Paw Prints On My Heart

Almost 15 years ago, after my move to Atlanta, i realized i was lonely. After some deep thought i decided a dog was exactly what i wanted/needed. off to the Atlanta Animal Shelter i went. it was overwhelming!! hundreds of dogs and the noise, so i just started walking up and down all the aisles. The dog in run 156 caught my eye. Just sitting there quietly taking it all in. His paperwork said that he had been found tied to a dumpster in Douglasville. his eyes had a depth that only an old, wise understanding soul could have. that was my pick- i wanted him. After all the paperwork was completed, the gentlemen happened to notice something. "he's been here 2 months, if he wasn't rescued today he'd been euthanized tomorrow" lucky dog.....and the name stuck.

and so a friendship began- i'd never had a dog before and he patiently suffered thru the learning curve and all my mistakes. We both had lots of lessons to learn from each other.

Lucky Dog April 1999- December 2013

All good stories have an end, and yesterday we said goodbye to Lucky. I will always remember how he'd tuck his butt and spin when we played and his deep hatred of yellow jackets and wasps. He'd kill them and eat them like it was his personal mission. But most off all, i will remember that HE rescued ME.

Bye Bubba Dog, you were the best! Love you, and most of all, thank you!


 

wierdest picture ever!

lucky was all cuddly last night and i was taking his picture.

this is one right as he licked his nose.

weird huh?

i think it looks like he blew a bubble with bubble gum and it popped....

davis says it's wierd that you can see the exact outline of his nose.

sunny side up

lucky loves to lay in the sunny patches in the floor... i'm well trained, i move his bed out of the corner for his maximum comfort during the vitamin K soak

i have been wanting this picture FOREVER!! when he lays just right, his ear will stand straight out...it's his sign of total body relaxation.






 

lucky doesn't like the camera, so if he sees me with it, he disappears. plus, when his ear sticks out like that, he usually will flick that muscle to get it to flop back down...

green with envy

i am so jealous....i would love to be able to lay in the sun taking it easy...

but i'll have to get lucky to do it and tell me later what it feels like...

on the quilting front- i am busily working on a client quilt which i'm hoping to have finished later today!

plus- i have made 5 of the BOM blocks! and folks- it's to die for!! it's going to be a drop dead quilt!! a quick link to january's block is over there ---> in the side menu....get it while it's hot!

the bestest door bell

why you ask? i can hear him over the LA...

plus he does this *gruff, gruff* bark to let me know that there is someone in the drive way. so i know you're here before you step foot on the porch...

lucky's soon to be scar

it has stormed all afternoon, and lucky's not fond of thunder, so after being nervous all day, he was lacking on 5 hours of nappy time. he was all laid out on the floor snoozin, so i took the opportunity to snap a pic of his soon-to-be scar. i feel it's photo friendly (from a distance)

he's healing well, but i'm curious as to how they are gonna get some of the staples out. the skin has healed over some. i saved one of his pain pills, so about 30 minutes before we go, i'll give it to him. heck- i take a tylenol before going to get my teeth cleaned. it's only fair.

lucky's week later update

ok, so we rushed to the vet friday afternoon. he seemed to have developed a red 'halo' around his incision and from what i remembered that means infection- so i called the vet they said to bring him in, so we did. turns out it was a false alarm- all normal, just some bruising. so that's that...

the swelling is pretty much gone. i still deem it un-photo friendly. his fur is starting to grow back in, so he's all itchy. he's figured out that i'll rub his stomach if he comes over, waits til i notice him, then rolls over and does this 'whine' thing. you know for however well trained you think you have your dog, he/she has you trained better.

he does seem to realize it's gone. i've noticed he runs more...(i call out 'run, forrest, run. i can't help it :) ) he seems to have passed the pain part- he seems to be back to his peppy self. next tues (the 23rd) we go to the vet to have the staples taken out.

surgery update on lucky

it is 5:00 and lucky is in his crate relaxing after his surgery. whew...what a day. i want to thank everyone for the well wishes and emails. i now concede that i was being over dramatic with the whole idea, but Lucky is my first baby to have to go through this with. not many know this- but lucky is my first pooch. i wasn't raised with dogs, so all this canine stuff is new territory for me.

his incision is horrific to say the least. i thought better of posting a picture. i will once it's more photo friendly.... he will have a scar from wee-wee to brisket (chicks dig scars right?).... thank goodness the vet isn't a student of mine- i'd make her rip it and do it over. *just kidding* he has staples instead of sutures, so in two weeks we'll go back to get those out. vet said he did great and as a bonus his blood work is perfect! yay, no future surprises down the road.

i'm just happy to have lucky back home safe and sound...and he was eager to get the heck outta there.

lucky

lucky is my oldest dog, 10years old, and will be having surgery on tues (next) to remove a fat filled cyst from his belly. the odds of him reacting badly to the anesthesia is pretty high due to his age. needless to say, i'm a nervous mom right now.

so i know this might sound odd to some- but keep him in your thoughts, send warm and fuzzy vibes.....he's my bestest four legged friend.

look at that face, how could you say no? (i've grown an immunity to it)