haircuts for barb and karl!

here is "tinkerbella", a rescue dog that the Belli's own. (note
the Italian link!) she literally ran out in front of shannon's car
just a few days after their 18 year old pom mix had died.....
she was in need of a good home.....full of heartworms, long untrimmed
nails, and terrible dental problems. after $2000 and lots of
love, she feels wonderful!! thank goodness for animal lovers
like her.



as you can see, i cut my hair.....but it's still
basically "long and straight."


karl the "pirate"....the shaved leg is from his IV in surgery.

the shaved belly look....!

he's really not so big under all that fur!

marc and i finally made it home to redding after a 4 month absence...we had some much needed dental and doctor appts....and it was time for karl's annual physical and shots. well, i had a "feeling" that all was not well with him, so i asked the very young UC Davis vet named Johnny D (yes girls, he's a catch!) to look at karl's bladder via ultrasound. bad news.....his bladder was full of stones AGAIN, and we chose to have him undergo surgery rather than wait until it became an emergency out on the road. so poor karlos (as we call him when we eat mexican food) had his 3rd cystotomy and is now recovering from that. a cystotomy is where they open up the bladder, remove the stones, flush it out, and put him back together. it would be major surgery for humans. anyway, the poor little guy now looks like a fricken' pirate... complete with "wooden leg" and a poochy belly! he had just been groomed the day before...so much for that! good news is that he has lost weight since he was staying with marc's dad. the vet thought that his "bacon grease diet" from back then could certainly have caused these new stones. so i had shannon do my hair, and cut about 6 inches off, and karl has his new "post surgery do" which is lovely. (he can tell that he looks funny, by the way he acts. pauvre karl!