Is That Dog Wearing Socks?

Who is watching the Texans vs. Jets game right now? We definitely are...Clint is a die hard Houston Texans fan and when a game is on we are not allowed to watch anything else lol. That's okay by me because I have grown to love the Texans (almost) as much as Clint. Currently Clint AND Belle are sporting some sweet Texans gear...GO TEXANS!

Speaking of Belle I have some big news to report....

...we think she is allergic to grass.

Our vet is highly concerned that she is allergic to grass and has told us she needs to be on presciption food for skin allergies. Also, for her to be more comfortable while walking outside we bought her dog socks. Oh yes, the exsist.

My sweet mother took me to PetSmart to purchase some "stylish" dog socks for my little girl. I wish all of ya'll could see them in person because they are truly a sight to see.

They are the tiniest things ever! She walks around pretty well with them, granted that Clint and I crack up everytime we put them on her. She looks like a school girl with knee-high socks on!

Yes, I love Glee!

Doesn't that picture make her look like an Octopus for some reason? Haha it looks like she has too many legs!


Well Clint and I are off to see The Help! I have heard so many wonderful things about this movie so I am really looking forward to seeing it...review to come tomorrow!

A Trip to the Dog Park

This evening Clint and I treated Bo and Belle to a nice little trip to the dog park. The San Marcos dog park isn't the best, but its still a lot of open space for our rascals to run around.

We waited until the sun set a little so it wasn't too hot outside. We have taken Bo to the dog park before, so we knew as soon as we let him off the leash he would run free. Belle on the other hand....decided she just wanted to stick close to us by the benches.

Our dogs could not be more opposite. Bo can barely contain his excitement when we get his leash out to take him outside and runs full speed when he is outside. We have to drag Belle to go outside and the only time she runs is to run back upstairs to our apartment. I think she thinks that she is a human instead of a dog haha.

When Bo was done sniffing out every single spot in the park, he decided he wanted to come and hang out with us. He is such a lover!

Look how sweet this picture is of Bo and I. I love my old man..(Bo is 11 years old! But he acts like he's 6 months old).

We finally got Belle to walk around a little bit by having her follow one of us. She is so tiny I love her!

After about an hour our stomachs were talking to us so we knew we were ready for dinner! Belle showed us again how she thinks she is human by refusing to sit in the back seat. She only likes to sit in the passenger or driver seat. Here she is sitting RIGHT next to me in my seat.

How can you not love that face?

Belle Goes Under the Knife

Hey guys, remember me? Haha I feel like I haven't blogged in forever! Our sweet baby girl had to get spayed last week and boy was it an experience. I have never owned a puppy, so I had no idea what to expect when getting Belle spayed. First, I was trying to find a place that could spay her for a reasonable price to try and save money. The search took me to a place that did it out of a van. The website showed the picture of the van and I immediately knew that I was NOT putting my baby girl in the hands of those people. The van looked like something out of a horror movie..it was very sketchy.

My mom knew of a place in Houston but it was a first come/first serve basis. I knew I wouldn't be able to make the trip to Houston with work so I finally just broke down and took her to our vet in San Marcos. The reason I don't like going to our vet is because they always try and scam us into spending extra money and when we decline they make me feel like the worst puppy mother.

Her appointment was scheduled on a Friday that Clint and I both had off of work at 7:10am. Neither of us heard the alarm and I woke up frantically at 8:30am and had Clint call the vet to see if we could still bring her in. I was secretly hoping they couldn't get us in because I was nervous about her getting surgery when she is so small (she is only 5 lbs!). The vet said it was okay so Clint drove her to the vet. And sure enough within 10 minutes of Clint being there he called me to say that they wanted to pull 3 of her teeth, do a laser surgery instead of with a scapel and install a micro-chip into her shoulder. I told him to tell them no way...she was already going to be in enough pain with the spaying, I did not want her to have pain in her mouth and shoulder too!

They called us around 10:30 to say that she was out of surgery and recovering fine and we could pick her up at 12:30. When we arrived at the vet they warned us that Belle was going to be extremely out of it because of the pain killers and morphine.

As soon as Belle came in the room I could tell she was relieved to see us. The vet told us that when she woke up after surgery she wouldn't stop crying:( It's because every time she wakes up in the morning she is used to seeing Clint and I. This broke my heart! Even though we knew she was out of it we couldn't stop laughing because of how BIG Belle's eyes were. I swear her eyes were twice the normal size! She was not her usual chipper self and only wanted to lay in our arms on the way home.

Isn't she pitiful but precious!?

We set up her "recovery" room in our bathroom and made sure she was comfortable in her bed with an extra blanket, her favorite toys and some water.

She slept all day and night but was back to her normal self the next day!

I am so proud of my brave little girl! :)