Dog Parks, Vets and Birthdays

Hi, everyone! Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I'm still waiting for Mom to get all those vacation pictures off her camera (did I mention her batteries are dead, too?) so she can take more pictures of me. One of these days I'll hound her enough to do it. :)

In the meantime, I wanted to update everybody on what I've been doing in the past few months. First, there's a dog park in State College now. Whoa! I love it. It is so much fun!

Second, I saw Dr. Koshko (my favorite - though I wasn't crazy about his "sleeping" and "waking up" shots) a few weeks ago. He says I have a bone chip in my left front shoulder - apparently my shoulder never fused properly when I was a puppy. Even though it's the biggest one Dr. Koshko has ever seen (I love breaking records!) we think we can work around it without surgery. Total bonus!

I also have severe arthitis in the outer toes of my left front paw. It hurts when Mom clips my nails, even though I know she's being really careful. The same medicine I take for my shoulder helps with this, though - and it's like I'm a puppy again. :)

Third, I've got a birthday coming up on Friday. According to Dr. Koshko's chart, I'll be 77. I'm pretty spritely, though. Everybody in the neighborhood tells me how young I look. They love it when I'm trotting along all happy with Mom or Dad. I make 'em smile. (Yeah - I'm still a charmer.)

That's it for now. I'll write more later. Gotta give my paws a break! :)