My Weekend at the Swiss Lodge

Hey pals- sorry I have been MIA so much lately. This weekend I was actually in MIA (that is Miami) visiting my lady friends Swissie and Jetta.

Their peoples went out of town and normally they would come and stay at the Moose Lodge but this time me and momma went to the Swiss Lodge.

You see my Swissie is a lady of advanced years and has had troubles with her back end as long as I have known her pretty much. But about 2 weeks ago she suddenly could not really walk at all and even when she could stand up and not fall over she could not really even reach her beak down to pick up her most favorite thing in the world... squatter stuffies.

Her mom took her to see the doc and not only did her back end have bad troubles but her back bone was starting to fuse together. To make matters worse they found she has some giant lump on her spleen and they don't know what it is. Her mom knew that there was no point in worrying about her innards if her legs were not going to work and we were all really scared that she might have to get over the bridge and without me even getting to see her again. But momma told her mom to see if my knee hospital could help and she saw a nice doc who gave her prednisone and now she is up and trotting around again! Well sort of... her people built her some ramps (you can see in the pic that it even works for mooses) to get around the house and had to cover every square inch of floor with mats so she would not slip and there is no way she could make the long car ride to the Moose lodge because she is a stubborn lady and would just try to stand up in the car and fall down. So that is why we went to see her.

The sad news is that we don't know how much longer the prednisone will keep her going and if her spleen troubles could send her over the bridge even before then. So momma says I might never get to play with her again because even if she is ok for a few months she probably would not be strong enough for any moose play. But at least we had a nice visit and I got to see her again.

She is a smart lady too and definitely has her people wrapped around her paw because she has gotten them to spoil her with things like raw beef marrow bones!

I can always find a leftover bone or two in their yard but on this visit they were absolutely everywhere! There are at least 5 in this photo of me in the yard and that is not counting the one in my beak!

I had at least one with me all weekend! Momma says she is pretty sure I will not be invited back because of the disgusting drooly mess I made on their mats. I could not help it though, there was no place without mats so I don't know what she expected me to do!

Oh, and I guess it would be nice to say that I also had fun with Jetta. She is a nice lady too but she is very quiet and never gets any pictures taken of her because she is either sleeping and just looks like a fuzzy black lump or she is sucking up to momma and looks like this photo. She keeps momma company while Swissie and I play so that is nice of her!
So pals, if you would cross your paws that Swissie's bones and spleen will keep working for as long as they can I would really appreciate it. Momma also says that your people should give you all lots of love and spoil you with marrow bones and such while they can! I say that you should enjoy your friends every time you see them in case you don't get to again. Sigh.

Hope you pups are watching the puppy bowl today. Momma is cheap and canceled the tee vees so I am just going to nap and dream of last years game. I hear there are chickens this year and there is a camera strapped to a puppy's head? I bet there will be lots of puppy butt shots with that one...