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Winter Springs, Florida, United States
I was school taught for grooming at FIAA, in Winter Park. I have worked at both large corporate grooming salons and small independent ones. Love this profession! I consider myself talented and gentle and love all the pets that come through my door... I have excellent references.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Fun in the Sun...




Had to come back to reality again after spending a few glorious days in the Keys... We headed down with Lucy & Chico (the lucky ones!) our four daughters, two of their friends, my mom and Carlos (my husband), of course. The drive on Friday night was torturous!!! We ended up leaving at around 9 pm, after all was said and done--it was crazy... So, Carlos took the first leg at driving and then we switched--poor me. I don't know how I stayed awake through the rain and tiredness... But we got there at 3 am or so and the kids having slept through the trip, of course, were up at 9 am and ready to go, go, go!!!! Blahhhh... But, the sunshine and warmness of the water was enough to wash the tiredness away. It was a trip well needed. Chico, of course, had to visit with the neighbors ASAP and get hugs and kisses from everyone he could steal one from... Lucy was attached to me at the hip, not sure of her new surroundings... They both got royal treatment by sleeping in bed with us the whole weekend--not too much sleep with me. Chico had to give me his esthetician licking treatment at the beginning of every sleep session--it became irritating after the first night--all up and down my calves and feet--good exfoliation I guess?

We swam, fished, ate and drank like Margaritaville was going out of style! The manatees came asking for fresh water from the hose. We gave them and took advantage to get in and swim with them--that is always an awesome experience... The girls went tubing many times--but not enough for them, you know... We all have some kind of sunburn and exhaustion this week--but the good kind... If only I could relocate my chis, Lacy (my horse) and family down there--that would be the ultimate life--maybe in my next life...

Can't find my daughter's camera--all the pics are on it! Will post them later...

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Very sad day--Tweety passed away...


Eventhough Chica is not officially my dog--she was born here at ChihuahuaCrazy.com and will always remain one of mine, in my heart. I am devasted to say her smallest puppy, weighing in at 2 oz, just died last night---making it to just a week... He was the tiniest puppy I had ever witnessed being born. His lungs were most probably underdeveloped. He fought a good fight. Charlotte tried her best to do all that was possible for him to continue living. It was not meant to be. I will say, she was lucky to have had such a perfect little man, even if for just a few days.... I'm sure he'll be up there, tail wagging, when her time comes. I find a lot of peace in the thought of not only having my human loved ones up there waiting, but my four legged loved ones as well...


Good bye little man...

Monday, May 18, 2009

I'm a Grandma, really Nini & Chico are the Grandparents...


So, Chica, one of my past babies from Nini & Chico had her babies on the 14th! Charlotte, her mom, calls me at 7 am, "ANA, GET OVER HERE NOW!!!!" Let's just say I did... So, when I get to her house, blue boy had been born---at only 2 measly ounces! He looked like Tweety Bird! Big headed and small bodied--the smallest limbs I had ever witnessed... Chica had torn his umbilical cord off way too short--no stub left there... He struggled a bit for a while to breathe correctly. So, we massaged and massaged and extracted fluid from his nose and airway... Finally, after a LONG while, he normalized...

Chica began her contractions again--a girl this time! Black and white, but mostly black. Cute pink toes (which will eventually turn white) and a white blaze on her chest. She was more difficult to get out for Chica. I had to try and help her stretch out a bit more down there and once the head was out--well, the rest followed in an instant... Wow--all we could see was the size difference--she weighed in at a whopping 4.2 oz! More than half as big as Tweety boy...

A few days earlier, Charlotte took Chica in to get her x-rayed and the Doc said he saw only two in there. So, I palpitate Chica, to my expertise--which I consider to be pretty good at this point in my life--and I tell Charlotte I think she is all done. Let's clean up and put her in a warm spot under your bedroom window. We do exactly that. I leave home. Charlotte goes to her computer to spread the good news. She goes back to the room after only a little while at the keyboard and says, "Chica why did you have to lick them and make them all wet! I can't tell which is which now!" Well, now, there were 3! Another girl--but completely black this time--weighing in at another 4.2 oz exactly also! She called me to tell me--and I was dumbfounded... Chica didn't even look like she was carrying one, much less three! I swear I have never seen a female carry so inconspicuously!!!! It's that good breeding stock that she comes from -- you know!

And that is the birthing odyssey of one of my chi kids... I am so proud of her and her pups. Little Tweety man is still very small and has developed a hernia on his belly button. He is a little fighter--not growing as much as the girls--but fighting to stay in this world. I go to see him and the girls everyday. I will not be able to bear to seem him quit---I don't think it will happen--but he on shaky ground right now... So, please direct a positive healing thought his way--he needs all the positive energy he can get right now!

Gotta say--I like having my healthy pudgy babies--this experience has really solidified that for me! It's too scary and painstaking to have the teeny ones... Tweety man, we are all rooting for YOU!!!!

Check out the montage of Chica and her new pups below:

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Zeus and Apollo




The day that Lulu leaves, Bingo re-enters our lives. It was such a life saver that day for me! Leaving Lulu at the airport made my heart break into little pieces--it literally hurt... Then as I am walking out--I am seeing all these people coming into the baggae area with masks on--it was kind of surreal--very weird. I cried most of the day, didn't know it was going to hit me like that--but at 4 months of age, which is when she finally flew home, she had become part of our chi world here at the Gonzalez household... Hard to explain...

But, then Bingo reappeared, and it helped to mend my heart a little that day... He too became a part of us this past week and a half. I spoiled him with all the hugs and kisses I could no longer give Lulu... Needless to say, it was hard to see him go--but the relief is in knowing that he will not only be with his half brother Zeus, but that he will be immensely loved and cared for at his new home... That is the ultimate goal in my chi endeavor... I thank those above that I have prayed to for their help in finding him a GREAT home... Oh, and he will be re-named Apollo, hail to the greek chi gods!

We will be headed off to the Keys soon. Lots of sun, fun and swimming for our chis down there. Although, I cannot take all of them--I wish I could. But in a single wide mobile home--well, it just ain't gonna work... I want to thank my loyal followers for their support and kind words. I wish everyone, all my former babies and their families, the best summer ever!

Monday, May 4, 2009

Lulu is in the air on her way to NM...


So, today, or this morning, was the day for Lulu to go home... We left here at 7 am. She was nervous about the whole thing right from the start---getting her in the car was a challenge--because no one else (dog that is) was accompanying her! So, on our trip over to the airport she vomited on me--carsickness... =(

Then, as they were checking her in she had diarrhea--at that point I was ready to turn around and go back home with her... She was shaking and I was crying and the airport attendant was uncomfortable watching this grown woman cry over a little dog... But, I didn't care--what do they know??? I tried to explain that she had been with us for so long that it hurts badly to part with her--don't know if he understood??? who cares... I prayed on the way home to my grandmothers, who are on the other side (passed away), to keep her safe in the air & on the trip in general... We will miss her soooo much-can't wait to see her updates in the future from her new home. Like I always say, "They may leave our home, but they will never leave our heart."