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Days 1 and 3 with "Pup Pup"

6/5/2011

Day 1
We are still getting to know "he who has not yet been named". He answers to "Pup Pup" until we discover the perfect name for him. He is a very sweet, calm, confident little boy puppy who is eager to please his new family. His first day included a long drive, meeting his new family and exploring his new house. He's a little tired after all that!

Day 3
As you can see, Pup Pup loves water ... but it's a little tricky getting that roly poly puppy tummy in and out of the kiddie pool!

Pup Pup found a great stick to chew

Learned how to blow bubbles

... munched and rolled in the tall grass ...

... then back in the pool!

Benny, my sweetie, shares a stick

I think Benny realized today that Pup Pup is staying (not visiting) and thus the training to be a proper Golden Retriever begins.

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Quilts and Paws

6/2/2011

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My "Quilts and Paws" blog started back in June 2011. Transitioning the blog content from Blogspot to Loved to Pieces will, I'm sure, be a walk down memory lane. As I work through posts, some I will delete because they are no longer relevant but the stories of my students and their quilts and our golden retrievers are worth keeping.

Let's begin with background info. There are three sets of "old paws" in our house (not counting us):

Frankie is on the left, Benny on the right

Benny is a golden retriever, 11 going on 12 years old. Benny loves Frankie, food and me but not in that order.
Frankie is also a golden retriever, 9 going on 10. They are inseparable but not related. Frankie loves swimming, eating and Benny ... in that order.
ZZ is a kitty, adopted from our local humane society a year and a half ago. He's about 2 years old and is very proud of his beautiful blue eyes and magnificent fluffy tail.

ZZ our cat

Last December (2010), Benny was diagnosed with oral melanoma. The tumor was small and successfully removed by the OSU Veterinary Teaching hospital. When we went for the post-surgery re-check, one of Benny's lymph nodes was enlarged and found to be metastasis from the melanoma. We removed that and thought we were home free. Benny now has a small tumor in his lung that awaits further diagnostics.

Meanwhile, we discovered a lump on Frankie's face about 6 weeks ago. That turns out to be a fibro-sarcoma tumor that was successfully removed by our local vet. To be thorough, the oncology team at OSU did a second surgery to remove additional margin. Frankie has recovered and is doing fine. He especially appreciated getting to eat soft food for 3 weeks.

These events got us thinking ... our boys are getting older ... maybe we should get a puppy for many, many happy days and so our old guys can teach the new one all the proper golden tricks.

More on "new paws" later ...

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Days 1 and 3 with "Pup Pup"

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