Some of you may know that I have a little jack russel terrier named Sassi. She goes everywhere with me, and my kids think I’m much nicer to her than I ever was to them. I point out that she adores me, never argues and thinks I’m a Godess. What’s not to love?

Today I took her to the vet because she had a small lump on her head. At first, I thought it was just a mosqito bite or something similar, but it’s been a couple of weeks and it didn’t go away. The vet (whom Sassi also adores) removed it and sent it away for a biopsy, although she thinks it’s nothing to worry about.

The problem is that Sassi now has stitches just behind her left ear, and she has to wear a cone for the next fourteen days so that she doesn’t rip them out.

As you can see, this gets in the way of her number one hobby, playing with the basket ball. It also means she can’t pick up a tennis ball to play fetch. It’s going to be a VERY LONG two weeks! She is currently laying in the middle of the living room floor pouting. I’m not laying odds on that cone lasting the full two weeks. She’s a very smart little lady.