Baby Brother

OK so I am long behind on posts. So much has been going on I really haven't had time. The good news is Ellie went to the vet yesterday and got her stitches out. She was 100 times better with the new stitches and the Dr said she was a wonderful sweet pup which of course she is. Now the even better news is Ellie got a baby brother!!! His name is Aidan and if you ask me he is adorable and the spitting image of Ellie...just smaller. I had been looking for a sibling for Ellie for a few months. We wanted to do rescue this time as we felt so bad for all those beautiful Cavaliers who weren't loved from birth like our princess. For months I scoured Petfinder, Cavalier Rescue USA, Lucky Star Cavalier Rescue, and Craigslist. Ever dog that was out there who was young (my only requirement as Ellie is so young ) I would contact trying to find the one for us. After several false starts we hit the jack pot with Henry (Aidan's original name). I saw him listed on Petfinder. It said 5 month old tri from a puppymill. I contacted his foster mom and lo and behold she remembered me! Well to be technical she remembered Ellie! Heehee. Turns out I had emailed her in the past about another foster pup she had named Tinker. At the time I contacted her Tinker was already on his way to his new home but she said to keep in touch as she fostered often and I sent her some pictures of Ellie. Well we started to chat about little Henry. His foster mom told me that he was bought at a puppy auction in her home state. He was the only Cavalier at the auction but she had to go get him anyway. He was dog number 161 and 5 months old at the time. As soon as she sent me his pics I knew he was the one we had been waiting for.


I love this picture as he looks so cute. Almost like a cartoon doggie instead of a real one!

Well after chatting for about a week and getting our home visit approved we were able to adopt Henry. Now the question was transport as she was in Wisconsin and we were in NJ. Thanks to my wonderful Cavalier boards a member offered to help us with transport since she was a teacher and had the free time. Henry's foster mom drove to Chicago where my friend lived (about 5 hours away) and dropped Henry off and the following day we both drove toward each other. We met on a dusty road in Ohio off the Ohio Turnpike and we got our baby and I got to meet another Cavalier board member. We drove home and Ellie and Aidan clicked just like that and now are best friends.

And now for pictures galore!

Kim has 2 pups of her own so it was a bit of a struggle to get this picture and I of course closed my eyes but whatever

On the drive back Aidan decided he wanted to cruise and climbed into Daddy's lap. They alternated the entire (long) drive back between my lap and Daddy's. Ellie only growled maybe twice the entire trip as she took to him rather quickly.




When we stopped for a fuel break I took a few more shots of the cutie



This is a horrible picture of me and Aidan at home. I look awful but 12 hours in a car will do that to you.

Aidan's first experience with a snood. I don't know why but I think he looks adorable with it on while Ellie looks weird. Maybe its because he has a smaller head?



Since then we have been in love with the little guy and can you blame us.


I had bought new snoods for Aidan and Ellie. Aidan's is more masculine but still cute while Ellie's is all girly. I thought I'd see what they look like in each other's snood. Even though its all girly I think Aidan still looks cuter in snoods then Ellie. Its got to be the head size!

Doesn't matter the pattern Ellie is unhappy with a snood on



Aidan in Ellie's snood
And his own


Ellie is unhappy no matter what the snood looks like
But will perk up for a treat


Dexter was apparently feeling left out of the picture taking and decided to make an appearance.


Some more Aidan adorableness





The prince and princess



Finally Aidan's Puppia arrived so we had to take pictures with him wearing it. The medium is a little too big in the head area right now but I think he will grow into it soon.






Playing with his sister

And then of course we needed some pictures of both of them wearing their Puppias!


Magnus the Puggle next door turned one so we had a little paw-ty on the front porch complete with party hats and Frosty Paw treats. Aidan didn't like it and hardly ate any but Ellie was more then happy to finish his as was Magnus and his sister Tonka the Shepard/husky mix.

There are 4 doggies in this picture. Can you spot them all?


Mommy I don't want this =P


Oooohh Ill take it! Me me me!!!

And to end this super long post my two babies

Post-Surgery

OK so Ellie had quite an ordeal after her spaying surgery. So Ellie got spayed on Thursday and was pretty out of it. I kinda expected that. On Friday she laid all around the house and didn't do much either. On Saturday she was still pretty lethargic. I had heard that most dogs are bouncing around by day 2 so I was kind of worried. Then I noticed she had pink pus coming out of her wound area. When she laid in one spot it started to gather. All day I watched it and wiped it but it was still light pink and still continued to leak. Finally around 9 Daddy and I got worried and we decided to take her to the emergency hospital. There is a wonderful new facility only 20 minutes away. As soon as we got to the hospital Ellie perked up. She strutted her way into the facility and promptly had diaherea in front of the counter. We waited a long time but Ellie saw the vet and she had an infection that was flushed and got meds and a e-collar.

Sunday night she perked up better but was still leaking a lot. So Monday it was back to the vet. Turns out Ellie was allergic to the dissolving sutures and had to have them removed, everything flushed out, new regular stitches put in, and new meds to take home. Best of all we weren't charged anything for that which was good considering the visit to the ER was pricey.

A few days later Ellie was a new pup. She was bouncing and playing and I could def see the difference. Thanks goodness everything is ok now!

Some pics of Ellie when she was sick

Ellie got spayed

She is home now. The vet said she was very good after Paul dropped her off. She seems very out of it right now and is curled up on the couch now. I hope she feels better soon.

Mystery

Ellie is getting another brother but who is he?!?!?!?!

The Good, The Bad, The Bully Stick

This is only Ellie's second bully stick ever. Daddy bought her to enormously huge ones for some reason so it took several cracks at it with the meat cleaver before we managed to break it in half (it dented the meat cleaver as well mind you) Mommy just discovered continuous shot on my camera so I thought Id give it a whirl.

So here are some pictures. As you will see some are cute, some are bad, and some are just plain hilarious!

Another Park

Today Ellie, Daddy, and Mommy went to the local park. It didn't have a dog run so Mommy and Daddy just walked with Ellie. There happen to be a rally event going on but we must have missed it. We saw all kinds of dogs big and small as well some vendors. Mommy wants to do rally with Ellie one day so it was neat to see how the even was set up at least.

Mommy and Daddy continued on their way and here are some pictures along the way

Ellie says where are we going?!?!?

Ellie and Daddy walking

We stopped for quite a few photo opportunities



Check out Miss Mud Mouth

We saw these benches and thought we would start our rally training early
But Ellie had her own ideas

She would run to the end hop of the one she was on and hop onto the next one. Oh well

Ellie is ready for her closeup!

She looks like a model looking out into the sunset. I dont know what Daddy's doing

She kept looking back to see if I was coming.


But I'm not ready to go yet!


I had a lot of fun though!



I'm ready for a nap!