "hair"

Before

 

 

After

 a little less hairy on my head, yet same dirty everytime hihi.