The Adventures of Miss Luna

I’ve been worrying about Luna all day as soon as I learned that she wasn’t getting ’sprayed’, she was getting ’speyed’, which is a lot scarier! I kind of half remember my spey experience and it wasn’t very nice, though I did get a lot of sympathy and attention out of it which is always good!

Mum and Dad had to drive up to the city place to get her so they didn’t get home until it was dark. I was pretty worried to start with but when I saw Luna get out the car verrrry slowwwly I was very concerned! She wagged her tail when she saw me but I don’t think she really knew who I was. She wags her tail at anything most of the time.

As soon as she came inside, she eased herself very gently down on a bed on the floor, looking very sleepy.

I went over and sniffed her but she didn’t do anything. It was really weird.

She was just so sleepy and dopey! Plus her stomach smelled strange and looked a bit weird too.

I thought I better lay down and protect her just in case any bad people or doggies might find her. She wouldn’t be able to defend herself! Poor Luna.

I really hope my little sister gets better soon so we can run and play just like we used to. I guess she will, cos I had the same thing and I am fine now! Just a waiting game I suppose, lucky I’m a pretty patient kinda puppy.

I knew today was some kind of special day as soon as Mum called Luna in to have cuddles on the bed. This usually only happens on weekends! And today definitely isn’t a weekend. Then after we all got up, Luna got more special cuddles from Dad (who I don’t think was actually properly awake yet).

Not to be left out, I made sure I got special cuddles too.

Mum explained to me that today was a special day cos Luna was getting sprayed. We were going to go for a long drive up to the city and we had to leave her at the vet place all day, and pick her up again tonight.

The bit I don’t understand is, why does she have to go all the way up there to get sprayed? Mum and Dad spray us all the time with the hose in the front yard. I guess it must be some kind of special spray.

I kinda hoped that it was all some kind of joke and that we were actually just going to the beach (you can get sprayed there too with the waves!), but nope, we headed in totally the wrong direction.

When we got there, we both had to stand on a measuring platform kinda thing to see how heavy we were. I thought I would be way heavier cos I am heaps taller, but I was only 53 kilograms! Luna the little fatty was 50 kg! After that, Luna went into a little room where they did strange things to her (glad I wasn’t her when they stuck that thing up her bum – ewww!) and then Mum took her out the back with the nice lady and then came back without her.

That was it! Luna was gone!

On the way home, we stopped for some breakfast for Dad. I was a bit sad cos Luna was gone, so he gave me some of his muffin. I thought I better bung on the sad and upset show for a bit longer and politely declined.

But I made sure I kept a close eye on it so I could eat it when I got home.

So that’s it so far – now I’m at home, Mum is about to go to work, and later on we are going to pick up Luna from the spraying place (I hope she won’t be too wet).

EDIT: Ok Mum just informed me that I got it wrong – the word is “SPEY” not “SPRAY”. Oops! So apparently it’s nothing to do with getting wet with water, and more to do with something that happened to me a while ago. 

Some mornings, me and Mum head off to the beach really early and meet up with Mum’s friend for a walk. We take Mum’s little blue car cos Dad doesn’t wake up that early, so that means only I can fit – Luna misses out! It’s special me and Mum time, I think Luna understands though (she doesn’t mind sleeping in with Dad anyways).

Sometimes we have the beach all to ourselves in the mornings.

The morning light is really nice, though it can get a bit glarey on the water! I usually trot off for a quick swim anyway though.

I usually have two partners in crime on our early morning beach walks – Mum’s friend’s doggies – Spot and Boss.

We all get along pretty well, even though we are all different sizes!

Being up in the dunes is nice in the morning, we like to stand up there and survey our domain.

We take turns keeping a lookout.

When we’re done, we like to cool off with a swim in the surf.

What a great way to start the day!

Being a professional dog model, I have to have a wide range of facial expressions available for use. As a doggy, it can be a bit hard sometimes – so I try and practice as much as possible. Especially when Mum has her camera out.

This is my “enquiring” face. Also known as the “looking at Mum like she’s some kind of weirdo” face.

Here’s my “questioning” and “alert” faces.

Wow practicing all these looks makes my face hurt! I better sit down and rest before attempting the last one – my “I can do no wrong” face.

I bet there are lots of doggies out there who are very good at doing this face! It’s pretty much a pre-requisite for living with humans (great for getting out of trouble when you’ve done something they didn’t want you to – aka “wrong”).

By the way, happy Valentines Day to all you guys! We hope you have a great day with your Valentines – love and licks from Kaya and Luna! xxxooo