As my faithful readers know, my prime directive is "Keep the Pack Together". Historically this meant me herding three humans around, which is fine (one makes do), but now I’ve got a real pack to keep together, as this photo will demonstrate. Here we have DeDe, Pepper (Uncle Don and Aunt Gail’s popular pug, who is visiting for a long weekend) and yours truly.  This is what I call a PACK!  Not that I don’t still enjoy herding the humans around… But I am reminded of that Steely Dan lyric "Sharing the things we know and love with those of our kind".  Sorry, I’ve got to go get the pack together. Talk to you soon! 

Last night the pack got home very late from a Saint Joseph Ballet performance, and DeDe and I were so excited to see everyone. That didn’t last long though because DeDe sprained her leg while greeting everyone. She was in quite a bit of pain so at about midnight, the entire pack (minus me) went to the 24 hour vet to see what was wrong with DeDe’s leg. The vet was worried that there might be a fracture, but luckily it was just "soft tissue damage", so DeDe came home with a cast on and is getting all the attention now!  I have been watching over her to make sure she is OK and that she doesn’t do too much. Here’s a photo of DeDe with her new attention-getter:

Yesterday was grooming day. I have to say, I have never liked getting groomed.  Yes, I like the results, since I do look pretty cute after a good grooming (though I cannot stand those bows they put on my head sometimes!). But the process is, well a bit like torture.  Yesterday was the first time that DeDe and I got groomed together.  The redoubtable Aaron of the Royal Pet Spa did his usual professional job. And it was nice to have a fellow victim in DeDe. She of course loved getting groomed (no surprise; she loves everything).  I thought you might like to see some "after" pictures so you can see the difference.  We smell really nice too!  Click on the pictures to make them bigger.