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Originally Posted by Higgin's Mom Higgy did just great! He has a little cough, but I expect that is from the anesthesia. You wouldn't know he had anything done!
Now it helps that we are taking care of our Grandpuppy, Princess, the long-haired Chihuahua, while my son and his bride are on a cruise. (Hoping they are well away from the new tropical storm, Jean!) These two LOVE each other and run and romp and play all day. They are sooooo cute together! She is mostly white with brown markings -- very attractive, and a beautiful coat -- so she looks like a little princess next to my rough, tough wiry little devil. They are exactly the same size, although she is much lighter than Higgins.
Higgins will be devastated when she goes home!
Bettyeanne, I'm so worried about you and Ivan The Terrible! Our prayers are with you and your family that all will be well and you won't have any damage.
PLEASE KEEP US POSTED!
Love and hugs,
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So thankful that things went well with Higgins!! I knew that little devil would literally "bounce" back!!
Tell him that we won't mention to "Miss Prissy Paws" that he's entertaining Princess!!
Toto went to the vet yesterday also. We just recently found out that they groom at Dr. Lucy's! We had a vet visit and grooming scheduled and at the last minute Cindy had an emergency with my Mom so Patrick volunteered to handle the "dirty deed" alone! I was worried about the grooming part because I'm so darned picky ... briefed him with my "grown up" voice!!
He wanted something done about the long hair in the rear area because it's all grown so long that when Toto pee pees she invariably gets her little "skirt" wet and usually goes straight to Papa to be picked up!
She also gets little poops caught in the long hair and that
really doesn't sit well with him. So "Einstein" just couldn't understand why the little butt couldn't be cropped or even shaved!!
I threatened him if my baby came back looking like an orangatang that "someone" would be in deep caa caa!!
Dr. Lucy personally handled the grooming after totally shooting down anything being cropped or shaved!! [I love that Dr.] She didn't want to shorten any hair except for shaping and she wants us to try just "banding" the long hair at the rear of her little hips and the long tail hair! She looks so cute ... has an even prissier walk ... I believe this will work! Pat said Toto totally left them in place and only showed any interest in them one time and he just told her no and she doesn't even act like she knows they are there!! I believe this will work!
I will not mind the long drive and the several hours required for Dr. Lucy to groom her from now on! Also ... her checkup was fine .... found nothing amiss ... except ... one extra ounce!! Yep ... 4 lbs 1 oz!! Oh well, we won't sweat the small stuff ... besides she just came off a trip with practically no exercise so I think she will burn it off in no time!
Now ... about Ivan ...
although we are in east central Alabama we really dread this! Our prayers are with everyone who are closer to the Gulf but we are expecting some really bad weather here. Patrick wanted to hook up the Casita and get as far as we could from here and I would have readily agreed ... but ... I can't leave my Mom and there's no way we could take her that distance! By 6pm Thursday our local weather man just said to expect 60-90 mile winds!! THAT could take out the mighty oak in our front yard!! We have already made preparations ... water, food, flashlights, Yorkie, etc. We have the Casita all charged up and ready ... if we lose power [and they are sure we will] we can at least have lights and stuff in there! Cindy and I have made sure that we have plenty of portable oxygen, meds, etc. for Mother ... the only thing we worry about is if it gets really hot .. she cannot breathe if she gets hot and she really panics! We will all be focused on her so I feel confident she will be fine! Patrick and my son have lots of propane tanks for their grills so the "men" will cook [thank God for covered outdoor cooking areas!]!
At any rate ... we have pretty much done everything that we can do ... schools here will be closed Thursday and Friday. It's in God's hands now so pray that there will be no lives lost!! We love you guys!!
