I am a terrible dog-mom! Lily has fleas and not just kind of but a total infestation! She is miserable and I am miserable. The house is covered and she is chewing herself raw.

It’s totally my fault.  Because we had a really mild winter everyone has been saying this year is a bad flea year. Yet I lagged around and was lazy about giving her her flea meds — “oh, I’ll do it after she has a bath. But no bath today. Or tomorrow.” blah, blah, blah. Next thing we know — boom! covered!

And try as I might to get rid of them — pills, drops, baths, brushing — the little bastards wouldn’t budge. So off comes her hair.

Garbage can of gross! Thing was just crawling with the little nasty demons!

Poor girl! All shaved and looks like a deer.

She thinks she looks ugly and is sad at me! That face — “Mom, why would you do this to me?!?”

The following weekend after shaving her I was suppose to go to Colorado for my 20th high school reunion but fleas and finances derailed that plan. But the shaving turned the tide and things were finally getting under control. So to not waste my whole vacation we decided to head up to Whidbey and see the folks. And a major contributing factor was the heat wave hitting Portland. Time to go enjoy some ocean breezes.

Ready to hit the road up to Whidbey. She likes to ride in the car but this ride wears her out pretty quickly. She did fit better on the seat without so much hair!

Had a great few days resting and hanging out.

Mom and Dad’s on a July afternoon — Great place to sit back and relax!

Loving the sun on Whidbey — and getting a sunburn (which peeled and was really gross.)

Grandpa and Lily spent some quality time chillin on the patio.

Thanks Mom and Dad for letting us visit and risk getting infested with fleas. We had a great time!