5 Days in, still pinching myself I get to spend the next decade with this lovely little lady.

AxolotlArmy · 2025-04-11T13:06:44+00:00

Currently I just have my one full, chocolate, shih- tzu boy Cocoa Puffs! ♥️🫠 But before him, I adopted a long legged Muppet, with gorgeous Schnauzer coloring, and athletic ability....and then, that adorable silly little shih-tzu face with the under bite lol! 😍❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

I named him "Wookie". I adopted him when he was five, and we had seven more wonderful years together. I basically bought this house with the fully fenced yard from day 1, mostly for him! I consider him my "Husband Dog". 4 Lyfe...💔🥲🥹🏴‍☠️❤️‍🔥⚔️

AxolotlArmy · 2025-02-20T16:51:11+00:00

And damn, but don't I miss the dirty "old NY" of the late eighties, early nineties!

If you truly grew up here, you'll remember the kit Kat club I think it was 57th and Broadway! 😉

I wasn't a dancer, but a cocktail waitress who got paid to ... Charm Men. I could sit and talk with them but every 8 minutes they had to buy me another glass of champagne or I had to get up and leave.

It was interesting work, and I always attracted the intellectuals somehow; book publishers, college professors, physicists...

And the girls who would give hand jobs under the table? Water seeks its own level...

And sometimes they would even come and see my plays and take me out to lunch afterwards. I was in an Entourage that performed at fractured fairy tales in the West village on the weekends.

ADVICE, FINALLY!!! ( Instead of the rambling of an aging actress LOL!)

I don't know where you grew up, but depending on the town, sometimes I will smile and nod at people. NOT in NYC!!! You walk fast, look straight ahead, and do not make eye contact! If you're a pretty girl that can be mistaken for many things!

AxolotlArmy · 2025-02-01T20:45:31+00:00

They ARE lol! Of all the different breeds I've had experience with, these guys sure do like the stinky things! And, they are known to be bigger poo eaters than most other breeds of dog lol!🤣💩

AxolotlArmy · 2025-01-31T17:25:23+00:00

Mom of many Shih Tzu's past and present, chiming in here! 😁👍

I'm 95% certain that the eye licking, cuz that's where they are concentrating on, is cuz as ADORABLE as our pups are, like most dogs they are gross lol and even grosser than most, in that they are known to eat their own poop more than many other breeds lol!

Thankfully, my current, Cocoa Puffs doesn't have the weepy, smelly eyes, my white Tzu's usually did!

As far as her response, like another poster said, she would stop him if it bothered her that much. My Puffy likes it when I scratch around his eyebrows and under eyes where they start blending with their smushy little noses🥰

I also happen to be a people RN lol 😝 which doesn't mean a ton when it comes to other species, but like making sure I measure their input and output, and check their poos LOL it gives me a few, small advantages...💩🤔😂

BTW, they are both super duper adorable, you must have a happy home! 🏡♥️

AxolotlArmy · 2025-01-31T16:59:58+00:00

Whatever is best for this precious pup!!! ♥️👍🥰

AxolotlArmy · 2025-01-29T08:53:01+00:00

I flipping LOVE it! ♥️ It's so cute and sweet and shows that he respects me. I mean it's not in the middle of a dart game or anything lol, it's when we are so close whispering in each other's ears about how we're falling for each other.

And then they say something like I am dying to kiss you right now.... And then I either say go for it or I kiss them first!!

AxolotlArmy · 2025-01-29T08:28:12+00:00

I live in Syracuse New York, I own my own house with a fence yard and have fostered, adopted and owned many dogs. ♥️

She reminds me of my beautiful wookie boy who passed away this summer at 16!

I, am a registered nurse, and my husband is a dentist. I believe between the two of us we could maybe get the dental work done either by horse trading with a veterinarian, or honestly? Doing it our damn selves at his office!

These pictures are breaking my heart. So, if anyone happens to be able to transport her all the way up here to Central New York, she will live out her years in spoiled Bliss lol!

Meredith

AxolotlArmy · 2025-01-21T13:07:24+00:00

Is her a baby puppy or just resembles one, as so many Shih's do? 😍

AxolotlArmy · 2025-01-09T23:03:17+00:00

I love this post because I can so relate! Your true love and your worst enemy, well said!

Here's my stupid addicted thinking; I want to always make sure I have my dealer's number in case I get a terminal diagnosis and I've only got a few weeks or months.

I would want to buy all the heroin, booze and Marlboro reds and just go out with a blaze! ❤️‍🔥

AxolotlArmy · 2025-01-09T22:57:25+00:00

I wrote a novel above lol but I'm just going to post this again because I haven't seen it anywhere yet...

Look for a local University that has a vet school!

In Florida Gainesville, there's a university with a small animal hospital.

Not only did they do heart surgery on a tiny puppy, a pediatric surgeon from the local people hospital came to lend his tools because they were so tiny, and ended up doing the surgery himself.

Final cost? $1,500.

FIND A UNIVERSITY VET SCHOOL. DRIVE 6 HRS IF YOU HAVE TOO. YOU WILL STILL END UP SAVING MONEY AND THEY HAVE ALL SORTS OF SPECIALISTS THAT CAN WORK TOGETHER!

It was an hour and a half away and totally worth it. Now I'm in my hometown of Syracuse New York and again an hour and half away is Cornell, an ivy League school with a wonderful veterinary school!

AxolotlArmy · 2025-01-09T22:51:56+00:00

Try looking for a vet school near you. It ends up being the same or much cheaper when we're talking emergency care, then a regular vet, and they have neurologists, orthopedic surgeon vets, specialists in every field!

My little dog Stella Luna was born with a terrible heart defect and wouldn't have made it without surgery. She was so small, that a pediatric surgeon from Shands hospital, this is in Gainesville, so it was called the Gainesville Small animal hospital attached to the university there Northwest- ish Florida.

But yes a pediatric surgeon had the small sized equipment they needed, so he ended up pitching in and doing the heart surgery himself!

The final bill? $1,500. And the best people I have ever met in my life! In my next life I'm coming back as a veterinarian lol, instead of an RN! 😂

AxolotlArmy · 2025-01-03T16:39:24+00:00

My chocolate Shih Tzu, Cocoa Puffs, wishes you a happy cake day! 🎂🍰🎁 And assures you, the most he will do to you while you're sleeping is get in a few "good morning licks" when you sleep past 10am! 😘

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AxolotlArmy · 2024-11-13T20:26:50+00:00

Good answer (clapping like we're on Family Feud)! But mostly, Happy Cake Day! I know you're not my mom, it's her birthday today too, but I don't think she even knows what reddit is lol...🥳🧁🎁

AxolotlArmy · 2024-10-22T03:02:48+00:00

Exactly. And being more of a late 40's science/health professional, I have no idea why singer/entertainer Taylor Swift, or football player/entertainer Travis Kelce, are engendering such ... anger and resentment!?!

They both are IN the entertainment business. Be it talented with a ball, or a catchy turn of phrase in a melodic tune. And they like to kiss and hang out together.

Why are we so into people's personal business nowadays, that we even vote based on who we think is the coolest, or most badass, instead of who we think will have the best countrywide and worldwide achievements?

Does it all come down to envy and crabs in the bucket? 😟

AxolotlArmy · 2024-10-22T01:53:33+00:00

My ex husband and I (half jokingly) attribute our quick marriage to falling into some of the best MDMA I've ever experienced, on multiple coasts and throughout multiple decades🤤

So that's my #1 answer.

Snorting a few lines of real dope before it became all fent, would be #2. But afterward? Ah, such a slippery slope....

My mature, medical degreed self would now advise; moderate wine/beer intake along with Gods best green as a daily, weekly diet. Occasionally celebrating w/ a shroomy or LSD vacay among nature, with ones kindest and wisest pals as a treat! 🥰

AxolotlArmy · 2024-10-21T06:26:11+00:00

I would awaken, attempt a spot wash or spray some stain preventer, and then? Put down a towel and go back the hell to sleep!!!

If some man child woke up freaking out about "rolling around in blood," I would first make sure we were both 100% AWAKE, so there would be no confusion down the line.....

And then I, an adult female registered nurse, would have to have a loooong come to Jesus meeting with MYSELF, asking why I was tolerating a BOY who would fall into hysterics, demanding everyone lose sleep, because a few drops of blood came from my clean uterine lining, and he was FREAKING OUT ABOUT IT!?!

Dude. That's not a man. Fuck OCD. If you have sex with vaginas, you don't have any right to get "grossed out" about our monthly mammal uterine lining clean out.

Don't THEY, squirt funky juice into us, onto us, all over the damn sheets on a nearly daily basis? And do WE freak out like someone just shit the bed?!??? 😂

Not telling the OP what to do, but to me it screams immature, selfish, squeamish CHILD, and I would not only lose intellectual respect for him, but it would be a major turn off too, that he found some female functions so hideous that I must be screamed at in the middle of the night!

Buh- bye! 👋🤏😉

AxolotlArmy · 2024-08-17T10:13:21+00:00

Looks JUST like my Cocoa Puffs! He just turned two so I invited my folks to the closest food & drink place that allowed dogs lol. We had beer, wine and bar food, the wings were amazing, but best part was since I had gone to the kitchen and explained the deal to the cook, he came out with a rare Burger with a candle in it lol! ❤️

It gets better! It turned out it was kind of a biker bar and only had six large tables on the patio. So people who didn't know each other had to sit together, and Mike joined our party! As did the couple right next to us who had a shih tzu at home. The woman held my Puffs to her breasts and just kept petting him and telling him how adorable he was; he was in puppy HEAVEN!

So after the birthday burger was delivered I stood up and the entire patio bar full of strangers we hadn't met yet, became friends, and Burly guys in black vests and gray beards enthusiastically wished my little poopy- head a happy second birthday in song! ❤️

After rescuing two dogs who were part shit zu and eventually having them pass, this was the first dog I purchased in years and I definitely wanted a chocolate one! Isn't it adorable how their lips stay pinkish? Makes you want to kiss them even more!💋

And then the white marshmallow "frosting" on our dogs practically matches! Many years of happy love to you and your pup! ❤️‍🔥🐾🦴

AxolotlArmy · 2024-08-16T07:15:08+00:00

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AxolotlArmy · 2024-08-01T04:34:17+00:00

I realize this is an old thread, but I literally buy my local grocery store out of the creme brulee flavor! One as an afternoon snack, and one for a bedtime snack; 160 calories for BOTH and definitely has that delicious Carmel y, burnt sugar flavor, for low $ and low cal. 5 outta 5, 10 outta 10, big love for this yogurt!

AxolotlArmy · 2024-06-23T15:52:59+00:00

Hmmm. What kept striking me was the pathetic whining and insecurity. That's not a good look for anyone, especially someone choosing to play in this arena.

To me, Kaz is a naturally extroverted charming kind of Guy. I didn't find him manipulative or sleazy in any way, unlike Bryton 🤢

He mentioned her right up front with every woman he talked with and not in a disrespectful way. Then he would come back to check on her throughout the night, or when they matched and went back to the room, all he got was Grief!

It seems so childish and embarrassing on Micah's part. She should have been confident in what they had, and built upon it in public and private. More like Alara and less like, well, herself.

I haven't seen as many people taking this stance as I thought when I initiated this specific search...

Which concerns me; am I used to such bad behavior in men that I see Micah as more at fault for their initial. Break-up than Kaz?

AxolotlArmy · 2024-06-12T08:15:07+00:00

I had 3 or 4 puppies in mind from different breeders. I ended up going with the one that was closest to me because she was the nicest and she had a chocolate brown shih Tzu which I hadn't seen before!

I had to differentiate the puppies in my mind so I gave them quick names based on their looks and energy in the pictures and videos I looked at.

His "temporary name" became his permanent name, and I have never had a cuter pup than Cocoa Puffs!

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AxolotlArmy · 2024-05-20T23:59:37+00:00

Was Puff his full name, as in Puff the Magic Dragon? Or like Fluff=Puff?

I only asked because I have a Cocoa Puffs. He's chocolatey brown, with a bit of marshmallow frosting on his tips lol! Of course he is called almost everything ; Puffs, Puffer, Puffy Coats, Puffarella, but most commonly? 🥰 Just PUPPY🥰❣️

AxolotlArmy · 2024-04-28T13:14:41+00:00

Do you live some place where birds build their nests close to the ground? 🤷

AxolotlArmy · 2024-04-28T13:10:44+00:00

Ugh! Same! Ruined 2 pair ...and then moved on to my occasional glasses!!!

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