The Puppy is Home!

We picked up the puppy today just before noon. When the doctor brought him in to the exam room he started whining at the top of his lungs and tried to jump out of his arms to get to us :) It was adorable! He whined and whimpered the entire time the doctor spoke to us... I asked the doctor if he had been that vocal while he was there and he said, "no, he is just happy to see you two". It was sweet!

His surgery went well and he doesn't seem to be hurting any. He wiggled all the way home... and whined all the way home... and licked my daughter's face... all the way home! We were expecting to get this calm little puppy back but guess what? He is so hyper now! He pounced around the living room and kitchen chasing the cat, he got into the pet bed and rolled around with his mini build a bear stuffed animal, he growled and whined all afternoon. We finally realized that if we stopped talking to him or petting on him that he would act out... so we had to adjust the way we, as humans, were acting and ignored him for awhile. It was hard not to talk to him in baby talk and love on him... but it worked out... he calmed down. I guess he had so much energy from being in a cage at the vet that he had to release it somehow!

He is doing remarkably well and this was a big surgery but extremely less than first anticipated. He has a shaved arm from the iv. He has stitches from his belly all the way to the end under the tail but doesn't seem to be hurting. He wants to lick it so we have to put Vaseline on his stitches to discourage it and to help protect his incision. Now he just has to heal... which shouldn't be a problem!

The vet bill went down a good bit to from almost $1200 to $752.00 which in itself is wonderful! The vet took off some of the basic charges such as the office visit and gave us a few freebies like free dog food while in the hospital and a free frontline treatment. The vet staff was wonderful and they all loved the puppy. One vet tech told me they didn't know what to call him because we never named him and they started calling him "shim" which was funny to hear.

That leads us to the next decision for this little monster... what do we name him? We have toyed around with ideas... like "seven" because he would make dog number seven for us. My husband suggested "magic jack", "shorty", and "slick". My daughter has begged us to name him "Lola". But, I guess it will have to come in time. Any good suggestions? Send them my way.

I will take pics of him over the next few days and upload them... today I was only able to get a few pictures of him because he would not stay still!