Stealing Hearts

While the big lazy dog naps.....

 I will continue my plan of stealing hearts with my cuteness......

First this house.... then I will takes on the world.

Purrs - Rugen

I loves cheese!

I loves cheese. I really do.

What the- this isn't cheese!!! Who are all these for?

Oh I see.......

The little terror.... aka "Rugen"

Sign up for Class "How to Chews Toys"

I am hosting the class "How to Chews Toys" for the Back to school bash.  Class will be in session on September 12th!

The class syllabus:
1- Squeakies
2 -Stuffies
3- Ropes
4- Frisbees
5 - Treat Toys

So, would you like to attend class?  Are you already an expert in some of these subjects?  If so please let me know by sending a picture of yourself and your favorite toy to tuckergreatdaneATgmailDOTcom.  Please include your name for class registrations purposes.


Also, don't forgets about my BAD TO THE BONE CONTEST, I've got some great entries so far.

A hike and my new work in progress vest

This past weekend I gots to go on my first hike since my knee ouchies back in November.  Momma and Dad wanted to make sure we waited for my cruicate to heal as much as possible.  Basically because the Tucker has two speeds: zero & 100.  I spend most my time at 0, but my hikes are at 100.

We climbed a smaller mountain with very few jumps and steep spots....

Still a nice hike that lasted about 45 min, I was tired afterwards but happy to say that I don't appear sore or limpy at all!  Yippee for healed knees!

Oh and do you likes my new vest?  It is to keep the PUParazzi away.  I gets too much attention and I am working on trusting strangers again (the quick back story is some dude hit me on my face and scared the crap out of me  almost 2 years ago.  I is sometimes scared when men approach me quickly and  I bark and jump at them if they do it).  Momma and Dad get stressy having to watch everything around me so closely all the time, this makes our lives a lot easier!   If you would like more info you can go to http://www.pawsitivedog.com/DogInTrainingVest.html 

Why am I so hungry - a kitteh brudder Patch post

I Tucker rarely let the kittehs post on my bloggy but I is making an exception for kitteh brudder Patch today.....

A picture of me first....

Now he may do his posty....  

I has been starving lately and a couple of months ago I was having the pukeys at least once a week.  You know the kind when you scarf all your food down and then drink all kinds of water and *poof* it all comes back up cause your stomach can't handle it?  So my momma & dad put the automatic feeder up so I could be fed mutiple times a day at the same time every day.  Ta da no more pukeys.  But I was still hungry...

So they started giving me a little extra each night, soft food - yummers.  Now I am 16 years old so I am getting thinner because us oldies lose muscle tone. And I was due for my regular annual exam so she ask Mr. Vet if this was normal for an old guy like me.

Nope not normal to be this hungry.

(Hey are you gonna eat that?)

Not normal to have a fast heart beat (which you couldn't hear over my purrs).

Mr. Vet expected Hyperthyroidism, the blood test confirmed it. So I needs medicine twice a day and I go back in 30 days to see if I am doing better.  But, I will need medicine the rest of my life.  Radiation is an option but the pills are not very expensive.  Only 60 cents a day for 2 pills.

So I should be feeling better soon.  Momma looked up some of the Signs of Hyperthyroidism and now understands why Mr. Vet said we caught this early.

* Weight loss (check)

* Increased appetite (check)

* Increased thirst and urination (hmm maybe)

* Vomiting (check)

* Diarrhea (not yet)

* Hyperactivity (not yet)

* Matted or greasy coat (not yet)

So, I'll take my pills and eat my foodables with the others.  In a month I go back to see if I am regulated. 

At least I won't be so hungry now. And it is important to go for your yearly checkup! If any of you kittehs out there have hyperthyroidism my Momma would love to have some advice.

Meowsers - Patch

My world is ending.....

Oh the horror!  I gots a new sister and guess what......

it's another kitteh!

Don't lets these cute eyes, big ears fool you, she's got 6 toes on each front foot - the better to scratch your eyes out.

Kitteh brudder Patch barely let her out of the carrier before he fell in luvs wif her (you can't see but her butt is in the carrier still in this picture).

Kitteh brudder Vader is teaching her to fetch his things......

And he luvs her too... can't tell were one starts and the other begins

She looks all sweet and cute for a 3 month old.  Momma and Dad rescued her from the shelter that Vader came from too, she was born in a barn to a stray.  

She is crazy!  

She's taking over my toys....

And you know what I gots out of all this?  Nothing but a new pet gate!!!!

That's right the door is closed for me and open for them, how unfair!  The hoomans haven't even named her yet and she's taking over all my stuff!

Note from Momma: Vader and Patch absolutely love this little girl.  It's been 16 years since I had a kitten so she has lots of energy.  Patch and Vader have showed her everything and she really is a little sweetheart with a wild side.  Tucker has the gate because he isn't very nice about giving space.  It will take time for her to adjust to Tucker's total lack of meeting kitty manners. The basement is partially finished (furniture and all) and the cats have free range upstairs (with the gate) when we are home to supervise.  Otherwise, they stay in the basement safe from Tucker, it's always been that way.  We need to work on Tucker and the new kitten getting along and we need to decide on a name for her too.  

Photo Shoot - I'm a Model

I'm a model you know what I mean

And I do my little turn on the cat dog walk

Yeah on the   cat dog walk on the   cat dog walk yeah

I shake my little tush on the   cat dog walk

BOL... You hoomans are goin' be singin' dat all day.  Don't blame me, blame Right Said Fred.