Soothsoft Rocks

AP heard back from the Soothsoft people today and my replacement water bed (canine cooler) is on it's way. http://soothsoft.com/cc.html Soothsoft Rocks
Donnelle is my new BFF at Soothsoft and has my vote for employee of the year! I can't wait till it gets here and my room is back in order. See my post in July "My Bed is Leaking".



I loved sleeping on my waterbed.

Tonka meets a PUPPY

I went to the park this morning and was waiting for Nala when PUPPY arrived. This 15 month old St. Bernard named Puppy and his human accidently found our park and we played and played and played. He was 140lbs and so slobbery but so much fun. I was not the biggest dog for a change. Nala showed up and was a little confused till she got closer. I think she thought it was Henry for a minute. Puppy's human thought Nala was great since she kept herding puppy and I away from the fence.

A good eyeball day

Today is the first day that AP did not have to be gone from 6am to 7:30pm in weeks and we went to see Dr. Weigt. The pressure in my left eye is down from 18 to 14 and the Dr. could actually see my iris and the blood is clearing out. Then we went to the Greenbelt office where she works and everyone fussed over me and told the students they were giving free pony rides - seriously I am not a pony! I have been on these steroid drops for my eye and I have been back to my old self, digging holes, shredding everything and running with my friends. I can't wait for the weekend.

International Customer Service

So the other day I got caught in the rain and AP put my Optivizor on me to keep the rain from hitting me in the eyes. A day or two later she realized that one of the metal buckles was a little rusty. She sent an email to the company with just a suggestion about the buckle and tonight the inventor called her on the phone personally. He called from Austrailia - now that is customer service. They had a nice chat and he told her he invented the Optivizor for his dog. What a great guy!

Butterdog

My friend Buttercup gets very nervous when there is a thunderstorm so her mom has a special cape for her to put on and she becomes ----BUTTERDOG-----

Isn't it awesome?

The Optivizor

The blood in my left eye has not gotten any better its actually gotten worse and so now everyone is calling me bloody eye the pirate.
AP took me to see the eye Doctor yesterday and this time I saw Dr. Weigt since Dr. Gift was not there. http://www.aecassociates.com/
We had a 9:45 appointment but since they were really busy I had to wait and I got really bored. To pass the time I laid on my side and swam for awhile then I tried to tell everyone that I was bored by grumbling. When that didn't work I barked a few times and started searching around the room for things to amuse myself with. The technician came in and put drops in my eyes and then stuck the pressure pen thing on my eyes. My pressure in my bloody eye was at 18 and it should not go above 20 my other eye was at 16. The Dr. came in and fussed over me (no-one can resist the Tonka) and then looked in my eyes with a bright light which I can see in the right eye so it's uncomfortable. Everyone is always concerned that I might have to have my eye removed because of the pressure but Dr. Weigt gave me some drops to help reduce the inflammation. She talked to AP about blood pressure medication but we don't want to turn me into a furry lethargic lump like last time I took that stuff. AP was trying to explain that I am not very graceful and I play really hard with my friends and she has been trying to make some kind of helmet to protect me. Dr. Weigt had just the thing, it's called the Optivizor and it goes on your head and down your muzzle and makes a shield for your eyes. http://provizoraustralia.com/products - it was invented to protect eyes after surgeries.

Handsome!

I'm not sure if I like it or not but AP is making me wear it when I play with my friends. I had it on this morning and Nala didn't make fun of me so I guess its cool. I tried to get it off but it is not easy to remove like my glasses.




P.S. We were walking tonight and got caught in a storm and the water was hitting me hard in my eyes so AP put on my optivizor to protect me. Maybe it's not such a bad thing!

July 29, 2009

LITTLE TONKA

My favorite bed has sprunk a leak. I have a Canine Cooler waterbed by SoothSoft that keeps my belly nice and cool and it has a split seam.

Lucky AP caught it really quickly or we would have a had a big mess. She had to take it outside and let all the water out. Now I get confused when I go to find my spot to lay down and its not there. I really love that bed. I don't fit on all of it anymore unless I curl up but I still love it. AP sent the SoothSoft people an email and maybe they can help her fix it.

BIG TONKA

July 26, 2009

This morning I got to play with Nala. She had been gone for a few days visiting relatives while her human Carol went to Disney. It was great to wrestle with her and Carol got me some Disney Doggie Treats shaped like little bones and a sticker for the Yellow Tonka Truck and AP got a T-shirt. She is very nice for a human and she always has good treats for our playdates. When we got home I was laying at the landing and there was a big crash outside. Some big branches from a tree next door had come down and fell onto the fence and blocked my ramp. There was a storm last night so it must have made them loose and today they gave way. AP went to the shed to get the limb lopper things and I waded right into the middle of things to help.

The tree demolition expert.
I am very experienced with tree limbs - its how I make sticks...

AP has to keep all the lower limbs on all the trees in the back yard cut off or I will reach up and tear them down and claim them as my sticks. I have quite a pile and am also pretty handy at bringing firewood to the porch from the stacks behind the shed.

AP's dad came up with a chain saw and helped her cut everything up into pieces and put it out for the tree recycle guys to take away. At least I got to keep one......

See -now this one is mine and I will add it to my pile.