Michael & Liz are Bloggable

I started writing a political post tonight but decided to hold it back because I promised not to post political anymore. Instead I wanted to update everyone on the puppies.

Gryffin's pappiloma virus is just about gone. When I posted last, he basically had 3 large pappilomas on the right side of his mouth. They have all but disappeared. In the span of about a week, they started bleeding, they shredded apart, and started deflating in size. Now they are down to little tiny sores that continue to look better and better every day. He is still sensitive about us touching his mouth but I think that's more of a reaction from the past than anything else. It's tough to take a picture of them but we did our best tonight. Here is the best shot:

You can see the one near the front of his mouth and then two small bumps near the back. Soooo close to being gone. The other symptom of watering eyes has also disappeared. He gets a lot less poogies (snot in his eyes) these days. We are so thrilled about it. This means they will let him stay in the kennel over New Years when we go to Atlanta.

Doggy Freedom: Our old routine was when we came downstairs in the morning, Liz and I would each take a crate downstairs and they would stay in crates while we were at work. Then at night when going to bed, we'd carry both crates upstairs so they could sleep in our room in their crates. One day we just decided to start leaving them out of their crates to see how they do. We know they got along with each other but we don't know what havoc it might wreak on our couch or furniture. They have been awesome to say the least. They don't tear things up, and most of the time when I come home, I can go to the couch and feel around, and I will be able to tell where each of them was sleeping. That's all they do during the day is sleep so we like to let them be more comfortable by staying on the couch rather than crates.

We made a mistake last Saturday when we left a foam ball under the coffee table. This is the gloriousness Liz came home to:

Lesson learned on that one.

Last thing, we went to PetSmart the other day to get some dog food and we got Daisy and Gryffin a treat that we thought would be more funny than anything, but they are doing their best to tackle it... here's a picture:

Whenever they finish the bone I'll let you all know.