Reason for my absence

Hello everybody! Can you believe I haven't blogged in a whole year?! Ya, well that is because mom and I moved into our very own apartment and couldn't afford internet. I nagged her about it a lot because I just knew   you all would be missing hearing from me. But no worries everyone, cause I'm back!!

Okay, where to start? A WHOLE YEAR has gone by! A lot has happened to me in that time. To begin I am 2 years old now. Officially an adult, says mama. Mom gets tons and tons of comments on how well trained I am. (TRAINED?! wtf..)

Well, one really big happening of the year was that I had a litter of puppies! Well, I didn't have them, my girlfriend did... but you know what I mean! My 8 beautiful children were born on July 3rd! That makes them almost 9 months old now! You want to hear something embarrassing? They are ALL already taller than me! :( This is them at 4 weeks old:

 This one is them at 5 weeks old! I was a really good daddy, too! I still get to see 3 of them all the time!

Something else that happened in the last year: I got neutered. I got a gastropexy too at the same time. If anyone doesn't know what a gastropexy is, its when the doctor ties/staples your stomach to your rib cage. The reason for this is to prevent the stomach from twisting/flipping, which can be deadly! Scary stuff! This surgery is very beneficial for deep-chested large breed dogs like me because we are very prone to bloat. Here is a picture of my surgery cut.

Here I am with a heat wrap on, recovering from my surgery. I could hardly eat anything for a week!

Mom adopted me a sister in the last year, too! Her name is Lucy and she is white cat! I know, I know, dogs and cats don't get along... but we love each other a whole lot.

Wanna hear something really cool?! My picture, the one used for my headliner on this blog, was selected to be in the Rocky Mountain Great Dane Rescue's 2012 calendar! I'm a star! Also my photo was on an advertisement that sat outside of our town's big pet store! Yep, that's me down in the corner!

Now, mom and I are getting ready to move from Gillette to Casper, Wyoming. We are approaching our last day of work in the next week, which is sad for me cause I don't get to go with mom to her new work like I do now. :(  I have a lot of adventures to look forward to, and I can't wait to start sharing them with you again!