An update from Elle Woods

Hi everyone!
Mom has been a very bad blogger lately, so I decided to take over for her today!
This morning we went to the vet. I've heard that some dogs don't like the vet. I don't know why, I think it's just fine. They tell me how beautiful I am and give me treats. What's so bad about that?!

The first part of the trip to the vet is usually the most stressful for Mom... the part where I have to stand still while some numbers come up on a screen. Mom says this is called a scale, and it's stressful because I am a little on the "small" side, and the dogtor (get it?! doctor for dog?! HAHAHA!) wants me to gain some weight. What kind of a dogtor wants a girl to gain weight?! I like that my ribs stick out... I think it makes me look high-fashion. I told mom just to tell him that I'm "Runway Ready", but she doesn't seem to care.

So I've been really trying to gain weight for a year now. Mom switched my food up to something SUPER yummy, AND she mixes the kibble with a can of food too. Canned food is SOO yummy! I actually like to eat now! (Not all the time, don't get me wrong, but sometimes!)

So when I stepped on the scale, mom said that if I had gained 3 or 4 pounds she would be SOOOO excited...
Guess what.... I gained TEN POUNDS!
.Pretty exciting stuff, huh?
I don't like to stand still for too long so mom couldn't get a picture of the numbers, but I officially weigh 114 pounds. 6 months ago I only weighed 104.2. I had a good summer full of lots of good meals!
Just to give you non-Great Dane people an idea - My Daddy weighs 165 pounds and my mom weighs about 125 pounds. Average males usually weigh between 135-170 pounds and females 110-140.
So at 104, I was petite! DANE-ty, if you will! HAHAHAHAH!

After I got weighed they took me into the room. Mom says most dogs go up here on this table. I checked it out and said "no way jose, you ain't liftin me up here! I am 114 pounds biotch!".

As you can see, my head is taller than this table!!

The vet tech checked me out, then he went to go get the vet. He says I'm a beautiful girl. He was laughing because a girl in the lobby asked mom if I was nice. Ha! Can you believe that? Mom says it happens all the time and people are dumb. Mom is right, people are DUMB!

This is me, watching the vet tech as he went back to get the vet.

This sink is next to the window where I can watch the vet tech and the vet doing lab work. It drips a little water. Mom says it's bad for the environment, but it's good for me to wet my whistle!!

This is my vet, Dr. R. If anyone in Chicago needs a vet, you should check him out. He's the best!!! Here he is just checking out my chart. He is SO proud of my weight gain! He also talked to mom about my shots. They were out of one of the ones I needed, so I have to go back to the vet. I don't mind it though.

Here I am checking everything out while he gets my shots ready. Gotta make sure everything's okay on my chart!

Then Dr. R listened to my ticker (sounds good!), drew some blood (easy-peasy, results coming tomorrow!), and then it was shot time! Mom gave me some good head scratches during shot time, and I didn't even notice them. I don't understand why all these humans hate shots so much (ah-hem... MOM!).

Dr. R said that he wished all his patients were as good as me! I stood still for my blood draw, didn't even flinch during my shots, and let him check out my pearly whites with no problems! I didn't really like when he looked in my ears, but hey, nobody's perfect!

After those shots, I was READY TO GO!!!

So we came home and I got to nap all day on the bed. Just like I like it.

How was everyone else's Tuesday?

XOXO,
The Perfectly Petite 114 pound Elle Woods

p.s. - as always, feel free to e-mail me at ellewoodsthegreatdane@gmail.com. I love fan mail!