Rantings of a Creole Princess

ShellyDee has me DYING laughing over here!

She said this reminded  her of Jaru and Lucy.  She couldn't decide which one.  LOL!  What do YOU think?  Which of my dog owners would this be?  ROFL!

This could have been Lucy's story!

Well...you know...except for the mansion and the Burberry jacket.

 

Beautiful but chilly!

It's one of those deceptive days.  Gorgeous out but with a chill behind the the breeze that's a bit too chilly.

But I wanted to sit outside so I grabbed a blanket.

My shadow stared at me until I "got" it.

So I had to go up to get HER blanket too.

Damn dogs.

How's the weather out by you?

 

AWESOME.SAUCE!

"More bread please Sir..."

Doggie Wonders

ValentiMe's Day at 13700!

We had to rush the debil dog to the hospital this evening so our V-Day plans changed drastically. 

And she didn't look in the LEAST bit upset for us with her new camouflauged bandages either.  HUMPH.

I love my life.

Diamond Sky Lucy

 

A couple of random pics of our Lucy girl.  She brings me joy.

It's really funny how many people come to 13700 who are scared of dogs and then end up getting one of her hugs and falling in love with her.  In fact...many of you have had the pleasure of a Lucy hug too huh?  Aren't they loving?

My Big Boy!

Thanks to Travel Diva for capturing this pic!  He is just perfect isn't he?

OCD Dog Update

Jaru has taken it upon himself to stop eating breakfast at his usual time of 6:30am.

He now chooses to eat brunch around 11:00am.

The challenge is that Lucy will eat anything she sees unattended so we have to keep Jaru's bowl up until he's ready to eat.

When he's ready to eat he walks into the room all haughty and shit and stares you down like he can speak to you using his mind.

And, as odd as that sounds...it works.

Being a dog's maidservant is very humbling.

ESPECIALLY when he eats, looks at you and shakes his head as if to say...you coulda done better...and walks away.

I can't stand that dog.

What time does YOUR dog eat breakfast?

$1,172.70

I was sitting in my office trying to get over this current bout of writer's block I'm suffering. 

Lucy was in her chair.

She jumped up and down and her back legs splayed out and she yelped a hurt kinda yelp.  Then...she started walking around in circles fast with her back legs giving out every few seconds.

FREAKED.

ME.

OUT!

Lucy is getting old and it shows.  Her hearing is not as it used to be, she can't do the hardwood floors like talking about.  It takes her a bit longer to get up the stairs.

But I can only think of one other time in her life with us that she's yelped in pain.

I called the doctor and told them I was on my way and then I called Robby and told him what was going on.

Once we got there they shuffled us right on into an examination room.  They flipped Lucy on her side and started messing with her legs and she wouldn't let them.  I got on the floor with her and held her face in my hands while I was nose to nose with her and talking to her. 

She got it.  I was there and there was no way I was going to let anyone hurt her.  They were just making sure she was okay.  The doctor and the assistant joked that I was the person who didn't touch hands and yet...I was on the floor with my dog making sure she wasn't scared.

I love my doggies man.

So they did the exam and figured out what was wrong with her.  The doc then did a full inspection of her since she was there.  Doc found that Lucy has a bad tooth that doc thinks needs to come out.

Me:  How much is this going to cost?

Doc:  They'll do an estimate for you.

So they come back with an estimate for an extraction of her tooth.  $1,172.70.

Me:  I'm sorry what?

Assistant:  $1,172.70.

She handed me the paper with the estimate which shows the amount:

Um...yeah...no.

Me:  $1,172.70???????????  To pull a dog's tooth?  Hell...she doesn't eat candy!  I mean sure...she likes peppermints so during Christmas she might get a piece of a candy cane but SERIOUSLY??????

Assistant:  Well...there's a lot that goes into an extraction for a dog.  They have to be put to sleep.

Me:  Does Ambesol work on dogs?

Assistant:  Um...

Me:  Is she in pain?

Assistant:  The doctor says her gums are pretty red which is indicative of an absess.

Me:  So yeah...about that Ambesol...

And I think they think I'm joking.  How in the HELL Lucy's azz gets a bad tooth?  I'm shopping this around.  Of course I want to get it done cuz the thought of her in pain with a toothache just KILLS ME but the kid ain't paying $1,172.70 to get it done.

And I mean that ish.

Oh...wait...they're giving me a discount since they appreciate our business and we have two doggies.

A discount of $40.50.

SIP:  GTFOOHWTBS

THAT IS ALL.

Pulled Groin

Just left the vet with Lucy AKA NAJ.  Why NAJ you ask?  Need A Job!

She's pulled a groin and is in pain.  The treatment calls for pain meds, anti-inflammatory meds, no running or jumping for 6 weeks.

SIP:  Hell...might as well amputate cuz that groin is NEVER gonna heal.

Oh yeah...

Jaru and Lucy love guests.

They TRULY love kids.

If one of them ran out of a room with a kid trembling and scared...

That kid would have to go.

IMMEDIATELY.

That kid's parents would have to go.

IMMEDIATELY.

And it's just that damn simple.

 

Just so ya know.

Scenario...

You have a small dog.

You have a party and one of your guests brings their 9 year old son.

The son goes into the room with your dog.

Your dog comes FLYING out of the room and jumps into your arms.

You ask the kid what happened and he says nothing happened.

His parent asks what happened and he says nothing happened.

They shrug it off and keep it moving like nothing is wrong.

The kid looks like he's all smug and ish keeping a secret.

Your dog is trembling in your arms.

What do you do?

The Gargoyle at 13700

Jaru

I'm adding up Jaru's expenses.

It's not looking good for his bourgie azz.

He might need a kickstarter program.

Humph.

His azz has this now it seems:  Lick Granuloma

See this part?  "It is often considered to be a form of canine obsessive-compulsive disorder..."

Didn't I tell yall FOREVER AGO that his azz has OCD??????????  YALL THOUGHT I WAS JOKING DIDN'T YOU?

*SIGH*

 

 

I think something might be wrong with Lucy...

...cuz she's laying on the floor. You know...like a DOG...instead of posted up on a sofa or a chair. Somebody call somebody quick. This might be bad.

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Dear Doggie Owners:

Do you let your dog lick you?

Much Calmer Monnie

Jaru and Lucy don't go to kennels when we travel.  A dog sitter or a framily member stays at 13700 with them.  Why?  Lucy has SEVERE separation anxiety and it was determined that the best thing for her when we're traveling is that she doesn't leave her home so her anxiety isn't heightened because she's in HER home. 

Makes sense.

I never take Jaru and Lucy out to get them groomed as I do a pretty good job at home.

Well...I decided I had too much going on to deal with it so I made an appointment for them to get groomed today.

Yeah Boy!

It's about to go down about my GOT-DAMN dogs! This heffa is going to get straight skull drug!

This article is AMAZING!

"What Pit Bulls Taught Me About People"

BEST.GIFT.EVER!!!!!!!

Doorbell rings.

DING.DONG!

I leave my office and answer.

It's the mailman.  With a box.

Thanks, exchange pleasantries, yada, yada.

It's from Casa de CaliGirl.

Addressed to Prince Jaru.

(I'm sure he's of Zamunda.)

I open it.

VOILA!

BEST.GIFT.EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was seriously so, so sweet.  I've been up since 3:30am this morning working and had a permanently etched frown on my face until I opened this.  Thank you so very much for thinking of our baby.  If you guys were here he'd lick the girls properly.  LOL!  This truly meant the world to me.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.  Jaru is our precious pup...I love it when those we love love him too.  THANK YOU!

Jaru has Arthritis

Really bad in his left hip.

A little in his right.

Shit.

Shit.

Shit.

Shit.

And our baby is in pain. 

*sigh*

I can't deal with this.

Punk Azz Dog

On the deck with Jaru. 

A bumblebee came close to his face.

Dude Scooby Doo'd back into the house.

Good for NOTHING!

Is YOUR dog a punk?

Gotta keep the keys outta Jaru's reach now...

Vet Bills

The last time you took a pet to the vet...how much did it hit you for?  Have you noticed they try and get you to do all kinds of stuff when you go there now?  They're worst than the dentist!

*BLINK*

iPad Game for Cats

Convo at 13700: Why I can't STAND Jaru!

Before I went to bed last night I made up the basement sofa for a friend of friends in the event he needed to crash at our place since he was riding back to New York today with them.

He ended up not crashing here and I kept telling myself I needed to go downstairs and fold up the clean linen I'd put on the sofa.

Tell the truth and shame the devil!

Would you dress up a doggie for Halloween? 

Our Lucy Girl

Late yesterday Lucy started walking around holding up her leg.  She let me touch her leg, of course, but I could tell she was in pain.  We called her vet this morning and we were told there wasn't an opening until Tuesday.  I explained to them that she was in pain now and the woman who answered the phone was basically like...your Vet isn't in and the one that is is leaving at noon.

They've lost my business. 

I did some quick research and found a Vet with great reviews nearby.  I called and was told to bring her in at 11:30.  I had my old Vet fax in the records for BOTH my doggies.  She was much worse today so we were VERY worried.  She stayed in the bed with me until it was time to go and then we headed out.

Jaru and Lucy have never been without the other.

Everybody's nerves wuz bad at 13700.

We get there and she showed her EN.TIRE.AZZ.

Cuz she doesn't like other dogs.  *sigh*

People she loves...dogs however?  If you're not Jaru...Move B GET OUT THE WAY!

So they examined her and did x-rays and came back with the verdict that she MAY have torn her ACL.  They say may because you don't know for sure unless you're doing surgery  and can actually see the tear.  The x-rays showed a large amount of inflamation around her knee joint:

You can't see it clearly but when they pulled 'em up on the screen the dark gray inflammation was clear.

So yeah...she's in pain.

We don't know how it happened but apparently it's common for large breed dogs to have.  She probably jumped off the bed or sofa or something wrong and it happened.  The doc asked me if I was certain that no one had harmed her and I gave her a look that CLEARLY stated should someone have hurt our Lucy girl I would be in SERIOUS trouble with the law and not able to sit in the exam room with her now.

She got the point.

So...Lucy girl is on anti-inflamation drugs for 20 days and we're supposed to keep her from running and jumping.  As my friend Jen so elloquently stated, "It would be easier to nail jello to a tree."  I don't know WHAT we're going to do.

We put the medicine in the FABULOUS things call Pill Pockets by Greenies.  If you need to give a pet  medicine...this is the way to do it.  Lucy INHALED it! 

When she wants to get on the sofa, we pick her up and put her on it.  No more up and down the stairs for her.  We carry her.  Oh...and get this.  Lucy weighs 60 pounds which means she is 10 pounds overweight.  Her food gets cut in half (3/4th cup twice a day) and I have a feeling she's gonna be MAD.ABOUT.IT!

The only time I've heard of a torn ACL was during "Love and Basketball."  Hell...Imma need Lucy to be bringing in some Lakers' money like old boy cuz if this course of drugs don't work they say she might need surgery which is going to cost $2,500.

*BLINK*

Imma need her to get a job.  A speaking part in a movie or something hell.  She's gonna need an agent so if you're down for the cause...holla.

Seriously though.  We're so glad it wasn't something REALLY bad.  Sure this is bad but it's not a tumor or that hip dysplacia stuff or cancer or a host of other things that would take her away from us way before her time.  So...for that I'm thankful. 

Our Lucy Girl

 

(E was sick last week and Lucy took it upon herself to be his private nursemaid.  She never, ever, EVER left his side.)

I had a dream last night that our Lucy girl had died.  I didn't remember the dream until I 'd been up moving around for a minute talking to Robby and then it hit me...I dreamed we'd buried Lucy.

Now I guess this wouldn't be such a big deal since I attended a funeral last weekend and my mind is still processing it but over the course of the past few months...Lucy has been showing her age physically.  Some mornings she gets up slow and has a bit of a limp.  Nothing is wrong with her and she isn't in any pain apparently...but yeah...sometimes she limps.

I know a lot of you remember Lucy's story and I guess it makes sense that the older she gets her old injuries would come back to haunt her just as they do humans so on those mornings she's limping we help her out a bit.  Pick her up and put her on the sofa.  Stay in one room for hours at a time since she follows us from room to room and yeah...she gets extra hugs and kisses.

I'm not really ready to think about one of them being gone.  Sure...it's going to happen and I know they've had a great life and, of course, we would never allow them to suffer...but them being gone will take some MAJOR getting used to.

Have you ever had a beloved pet die?  Where did you bury them?  Do you worry about your current pet's mortality?  How old are they?  Do you know their average life expectancy? 

Once again...proof that Jaru and Lucy ain't good for NUTTIN!

Um...No

Tell the truth and shame the devil!

Pet owners...

When's the last time your brushed YOUR dog's coat?

Mafia Dogs

It's such a beautiful day today and I've been sitting out on the deck building a character.  Lucy was out with me but you know Jaru AKA OCD Dog was NOT and got pretty pissed in tone trying to get me to understand that...say bruh...I want to come outside so you need to get these leaves off the deck hell.

After a minute or two or 53...I decided to. 

By the time I put away the leaf blower they'd posted up and it struck me that they look like they would straight snap someone in half.  ESPECIALLY Lucy (the debil dog).

 

But then...that look lasted all of 2 good minutes before they were back to their norm:

 

Spring is coming people!  I.CAN'T.WAIT!  Do you have any plants to plant in your yard or make a container garden on your deck or balcolny this year?

Lucy converts yet ANOTHER non-doggie person!

Lucy and Jaru don't like snow either...

Lucy:  Yo azz ain't cute taking pics from INSIDE the house.  Punk azz.

Jaru:  You know I'm not going over there right?  Right.  Imma take care of my business right here on the sidewalk where it was cleaned off 12 inches ago.

Our Jaru is hurt...

I fell asleep last night and was dreaming about flying.

Again.

I jumped up because all the lights were on and something wasn't right.  Robby was standing there with a helpless look on his face and something in his hand and when I saw him...my stomach lurched.  

Because of that look on his face.  My Robinator can do anything.

Jaru Photo Shoot!

Reason # 19,462 Why I Love Him So...

Not only I think he gives the BEST hugs.

The Indoor Dog Restroom: HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM)

SIP:  The person who invented this has OBVIOUSLY never smelled one of Jaru's whoppers.

People take ish too far...

Tea Cup Pig Pet Boom

Would you buy one?

Jaru

A Lucy Sneeze

Free to Good Home

He's really funny ackin so keep that in mind. 

He won't go outside if there are leaves on the deck.

He doesn't like messes of ANY kind.

He doesn't like people with unfortunate features.

He eats human grade doggie food.

He eats organic everything else.

He doesn't like even a SPECK of anything in his water bowl.

He is not a fan of outside because it seems dirty to him.

When you're out of town he WILL sleep in your bed.

He isn't the kind of dog that will eat off the floor and will look at you like you're crazy if you drop something on the floor for him.  You will have to put it in his mouth or in his bowl but none of that on the floor crap.

He enjoys taking a bath.

He goes to bed at the same time every night whether or not you're ready and if you make noise heading to bed he will look at you as if you REALLY NEED TO CHECK YOURSELF BEFORE YOU WRECK YOURSELF!

Even if you have a fenced backyard he will NOT be interested unless you put a sofa out there and it's very neat.

Oh...and when he's mad...he REALLY fusses at you in his own version of Boxer language.

Yeah...I'm giving him away. 

Why?

Cuz he's a PONK.

My Guard Dog

Lucy AKA "The Debil Dog" is never in a room I'm not in.   Makes me smile.  :)

Doggies!

If you were to get a new doggie...what kind would you get? 

Mouse in the House Cat Toy

What say you? http://www.catdancer.com/ Um...Babs???? This might be a solution for you and TH! LOL!

Boxers and Babies

If you want a dog that LOVES babies and kids. Imma suggest you look at Boxers.  Jaru and Lucy LOVE them some kids!

Dear Dog Lovers...From Kat:

Hi Monica.

If you have time and you wouldn't mind, I'm wondering if you can put a
shout out to  have dog lovers come to my web site and leave a comment
for a post I did for my friend who just lost her dog. She just lost
her mom a year ago and now she has lost her dog. Rather than send here
a sympathy card, I wanted to do something bigger. I wanted to have dog
lovers from all over the US leave her a message letting her know that
they understand and their thoughts are with her. I think this would
make her feel really nice, knowing so many people understand. Her
holiday is going to suck and I'm hoping to find some way to bring her
cheer.  http://www.threecentstamp.com/?p=1064

Thanks,
Kat