Belle, Adventure Papillon

it's not easy being this cute

2010-02-21T10:33:00.000-08:00

It takes a lot of beauty sleep, just the right amount of skritchums, snuggles, and cuddles to be this cute. Mom is starting to understand (I mean, she's even typing for me today!) that it's not easy being a a Papillon princess! (Belle is more like a warrior princess!)

That being said... adventures are the BEST! We've gone a lot of cool places, I flew in airplanes a few times, we've lived in 3 different cities now!

Ok well maybe cuddles are the best. I love cuddles! Granma and Granpa love my cuddles too!I helped Granma feel better this past weekend with my SUPER CUDDLES!!!

Life is pretty good for this Papillon, the squirrels have been leaving the bird feerder alone, mom's seen some pretty new ones!♥

Co Pilot Doggie

2010-02-16T20:09:00.000-08:00

Bonjour anipals!

I once again navigated the roads up to visit granma and granpa. Mommy an I captured a squirrel and now we make him give us directions. (It's the voice on the GPS- it's called "squirrely"-Belle's mom) But Granma AND Granpa are both very sick so they've just slept a lot.

Mom's worried 'bout my eye again. Don't tell her but it's red 'cause I rubbed it a WHOOOOOLE bunch.

I brought a bully stick wif me so now I'm gonna go nom on it for a while!

Long time since I lasted blogged!

2010-02-15T18:49:00.001-08:00

I knows it took me a long time to git back on dis bloggy thing... But Mom says we'll try to keep it updated better now....

Mommy added pikshures of my bully sticks arriving here: clicky but here's a preview of my cuteness dats also my new twitter icon: Things hav been gud around here, there wuz a squirrel dat tried to eat frum our birdie feeders but I barked at him and he ran away!

Doggie Sciatica- OUCH!

2009-10-30T14:42:00.001-07:00

Mommy took me to the vet today because I've been itching like crazy. She was thinking they'd say I had allergies... well we got there and I got the attention I deserve from the ladies in the cool scrubs! The doctor was really impressed by me, said I'm really fit and very muscley! And very lovey- I get that a lot.

The checked my skin, it was a little red but still very healthy, my coat got a "gorgeous" rating, and my ears, teeth, gums all looked healthy. He moved my head around to check my neck (I kept trying to lick his face, he was soooo close to getting licked!) and then pressed on my spine. It was all good until he got to my lower back/base of my tail. That HURT! I didn't yelp, I just sat down and gave Mommy a sad face. The vet was so surprised! Mommy told him how I was itching just when I was walking around the house but not when I would watch tv with her on the couch or any other time. He was really rather surprised because at three years old, I have sciatica. When Mommy told him more about my Coyote Attack he said that may have been the trauma that started my sciatica problems.

He also said it can be hard to tell if I'm hurting because I'm a Papillon (what's THAT supposed to mean, huh bub?) and the yelping sometimes and not others from the same thing. He said that might be from the sciatica because it can be more of a "coming and going" pain. Then the vet said I had to get a shot of cortisone. (Uh Shot? No one said anything about shots!) He gave me the shot, Mommy tried to distract me with treats but I was having NONE of that trickery. I did eat the treats after the shot though! I gave the vet lots of licks and wiggles just to show there were no hard feelings.

That all happened around 10 this morning and now Mommy would like to report that while I'm very sleepy, I'm not itchy!!! So hopefully the pain stops- of course I'm acting tough so I won't let Mommy know that I'm in pain (she keeps telling me I need to stop being so stubborn and behaving like certain members of our family) but I'm sure she and the vet will be able to figure out if the one shot is going to do the trick for quite a while!

Mommy- my typist for this entry- would like to say a few words:

We are looking into other options for treatment especially she needs more than just the one shot every few months-I'd like it to be once or twice a year. Everything from VOM (Veterinary Orthopedic Manipulation) [as suggested by the wonderful @friendtopups] to accupuncture. Belle is my furbaby and will be getting the best care I can get for her plus all the LOVE she can handle.

Thank you all for your prayers and good thoughts for Belle.

-Niki (@strawbrykiwi)

My coyote attack story

2009-10-20T15:37:00.000-07:00

Mommy realized she'd never blogged my coyote attack story, so after working on my page on her website (lots of cute pictures of me!) she posted that story. Clicky!

Barking in My Own Blog!

2009-10-18T19:22:00.000-07:00

Hi! I am Belle, and welcome to my blog! My sister, Trixie, has her own woofsite. My Mommy decided that at 3 and with so many anipals on twitter, that I should try my paw at blogging!

So, a little more about me.... I was born in Oregon in a place called Swallowtail Paps. Mommy did a lot of looking before she met the family that brought me into this world. I still remember the first day I saw her, I was so scared! I had gone on a car ride to meet my "new mommy" and then, then I saw her! I was very wiggly and so happy to meet her! She smelled like a good person and I could tell she was a good person. Three years later, I'm snuggled up next to her in our new home after a few other moves. She says we'll stay in this area as long as we can, that it seems to have everything we need in one place.

Recently I met my sister Trixie! She lives with her Mom a few hours away.

I go on a lot of hikes with Mom, other adventures too! I've been on boats, airplanes, and I love car rides. I spent some time hanging out at UAWR - a rescue for horses- and got to meet all kinds of creatures!! I've swam in lakes and streams, explored the wilderness, and learned to climb stairs (the really scary kinds that are open!).

For those who wonder how I type with my dainty little paws (Mommy keeps them trimmed so they dont get that "muppet" look), well Mommy is my typist! We have to share the lappytop and wait for her to not be busy with her stuff.

Thanks for reading!