The doc called in and said the removed growth was benign! YEA!
The growth was identified as a Histiocytoma.
For more info on this type of abnormal growth, click here.

Max is excited to hear the news! (phew)

Max had a growth on his neck that we noticed on our Pismo Beach trip. It was small then, but we made a vet appt nonetheless so they could check it out. They said it seemed harmless and to monitor it. It tripled in size over 2 weeks so we scheduled his neutering to be half a month earlier so we could remove that foreign mass at the same time. We are getting a biopsy of it and should receive the results in a week or so.



We brought him home the day after the surgery. He spent the night at the vet so they could monitor him closely. He seemed in such high spirits. The e-collar doesn't really bother him which i was surprised at. He slept most of the day when we brought him home.

My boy is growing up. He's getting his balls chopped off tomorrow. Oh gosh, i'm a mean mommy, aren't i? He's getting neutered... and will have a cone on his head for 10 days. All you dog owners know the drill....i'll let you know how it goes. Other than that, he's been doing great. No accidents in the house, he's still ringing his poochie-bells to go potty, he graduated from his 3 (yes, 3) puppy pre-school classes*, and he's growing bigger by the day!

*If you live in the OC area, I would recommend only 1 puppy-school, and that's with Sue Myles. Petsmart was the first class i registered for because i didn't know any better. Since I paid for it, i continued with it...it was another way Max could get out and be socialized, but i didn't take their techniques home with me (just a personal preference, plus the Petsmart instructor was so rigid and didn't have a warm personality). Sue's class on the other hand was genius! She is so funny and her force-free training worked really well with Max...plus there were so many great people & puppies in the class, it made it that much more fun.

Our goofy polaroid pic of grad day at Petsmart:


Max standing proudly next to his poochie-bells:

We decided to go swimming one day.  I did not want to go.  I do not like the water.  Please don't make me go.
Please oh please oh please don't drop me in the cold blue pond.
Where's the wall? Where's the wall?
Dad, please take me to the wall.  I want to get out, NOW.

Burr, very cold, very cold.
As you can see, I was not a big fan of the pool.  I am a very good swimmer but I do not like the pool.  I wouldn't even take a beggin strip I was so freaked out.  Hopefully i'll never have to do that again. 

Last weekend was my first Dog N Jog.  It was lots of fun meeting hundreds of dogs and visiting all the booths.  This is me and my mom and dad.Me visiting mom while she worked the Spin and Win booth.
These are all the people and dogs who participated in the one mile walk.
Walkin dogs
Dad and me walkin!

Post walk portrait.  Girlfriend lips!

These pictures were taken this weekend at my grandma's house. Afterwards, we went for a walk to the park, and ate ice cream at the riverbank. It may be 95 degrees, but we are two cooooooooool pups!

Zoe the Puggle says McCain in '08!

P.S. Please don't be offended by this post.

Two little white fluff balls came to stay at our house for a week.  They smelled like dogs but were covered in all this fuzzy white stuff.  I was very confused.  It was very difficult to get this shot but we managed to get all of the animals on the sofa and looking at the camera, almost.  This is Lil Beau (Little Boy) and I wrestling.  He is six months old and fiesty! We pretty much spent the whole week wresting.  The nice thing about that fuzz, it is easy to grab with the teeth.
Oooo don't I look vicious!  Don't mess with me puffy! Grrr
Time out for a breather.
This is me trying to kiss Jolie, Lil Beau's mother.  She didn't want much to do with me.
In fact most of the time Jolie spent like this, hiding on the sofa.  I think she was trying to stay out of the fray.
Wooster too spent most of the time watching from a safe distance.
Now i'm all for humping, but give me a break.  This little guy wouldn't leave me alone.  
Even while I was getting a drink of water.
And while I was trying to take care of business with Jolie.  
It was fun to have playmates around for a week but i'm glad to have my house back to myself again.