Adios, Argyle

I wish I had a better picture of when he first came to us... but we didn't call him the hairless wonder for nothing. He literally only had fur on the tip of his tail. The rest of him was just irritated, scabby skin. Poor guy. He had the worst case of demodex (mites) mange that I've ever seen.

He looks fantastic now though! All his fur has grown back and he's a happy, healthy, ENERGETIC little boy.

Two weeks ago I begged and pleaded to get Argyle in to the vet for to get neutered. He's starting to mount and hump things and I just really wanted to head that behavior off at the pass! Plus, it's GROSS to me to see a male dog with... parts.

Humane Society of Indianapolis agreed, so last Tuesday Argie went in for the SNIP. While he was there, the vet did another skin scraping and they are still finding demodex eggs. The vet decided to make him available for adoption and his new family can continue his treatment. I think she said "If you foster him until he's fully healed, you may as well just keep him". Hahahahahaha, NO.

I'll post another time why we don't do puppies, but the short of it is that they are a LOT OF WORK.

Anyway, Argie hung at our house for another week while he healed from his neuter, and then Monday morning we said our goodbyes and took him back to Humane Society of Indianapolis.

Good luck little guy. I know you will find a family that will ADORE you, and you're going to be a wonderful pet.

Happy Happy Happy Happy Happy Anniversary!

Sunday was our first wedding anniversary! HOORAY!

We weren't planning to do anything special, maybe stop at one of our favorite restaurants, hit up the Art and Architecture show at the fairgrounds, sleep in...

But midweek last week Aaron decided he needed some time away. Away from our dogs, our house, our normal every day lives.

On short notice, there's not much "away" one can do... but we made a quick little trip up to Chicago for the weekend. We left Saturday morning and came home Sunday night.

We did a little shopping, a little napping, a little eating... okay, a LOT of eating. You can't go to Chicago and not EAT.

It was a really nice weekend. We got to be romantic and silly and just relax.

Here's to year 2. May it be better than the last... which was REALLY awesome and will be hard to beat!