Buster Gets a Trim

Last week I looked at Buster and quickly came to the conclusion that Homeboy needed a haircut.    I mean look at him he looks like a Muppet.  There are two things that Buster absolutely hates and that is baths and haircuts.   But I will admit that I love giving them to him, because he is such a butthead it’s like my own little twisted revenge.

At first he thought I was sitting on the floor to play with him and got all excited…..until I pulled the clippers out.

Then suddenly his whole demeanor changed.  He was pouting and sulking like that was suppose to make me feel sorry for him and make me change my mind.   Like I am suppose to be sympathetic to the same dog that whines and barks in my ear at 5:30 am.

Halfway through the cut we took a little break.  He went and hid in Jake’s kennel.  Don’t feel sorry for him…he is a punk and he is just trying to manipulate you…trust me.

After he pulled himself together and realized that resistance was futile we finished up his haircut.  Doesn’t he look handsome?  Yes he is a butthead but he is so cute!

However he did inform me that he was never speaking to me again and as soon as he went out into the yard he was going to dig in the wet mud.

But let’s enjoy it while it last.  Here is a before and after.

The Cone of Shame

THE COOOOONNEE OF SHAAAAAMME! *insert here tunnel echo effect*

You may have seen on my Twitter status that I was back at the vet with the big dog.  Who is only big in size because Buster, who is only 19 lbs vs. his 73 lbs, bosses him around quite a bit.  Jake is a big lovable lug that developed a pretty bad itching problem.

Our dogs are treated with flea treatment but the fleas here are like mutant cyborgs or something, because when the heat came they were suddenly covered.  We took Jake to the vet a month ago to find out that he has a really bad allergy to flea bites.  After a steroid injection,  an anti-inflammatory injection and anti-biotic for Jake and Capstar, flea bath and some Front-line for every one, Jake was doing much better.

Fast forward 2 1/2 weeks later.   I notice weird streaks of blood on the walls, which freaked me out.  I check Buster and he was clear, checked Honey and she was clear then I checked Jake, at first he looked fine until I checked his hind legs and tail.  He was eating himself alive!  He was gnawing his hair off and had a few open soars.  UGH!  I checked Buster and Honey again and they had FLEAS!  WHAT THE HECK!  It wasn’t time for their next dosage yet!  Grrrr. 

That afternoon I called the vet and we were back for another round of a steroid injection, anti-inflamatory, anti-biotics and the COOOOONNE OF SHAAAAAAME!

He is doing much, much better now and the cone is off.  Vet says that we need to give them their drops every 3 weeks and shampoo them with the flea shampoo at least everyother week.  Otherwise we will be at the vet again giving a generous “donation” NOT!

Just for Fun: Buster’s Morning Dig

This is my little man Buster, he has a serious Napoleon complex.  He just finished digging up the little garden area in the yard.  Got to love him!

Buster's Morning Dig