Love: Buddha in costume

#24:
I always liked the idea of animals in costume or really any kind of attire, but never thought I'd be the kind of person to buy a wardrobe for Buddha, our Pug, let alone Halloween costumes. I'm so uncreative when it comes to human costumes, how could I possibly gain the mental capacity to purchase one for my dog?
Luckily, Target made it super easy by selling some ridiculously cute costumes for animals. It also helps when your dog is one of the cutest creatures alive.
Target sells a range of costumes from bumblebee, to ram, to banana split. My favorites were the squirrel which happens to be holding an acorn, the classic pumpkin, and the one we ended up purchasing for our baby, Buddha, the turtle.
The turtle headpiece, which to me is the highlight of the outfit, is one of the cutest things I've seen, especially when resting on the shrunken head of Buddha.
And if you don't believe me, here are pictures to prove it.
I would totally open my door for this creature of the night, wouldn't you?
Happy Halloween!!

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HATE: Buddha with a swollen eye

#19:
Normally Buddha walks around looking concerned a lot of the time. I think that's just a pug's normal face, due to all the wrinkles. Sometimes she looks sad even when she doesn't act sad. But seeing Buddha with half a swollen face, makes her look constantly sad and makes me feel sad looking at her.

How could anyone look at Buddha and not feel bad?

Buddha with a puff face

Hate: Buddha's new home

#18:

And I'm sure Buddha hates it too...

Love: Buddha in recovery

#17:
Buddha's been home for a week and a half now and she's recovering nicely. We won't have the official word until she sees the doctor tomorrow to get her staples removed and also has her first session of physical therapy.

But so far, she's started to squat on her own to pee and poop. She can stand in her crate and looks pissed at us doing so. She's also been able to scratch her head with her back left leg, but I think her back right leg was the one most effected by the surgery, so it seems to be taking her longer to feel that one.

Fingers crossed for tomorrow...

Buddha's 1st day home

Buddha looking pissed off

Buddha so pissed off she can't even look at us :(

Hate: Seeing Buddha so sad...

#17:
One of the things I love the most is to see a happy and mellow, beautiful Buddha being lazy in the house. That will not be the case for the next month as she's on the road to recovery after receiving surgery yesterday from a ruptured disk in her back.
Tuesday night she was shaking, moaning, and would not walk up the stairs or get comfortable on the couch. When I carried her to bed, she wouldn't lay down, and maybe all three of us got about an hour's worth of sleep that night.
Yesterday morning we drove her to the vet and they were able to see her on short notice and then had us take her to a neurologist in Woburn at the Mass Vet hospital where he decided that they needed to do an MRI on her to determine the cause of her pain. Before they took her to give her the anesthesia, we said our goodbyes and when Alan put her on the floor, she collapsed because she could no longer feel her back legs.
Now knowing that she's on the way back to being her normal self is a huge relief, although seeing her sad and ill is not the way anyone would want to see a loved one.
Here are some photos of Day 1, post-surgery:

Buddha and her IV

Hi Buddha!

Buddha has 9 staples in her shaved back :(

Sleepy Buddha, sad Zeus

An attempt at a smile