Happiness is...

Happiness is when everyone is sleeping well and relaxed until half past ten on a holiday. When everybody wakes up with a smile and a wagging tail. When everybody - dogs included - decides that this morning is not for long walks, but for a short walk, then staying inside - everyone in the same room, drinking coffee and reading crime novels for the humans, yawning, half-sleeping and being fed cake-leftovers for the dogs.  Happiness (for dogs) is to be fed grapes while lying on your back, waving all four feet in the air and wiping the floor with your tail :)

Sleep

Stella has fallen asleep with her head on Mummy's lap. It's such a heavy head after a long day..

Our little patient

It has been a beautiful day, and we have had a really long walk in town with Stella. Maja, with her troublesome leg, has to stay at home. She seems to take it well and is in good mood, sometimes we suspect that she enjoys being a patient and the extra little love and cuddling that it gives. And while waiting for surgery and better days, the big white, furry carpet is such a good place to doze away the day :)

TWO DOGS, ONE BED

On holiday in Druskininkai, and we forgot to bring two dog beds, or two carpets for them to lie on, so when it is time to take a nap or to eat, there is only one thing to do: To share the carpet. Luckily, for Maja and Stella, that is not a problem at all. To be together is the best thing there is :)

ACCIDENT

Yesterday when we were out walking in the snow, what we have been waiting for for quite a long time unfortunately happened. Maja started limping on her hind legs quite some time ago, and a check by Vaitkus revealed that she has problems with her hamstrings in her back legs. They are both quite fragile and a little bit torn. We got some medicine, a lot of good wishes and a "let's wait and see." As vet Vaitkus said: "It's all up to the God of dogs". We find that saying really cute :) So, yesterday Maja and Stella were their good, old glorious selves - we were out in the forests outside Kaunas, basking in lots of white snow, jumping here and there, hunting for mice underneath the snow (the dogs were, not me and Jurgita), when it suddenly happened. One big YELP, and hen Maja became a three-legged dog with no control of her fourth! The amazing thing is to see how easy they deal with things. I guess it helped quite a bit that Maja already was on painkillers and incredibly happy about life, but she managed quite a long way home through the snow on three legs, as if nothing had happened. At night, though, she insisted on being a patient - being ill gives you the natural right to be in bed, and also to be held really, really tight by mummy the whole night :) Tomorrow we'll get in touch with Vaitkus and see how fast we can get a surgery scheduled. Right now both Maja and Stella are sleeping at her feet. Stella is the usual steadfast rock, Maja has had a happy day, but is still a little depressed - we think - about life turning against her. But, as always, she expects mummy and daddy to solve everything. Which we will, of course :)

Stella is a wine dog :)

Out for a small walk in town, and we dropped by a cafe that accepts dogs. Stella seems to enjoy the hot wine :)