Monday, September 3, 2007
Saturday, September 1, 2007
R.I.P. Garland
My friend, Garland the Guinea Pig, passed away recently. It is true that I was pretty jealous of him, but I really did love him. Garland was 5+ years old and lived a very nice, pampered life. This is a picture of him and I a couple days before he went up to guinea pig heaven. He was a great guy.
~Buddha
Goodbye, manhood
This past Tuesday, little Buddha got neutered. He spent all day at the vet and I picked him up around 5pm. He was walking funny and looked (and smelled) like he had just been through complete hell. I felt so awful.
When we got home, I kept Buddha as calm as I could. We hung out in the living room and watched movies. He couldn't sit still. He was so ancy. He made two potties in the house, even though he is potty trained (he is even off his puppy pads!). I think he wet in the house because he was so disoriented. The next day there were no accidents. His bathroom behavior went back to normal.
Buddha woke me up a few times during the night. His sleep schedule must have been thrown off due to the anesthetia he received for his surgery.
The day after the surgery, Buddha was back to normal. I gave him a nice bath and I could tell he felt great. I think he forgot all about his scary day of surgery.
One misconception I had about neutering: The dog will stop humping things.
NOT TRUE.
Buddha has been humping his stuffed animals ever since Wednesday (the day after his surgery). He is doing it even more aggressively than he used to. I've been researching why this is. Apparently, it's just a dominance thing. And also, the hormones aren't completely out of his system yet. It usually takes about 6 weeks post-neuter.
Anyhoo, Buddha is doing great. He's the same happy little energetic boy he was before the surgery!
When we got home, I kept Buddha as calm as I could. We hung out in the living room and watched movies. He couldn't sit still. He was so ancy. He made two potties in the house, even though he is potty trained (he is even off his puppy pads!). I think he wet in the house because he was so disoriented. The next day there were no accidents. His bathroom behavior went back to normal.
Buddha woke me up a few times during the night. His sleep schedule must have been thrown off due to the anesthetia he received for his surgery.
The day after the surgery, Buddha was back to normal. I gave him a nice bath and I could tell he felt great. I think he forgot all about his scary day of surgery.
One misconception I had about neutering: The dog will stop humping things.
NOT TRUE.
Buddha has been humping his stuffed animals ever since Wednesday (the day after his surgery). He is doing it even more aggressively than he used to. I've been researching why this is. Apparently, it's just a dominance thing. And also, the hormones aren't completely out of his system yet. It usually takes about 6 weeks post-neuter.
Anyhoo, Buddha is doing great. He's the same happy little energetic boy he was before the surgery!
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