Recovery Day

Well I woke up this morning, watched STINKY leave with his bike-runner (mum: dog walker that bikes dogs :-)), and I told mum I needed a walk tooooo despite my surgery wound!! Mum said no beach, but leash walk ok.

Look at what I saw!!


Hey mum, I'm pretty sure Mr. Tuxedo is waiting for me to go play with him, that's why his back is UP!


Oh how I wish I could have a kitty too.... I like them very much as well... (mum: well, that's a different kind of "like" if you know what I mean.)


After my boring walk where I didn't get to chase, I mean, PLAY with the kitty, we came home and I started digging. Mum had to put a bandage around my incision so dirt wouldn't get into it. (mum: it's in a hard spot for t-shirts/shorts to cover.)

Then mum put everyone outside. The gurrrrl piggies were in their little rainbow pen, while Sesame piggie was in the big pen with Mean Juice,



Then I spotted something in the big pen...

Hey mum, why does Mean Juice have a fresh corn on the cob to eat???


I WANT ONE TOOOOO!!!


Even Meatball, Squeaky, and Dumpling have one too....

ps. it is VERY rude to call MY piggies fat mum!!!!!

FINALLY, mum gave me a steamed corn on the cob. STINKY was back by then, and since he doesn't have the same skills as the SuperDALE, he got a carrot instead, (mum: Jaffa will chew the entire cob up and eat it, whereas Sunshade eats it like the way we do and leaves the cob.)

So that's what I've been doing on my recovery day :-)

Rainy Day

What do you do on a rainy day???

Well, you lie with your piggies of course :-)



You listen to the mouthwatering crunching sound they make as they snack on treats,


You find the little noises they make very calming.....


And slowly.... you drift off to a world.......


Full of piggies.......


And that's a wonderful world!!

Here is the summary,

Just Chillin' & Piggies

I spent the afternoon chillin' in the yard. I made myself a comfy bed,

(mum: Sunshade LOVES to dig, especially under a covered up area. The main reason we built her a fort (which we still need to post about it....) was because she used to go on children's playground, find a platform to go under, and starts digging. She would then lie in the hole she'd dug, especially during summer time, to escape from the heat I think. She's now doing the same under the fort and the ramp for the fort. The entire under area is all dug up LOL!)

Resting in my comfy bed,



STINKY was out with MY piggies (you can watch him with them on his bloggie), so I kept an eye on them,



My SuperNOSE was on alert too for any treats being dropped by MY piggies!!


Then I heard mum telling D-Guy "Go take some pictures, STINKY is being so cute with the piggies.". (mum: I said Jaffa!)

So D-Guy took some pictures. Here is Squeaky,


Dumpling,


And Mama Meatball!!!


D-Guy is the BESTEST!! He sure knows how to capture important moments in life; My Piggies! (mum: NO pictures of Jaffa can you believe it??!!!!)

Afterwards, I came to check on MY piggies, to make sure everypig was ok,

(mum: Jaffa isn't as intrigued by the piggies are Sunshade is, but he is still excellent with them. He knows he always has to be calm around them, or Sunshade would come and pin him until he calms down. She did that to him the first time he was bouncing playfully around one of the pigs, and he's learned his lesson well.)

WATCH the making of Me & MY Piggies :-)

Yes, MY piggies & I did not win the Unlikely Animal Friends Contest, but because of it, we have made so many new & wonderful friends. One of our new friends Miss Wendy in Australia makes darling hand sculpted Airedales and other animals. She asked mum if it would be ok for her to sculpt ME & MY Piggies!! Mum said YES of course!!!

Miss Wendy has decided to make the sculpting of me & MY piggies into an event where she will put up pictures and videos of the process. Sort of this like, (click on pictures to biggify)


Making of MY SuperBED!!



MY piggies!! The one with the white stripe down her face is going to be Meatball!!!




The process will be documented on the Facebook page - The Hand Sculpting of Sunshade and Piggies

You DO NOT need to have a Facebook account to see it. Just bookmark the link and you will be able to follow the progress. Of course, if you do have a Facebook account, you are welcome to join and participate in the event.

I will try to make periodic updates here on the blog, but it might just be easier for you to go to the Facebook link. Videos will be on there.

Lastly, please visit Miss Wendy's websites:

• Mudpups on Etsy
• Mudpups Facebook Page
• The Hand Sculpting Event of Sunshade and Piggies

Piggiesitting

Mum was stripping STINKY in the yard today and I took on the job of piggiesitting,


The gurrrrrrls Meatball, Squeaky, and Dumpling were in the pen, while Sesame was under the cage top. Mean Juice lost his outside privilege after his running away from home stunt the other day. (mum: we haven't filled the hole yet.)


A pesky crow kept flying back and forth over MY piggies while quacking. So I kept my SuperEYE on it!!! NO bad crow-crow will get MY piggies!!


After about 20 minutes, the bad crow finally gave up and flew away for good!! I could finally take my guard off for a bit,

Clean Piggies :-)

D-Guy decided that the rest of my piggies needed a bath today..... I was there to help him.

He washed Ketchup first since she's his favouritest. I dried her with my SuperTONGUE,


I watched her clean herself,


And then we snuggled together,


Oh, I hear another piggie squealing!!


Who is the next victim?


I did my job well, I took care of MY piggies!!

(mum: Meatball doesn't love being touched, by people or Sunshade lol... The babies are much better as they were raised by Sunshade from day 1!)

Update on My Grandbabies!!

Well, today started out VERY nerve wrecking.... I almost died..... I'll talk about that a bit later, but first, MY Grandbabies!!!!

As you can see......


My grandbabies are all doing well!! And guess what, they're all gurrrrrrrlies like ME!


They've grown a lot haven't they?

The three on the left are the babies. Their names are: Squeaky (she talks a lot and is very loud), Dumpling, and Ketchup (with red eyes). The one on the right with the white blaze down her face is MY Meatball the babies' mom.


I still take very good care of them, but their nails are getting very long and sharp and sometimes when they step all over me, it hurts, so I get up and move away. Otherwise, I'm still loving them!!


We share treats together,


Yup, raw carrots!!



They love those carrots, and they pee as they're eating them, but I don't care, I just get mum to clean up after them (I take care of their poo). (mum: she tries but I stop her whenever I can!)


MY bootiful Meatball,


This is Ketchup, she was left out because D-Guy luuuuuuurves her,


Everyday, D-Guy would take her out from her cage and spend some quality time with her. He says she has the best temperament and is very sweet,



And then it was Sesame's turn to run around. HE can't come out with Meatball and the gurrrrls because mum says he gets too frisky around them.


But look at what D-Guy did....... yes, he's gigantic now.....


He just had to bring Mean Juice out to ruin the peace!


I was NOT happy about Mean Juice being out, see my ears?


I couldn't enjoy my time with Sesame because Mean Juice was lurking around, ready to charge at me anytime.....



Finally, Juice went under the sofa bed and the peace was again restored,


Now about the SCARY incident this morning that almost gave me a heart attack....

This is where Sesame, Meatball and the babies live. Sesame has his own cage on top, and all the gurrrrrls share the big cage on the bottom,


Guess where I found Sesame this morning???


Yup... IN the toilet...... (and Evil-mum's first reaction was NOT to save him but to run and get the camera!!!!! Wait til she falls into the toilet!)


(mum: okay, he really was at no risk of drowning, all four feet were touching the toilet bowl and his head was way above the water.)

Since Evil-mum was in no hurry to rescue poor Sesame, I decided to give a shot, I tried to pick him up, but all I got was his haire..... See, he was so scared he had pooped in the toilet (mum: that's where poops belong!!)


So I tried to see if I could get him from the bottom,


FINALLY! Evil-mum decided Sesame deserved to be rescued!!


How did poor Sesame end up in the toilet?

Good question....

Well, here is my theory - Sesame is a boy, and D-Guy says boys like gurrrrls. So naturally, Sesame is always trying to get to Meatball and the gurrrrrrls. WHOEVER (he should not be named) that fed Sesame last night forgot to close the lid to his cage, so in a world deprived of female presence, Sesame did the unthinkable. Boy was he in for a big surprise because instead of landing in the fantasy world, he landed in the unimaginable..... TOILET BOWL!

After Sesame was rescued, Evil-mum decided he needed a bath!

SERIOUSLY?? After all he's been through??


(mum: we don't use that toilet, but still, you need a bath after you've been swimming in the toilet!)

I kept a watchful eye on him to make sure he doesn't get *almost* drowned, AGAIN!


I helped dry him,




I thought he might be cold so I snuggled up next to him,




He looks pretty cozy next to my SuperFUR don't you think?


Seriously mum, I'm TWELVE years old, I can't take anymore of this kind of STREEEEEESS.....


OH, and guess what D-Guy and STINKY were up to when all of this was going on?


They were BREAKING bowls in the yard!!! D-Guy said it was STINKY's fault.


(mum: yes, life with two Airedales and THEIR pets = never a dull moment!)

If you want to see more pictures and videos of me and MY Grandbabies, here are the links:

• 1 Day Old
• 2 Weeks Old