Squirrels are Evil!

The other morning I was watching a squirrel outside, when it fell out of the tree right in front of me! Of course I grabbed it quick as lightning. Mom started screaming "INDY! DROP IT! DROP IT!" I didn't want to and tried to sneak off with it, but mom was holding my leash. So I finally did drop it. Mom rushed me inside and checked my face obsessively, even pushing my fur around! She found a little scratch by my nose. Of COURSE she had to clean it and put Neosporin on it. Ugh. Then she gave me my peanut butter Kong and went to work.
When mom got home she looked at me and said "Uh oh", then spent a lot of time looking at my eye. She kept talking about how very red my eye was. It had been watering a lot so mom rinsed it with sterile saline solution. Then she tried to wipe my eye with a kleenex and noticed that what she thought was an eye goopie was actually soft tissue from around my eye that must have been torn by the evil squirrel. Mom was very worried and took me to the vet first thing the next morning.
The people at the vet were very nice and said how handsome I am, of course. They told me to sit. I knew they wanted to look in my eye, so I sat, then started to lay down...I can't make it too easy for them! The vet tech lady tried to stop me from laying down so I just went completely limp in her arms. For some reason she and the vet thought this was very funny and said I must be a follower of Dr. King's peaceful protest philosophy. The vet looked in my eye, then she put a few drops of colored stuff in my eye, turned the lights out, and shined a special light right into my eye! I thought it was very rude. She said the evil squirrel tore my third eyelid, but my eyeball had not been scratched. They gave mom special eye drops to put in my eye for the next 7 days. Then they gave me lots of liver treats for being such a good patient. I liked that part!
I think we all need to organize and educate the public on the dangers of these evil, dangerous squirrels! Dogs UNITE!

SO MUCH SNOW!!!

My mind almost can't process so much snow!

Blizzard of 2010

it's been so exciting! It started snowing yesterday, AND mom came home from work early! We went outside and played in the snow. When we got up this morning, there was more snow than I have ever seen in my life! It comes up past the middle of my chest, almost up to the top of my shoulders! Mom measured me, and at the top of my shoulders I am 27 inches tall (I know, I'm unusually tall). Mom let me out of the deck this morning and I wasn't sure how to walk in so much snow!


Here's my first attempt to walk through this stuff:


I went under the deck to see the birdies that are taking shelter from the snow there, but they didn't want to play with me.


Here you can see I've mastered the art of leaping through the snow like a giant snowrabbit!


It's still snowing and we're supposed to get another 6 to 8 inches today. Mom shoveled a nice long poo path for me, but I am not really comfortable doing my business in the middle of all this snow. Mom says I have to go sooner or later. In a little while we're going to go clean off the car! I hope my friends are enjoying the snow too!

My Wubba

His is my wubba. He's a stuffed hedgehog, just like the one mom bought for me on the day she brought me home. He was Amber's, but my grandma said Amber would want me to have it. I carry him with me all the time. Mom is amazed that I haven't de-stuffed him yet. I won't do that to him...he's a gift from an old friend.