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celebrating my 10th birthday

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Jul 092009

Today was a really special day.

I have one birthday every year at which time my parents usually give me a special treat such as potatoes or potato chips or something that I love. They also sing me this song; tonight they sang me a song with a really joyous melody that made me really happy. At the end of the song they said “Joey” then “Yay!” and that made me really happy. Then they sang it again and then once more. I love my parents. They teach me new words so I feel smart and smarter. They try to understand me even when we have trouble communicating. I have friends who let me jump up and kiss them, even when my parents say “Joey, off”. I have doctors and technicians who are kind who let me kiss them and who really care about me and about dogs. I have everything!

here's a picture of me on my 10th birthday. if you look carefully, you can see the full moon and the crescent moon in my eye.

I pose for my birthday photo in a moment of peace the garden

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my diet

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Apr 262009

healthy-diet

My breakfast consists of Science Diet dry food. Though I don’t always act my age, according to Science Diet I’m a “mature adult” since I’m over six years old, so I eat the mature adult variety. But now there is a different smell in my breakfast: It is something called “Condroitin with Glucosamine”.

My parents also keep my water bowls filled with fresh water at all times. Since I came home, I’ve been very thirsty.

For my dinner, I have Science Diet. But there is a unique smell in my food here too: It is something called “Omega 3 Salmon Oil”.

These smells don’t do anything for me, but they are in “the list” that my mom Jane went over with Dr. B. on Day 9. He wants me to take the Omega 3 fish oil so that my skin injuries will heal more quickly. And he wants me to take the other stuff so that my bones heal well.

Because these smells don’t do anything for me, my mom has to “trick” me into wanting to eat by putting a little chicken soup in each meal. If that doesn’t work, she has to go through her, “Joey, eat” routine.

still the same great smile

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Apr 192009

In the hospital, I had a splint put on my leg. The splint covered from above my knee down to the bottom of my paws. It was open on the bottom so the pads and nails of a few of my toes were visible.

Since a few of my teeth were broken from the accident, the dentist pulled them. He pulled one upper canine, and two upper incisors.

To tell you the truth, I don’t know the difference. I’m still a happy guy! I also still have the same great smile. And I have many other ways of expressing my abundant happiness, too.

For my first few days back home, I just ate rice because, after my dental work, rice was easier to chew. But then I started to eat my regular dry food and, most important, my dog bones, which is another one of my hobbies. My other doctor also recommended “high fiber” canned dog food for a while, which was a great idea because it tastes so good.

Here is a chart of a dog’s teeth. Actually, I never knew so much about a dog’s mouth before! What I mostly knew is that there are certain foods that I like, and certain foods that I don’t like, and that I like to chew and play with my ball and other toys, that I like to chew on the sticks in our backyard, and that I like to lick people to express to them that I love them.