Jackson vs. Sidewalks

Jackson has had a rough couple days :(  We took Finnegan to the vet on Thursday to get his 9 week shots and had an accident there.  When we were walking out, Jackson let go of my hand and took off running down the sidewalk.  And down he went.  Face first.  

I ran over and picked him up and he was already covered in blood.  He has a bruise in the middle of his forehead, a scab on the side, and his nose is tore up.  Instead of going home, I just went by the hospital because grandma works there.  We got him all cleaned up and went home.  We just needed to watch the swelling in his nose to make sure it didn't shut.  He was totally fine afterwards.

AND then....we took him to a costume judging Saturday evening.  He was the OBVIOUS winner and the stupid ladies didn't even LOOK at him.  Oh, I was mad, haha.  Seriously, they didn't even take one look at his costume.  So we left.  We went to Darrin's mom and Jackson tripped on the sidewalk.

So, we ended up in the ER.  It was pretty deep and we wanted to make sure it didn't need stitches.  Thankfully, it didn't.  They used some dermabond to glue it shut and some steri strips.  That was awful enough...I can't imagine him getting stitches.  They had to hold him down and he was screaming and looking at me.  Definitely cried.  He didn't even get to do any trick-or-treating.  Poor guy :(

So he's lookin' pretty banged up and bruised, but still cute as ever.  I moved his well baby up for a follow up, so hopefully all that goes well.  I don't think he'll need any shots, because he's current on everything.  I'm sure that appointment will be awful, though.  AND I doubt we get to take him to BOO at the ZOO or trunk-or-treat... Jackson's costume has blood on it.  I blame the stupid red hat ladies!  We're coming back next year and they WILL look at us!

Meet Finnegan!!

Finnegan is the newest addition to the Gordon family!  He's a Golden Retriever and he's the cutest puppy I've ever seen.  He was only 6 weeks when we got him.  He had his first set of shots and stuff the morning we picked him up.  We've only had him a week and I can't imagine not having him.  He fits in with us perfectly.  We picked him out through pictures, so I was a little nervous.  I have always wanted to go and "the puppy pick us."  I didn't even need to see the other puppies when we picked him up.  We fell in love instantly!  He was such a chubby little thing.  And they said that he was the snuggly one!  I love snuggly puppies!  He has quite the personality.  I've never actually had a little puppy, so it's crazy to see how fast they grow.  I didn't even know puppies teethed before!  He's started to come out of his shell.  He runs around like a wild man, especially outside.  He loves to play with Polka Dot and Jackson.  His first night was pretty awful, though.  He did not sleep at all.  He kept wanting to snuggle with Polka Dot, but she wasn't having it.  She was still pissed.  She'll let him cuddle up to her now, though.  We got him a ticking clock and a little area set up and he slept really good the second night.  We decided not to crate train, so we just put a gate up in the doorway.  So far it has worked out really well.  Fingers crossed that it continues to work.  He's starting to get the hang of potty training, but still has a lot of accidents.  We've finally got him to all dry food, instead of mixed.  And we've started a feeding routine, so he has less messes.

Update on Jackson:  He's a beast.

Disclaimer:  Ignore the Finnegan's "business".  I'm still getting used to puppy penis, myself.