Brutus vs The Skunk

ARGH!!!!  Silly dog!! 

I went to take him outside to do his business.  I know there’s been a bit of rustling on the side of our house, but I haven’t really worried about it, figuring it was a neighborhood cat. 

Brutus started getting a bit agitated as soon as he was by the door.  I figured he just had to go really badly.  But no.  He runs to the side of the house, and starts woofing at something.  I look around and see the skunk.  I’m trying to go after him and call him back, but to no avail.  He charged it.  It ran behind some crates that are over there, but it didn’t matter.  It shot him.  The scary thing was, all it did was make Brutus annoyed and want to go after it again.  I go and call and try to herd him back.  The scary thing for me was seeing the skunk come back out from behind the boxes right away.  I finally get him back in the house ad into the tub he went.  Fortunately I had some V8 around, so I bathed him with that.  (I’ve heard of the peroxide trick, but since he got shot in the face by the skunk, I didn’t think that was a good idea.)  It’s also midnight, so there’s no way a pet shop would be open to get some skunk deodorizer.  He never did wee.

He still wants to do another round, you can see it.   I think we’ll be walking around the front from now on.  Tomorrow we get the Nature’s miracle stuff and a new collar.  Just thought I’d share our latest adventure!

Pukey puppy

This morning, for no apparant reason, Brutus threw up on the fouton.

It’s odd, he hadn’t had anything to eat since his meal the night before, he had a bit of chicken from us as a snack, but he’s had that before. He was ok all night, went for his walk fine, and about 20 minutes after getting back in he gagged, threw up and carried on fine.

My guess is he gobbled something yuckey on his walk. He still has his appetite, and didn’t show signs of doing it again, so I’m chalking it up to “one of those things” and moving on

Breakheart reservation

It was our second trip with Brutus to the Bark Park at Breakheart reservation in Saugus on Saturday ... we got there early, before there were any other dogs in the park at all in fact ... but a black lab showed up soon and Brutus chased him a while. He was then followed by a chocolate lab who got chased before the pugs arrived shortly after.

All this resulted in Brutus being wiped out before the other pugs showed up! But he did well

Some pics here

Oh, the Boston Terrier in some photos? He was 13, and didn’t show it!

Mailman arrived!

This last few days have been pretty good, lots of stuff has happened that hasn’t really been posted here (we’ve been too busy enjoying life to write about it, I suppose!).

Well, I had to share this ...

AJ contacted me the other day, asking for my postal address, I supplied it, then with the chaos that ensued, totally forgot about it. Today I checked my pigeon hole at work to find a small package.

A book in fact.

This one.

AJ, you rock, you made a good day better You have a bed in America any time you want (as long as you don’t mind sharing it with Brutus)

Snow

I just took Brutus out in the snow for a walk ... it’s pretty deep, well up his legs in most places, up to his belly in some places.

He wore his little doggy jacket, and he loved every minute of it! He ws prancing and playing, picking up frozen leaves and running along with them, shoving his face into the drifts ... he had a great time!

And I thought pugs were supposed to be poor at handling the weather ... he had no problems

Of course, now he’s wet and soggy, but I can’t help that

Dr. Brutus, M.D.

I’m home today due to feeling extremely poorly - can’t move without getting really dizzy and ill.  Brutus has been so lovely.  I was in bed earlier and he was sitting next to me looking at me.  It’s like he knew something wasn’t right.  I told him I wasn’t feeling well.  He immediately started licking my face and my arm, like he was trying to comfort me or make me feel better.  It was so sweet.

Now he’s been sleeping in my lap, not leaving me for a minute.  He’s such a sweet guy and is really making me feel better.  I don’t feel totally by myself with him here.  It’s nice having company with you when you are sick.

Done

Both Diosa and I have now got two seperate 24 hour animal hospitals for both Brutus and Nikki. Much happier.