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Today is my one month ampuversary and I am having a really good day....
First, I got to have a poached egg on dog food... I would have preferred toast & sausage - but my mom said it would make me fat.
Then I got a BATH!!!! It was my first one since my surgery and dang, it sure felt good.....I used to have baths outside with the water hose but now that I only have 3 legs - I got to have it in the house with warm water.....My mom sang me this really corney song "rub a dub - you smell like a queen" and then she dried my coat with a hair dryer......
After that, we got to go for a walk down the hill - I had so much fun but when we had to come back up the hill - I got kinda tired, so I had to rest a minute.....I laid down in the mud and it felt really good on my nice clean tummy......Now my mom says I smell like fish.
Now I am going to take a nap - I've had a busy day so far and I gotta rest up for my ampuversary dessert later tonight....
Happy 1 month Riley! Boy if that first month seemed like forever getting there , join the crowd. I remember waiting for my 1 month and it was forever, but you wait every month after that just seems to go quicker and quicker! Hope you get an extra special dessert tonight!
Cooper
Coopsdad/ Kenneth Blackburn
http://cooper.t.....ipawds.com
the monkeydogs only THINK they have invaded the tripawd state
Treats all around! Happy Ampuversary!!
Um, let me get this straight.....you actually LIKE getting a bath....yikes!
Daisy earned her wings on Oct 22, 2011 at 14 years old
She is now the official greeter at the rainbow bridge
Everyone is guaranteed a welcome sniff and Dalmatian smile
What better way to celebrate your first post-op bath, than a good roll in the mud!? 🙂
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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Happy one month Riley!! Here's to many, many, many, many more.
Karen and the pugapalooza
Congratulations Riley. You look great. Isabelle says there's nothing wrong with smelling like fish...or dead pigeons...or duck poop...it's really quite appealing... especially after a bath! What better way to celebrate this milestone!
Enjoy!
Cynthia & Isabelle
Awww! There's a big smile! You bring us lots of smiles, too!
Smiley Riley, a 1 month celebration is terrific! Good job! We are going to have lots of monkeydog treats to celebrate but I won't tell the monkeyboys why! They'll make a snide comment about you smelling like fish!
Keep it up!
Comet - 1999 to 2011
She departed us unexpectedly January 23, 2011 at the age of 12 1/2.
She was born with a deformed front leg and a tripawd all of her life.
A spaw day and a mud bath, no better way to celebrate for a girldog Tripawd!
Yipee! Hoppy Ampuversary Riley. Love that pic 🙂
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
tripawds.com | tripawds.org | bemoredog.net | triday.pet
Congratulations dear Riley! My pack wishes you many, many more of these! Mud baths after soapy baths are a tradition in my family, too. Your mom paid you a really pawsome compliment, too, telling you that you smell like a fish! Do you smell like an old, dead fish? Your mom really loves you to say that!
Love, D.
From abandoned puppy to Tripawd Warrior Dude, Dakota became one of the 2011 February Furballs due to STS. Our incredibly sweet friend lived with grace and dignity till he impulsively raced over the Bridge on 12-15-12.
Dakota's thoughtful and erudite blog is at http://shari.tr.....pawds.com/
Congratulations Riley! It sounds like you got a real spa day to help you celebrate! You look very pretty in your bandanna. Congrats again!
Yeaaahh! Riley! Congratulations! So happy, so excited for you! We're doing a happy hoppy dance for you!! Here's to many more!
By the way Rudy says he's jealous about the stinky mud....he says I never let him have fun like that....yea right!
Wanna know what Tripawds smell like? ..........................................................Riley, better known as Smelly Fish Riley!
Bwahahahahaahaaa pooey, you stink hahahahahaha!
(Can't hide anything from mom!!)
Okay fine. Thanks for the extra treats Smelly Riley.
There. I was nice.
Congrats Riley, one month is a big deal here, and treats are well deserved for what the last 4 weeks have done to moms stress level. Oh, by the way, that fish smell is probably one of those stinkin' monkeydogs, you might start having problems with them now, but don't worry, the A.M.B.F. will be right by your side, noseplugs included, Paws up, Spirit Gus and Dan
My buddy Gus had a left front amputation on April 7, 2010 and lived a great life until July 26,2010
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