We Are Not Happy With The Time Change

Scout and I are not happy with the time change.  It gets dark at 5 p.m.  We don't get up until 4 p.m.  That only gives us an hour to enjoy the daylight.  Oh, sure, we are up a little bit during the day, but since Mama needs us to be quiet while she works, we sleep.  We don't like being couped up inside so early.  It just isn't right.  Mama is not happy getting up at 4 a.m. to take me outside.  My clock says it's 5 a.m.

I'm not doing as well with my naked leg as Mama would like.  Daddy thinks that it's still weak even though I did my physical therapy like I was supposed to do and I was walking well when I had the bandage.  He thinks the bandage was giving me support and now it's all me.  I'm doing okay, I guess, but it's hard.  We are not going to the park tomorrow because my folks think it would be too much for me.   I'm just going to walk around the yard and do my physical therapy that way.   We may take a ride in the car if there is time, but since it gets dark at 5 p.m., I doubt it.

Daddy winterized the RV, so that means no more camping this year.  We planned on camping on Thanksgiving weekend, but our plans changed.  I'm disappointed, but Mama says we will have fun at home.  I'm hoping I will feel better by then and we can visit some parks.

Joey
The Greyhound Who Doesn't Like It Getting Dark So Early

I'm NAKED!

Can you believe it?  I'm only wearing my birthday suit today!   Bunny, my sweet sister, if you don't want to see me naked, then look away from the computer.  Everyone ready?  Here I am!

Mama even took my collar off for the photos so that I would be totally naked.  LOL

My leg has a few sores on it.  It looks pretty pink in some areas and we didn't want to take close ups of that.  I need to get my nails trimmed as they have gotten long in the past 11 weeks.  My leg is quite a bit smaller than the other three.  We expected that.  Mama didn't know what to expect it to look like though.  She says it's a little nasty looking, but not as bad as she had feared.

As soon as I got in the car after getting my bandage off, I started biting my foot.  I didn't know what it was.  I haven't seen it in so long.  It feels so good to have my leg back.  I have to work on walking on my foot in the house.  I do okay outside, but I still like to three-leg it in the house. 

No more socks.  No more boot on my leg.  I can go out in the rain without fear of getting my leg wet.  I can take a bath.  No, wait, I don't want to get carried away on the bath thing.  I'm sure the vet would say that I shouldn't be getting in a bathtub for a several months. 

It's so nice to only have to put my leash on to go outside instead of a sock and a boot. That was such a pain.  Mama and Daddy both got aggravated with me because I didn't want to stand still and I would go around in circles and they would have to catch me and hold on to me. 

I'm very tired this morning.  The vet gave me some pain meds to take for a few days.  He said it will help keep me quiet while I adjust to not having any protection on my leg.  Mama said she would like to stock up on those drugs for the days that I'm a little to wild.  I don't know what she is talking about.  ;-)

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is As Naked As The Day He Was Born

Today Is The Day!

Today is the day that my bandage is scheduled to come off for good.   My appointment is not until 5 p.m.  I hope I am not disappointed again.

If it doesn't come off, I'm going to cover my head and hide in bed.

If it does come off, you will see me naked on Friday. 

Joey
The Greyhound Who Is Ready To Be Naked!

Practicing For Our Christmas Photos

Mama is not sure she will be able to get a good photo of us together for our Christmas photo. She took a few practice shots yesterday and these were the results.

Mama has been debating buying a new Christmas tree.  She donated our old one last year when we moved.  She found one she likes at the store and has been thinking about buying it.  However, she is worried that Joey will mark it.  He's been really good, but we haven't had a tree in our house.  Someone threw an artificial wreath in the field next to our house and Joey loves to "mark" it.  It's really making her wonder if she should chance a tree this year.  Mama is really the only one who cares about a tree and decorations.  I think they are just clutter and I bet Joey will think everything is a toy.

Scout

The Greyhound Who Hopes She Doesn't Have To Wear Antlers For Her Photo

Don't Put Things Off

Remember back in August when they cleared the land next to us and put up electric lines?  Well, a few weeks ago Mama noticed some sunflowers growing in the field.  She loves sunflowers and thought it was really neat to have them growing in the field.

There was one that was really big and had several flowers on it.  Mama kept saying she was going to take a picture of it, but she never did.   Then something really bad happened to it. 

Yep, a tractor ran over it.

The moral of the story is, if you see something you want to take a picture of, don't put it off because a tractor could run over it.

Joey
The Greyhound Who Doesn't Like The Tractor Being Parked Next To His House