Who You Callin’ Runt??
May 18th, 2009Thanks to all who have commented on the blog, emailed, and called about Diesel and Dolly. We talked to the vet this afternoon and both came through their surgeries just fine. They spayed Dolly first, and she was just waking up as Diesel was being brought into the recovery room after being neutered. The vet said Dolly couldn’t even lift her head, but when her eyes saw Diesel her tail started wagging. I don’t need to tell you I started crying when I heard that. We’re thankful they are fine, and now we just can’t wait to get them back home.
As we dropped them off this morning, I asked if they would be weighed right away. The receptionist said “Well, we do weigh them before surgery. But if you’d like them to be weighed while you’re here, we can do that.” So we took the pups back to the scale.
Dolly weighed in at 41.5 pounds. Diesel weighed in at 48.5 pounds! That boy has been working hard at getting bigger, and it’s paid off. He never did like that whole “runt” label thing.
They’re not quite six months old yet, and they are really big. But I have to say, every ounce of it is nothing but sweetness. Well, maybe a few ounces of ornery, but mostly it’s sweetness. Between Dolly’s heart melting marble eyes and Diesel’s breath taking smiles, well, it’s pretty easy to over look the moments of orneriness.
And they know it. Boy oh boy, do they ever know it.
Bee Free,
Penny
May 18th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
I am glad they are both doing fine and will be home before you know it. I haven’t scheduled our Diesel’s neutering yet but need to soon.
May 18th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Glad to see they are recovering well. You don’t have to worry about them sneaking off to have some fun on the side =) How are things on the rest of the homestead?