Hello there – I’m Dr. Watson Gruen-Newton. You can just call me Watson if you like! I was born March 1st, 2011. My brother Sherlock and I were found in a box just outside Kayenta, Arizona. We were only about four days old and very hungry. A very nice lady stopped to see what was in this box on the side of the road, and imagine her surprise when she saw us staring up at her! She took us to Second Chance Center for Animals in Flagstaff, Arizona. When we got there they found that my right front leg was pretty mangled. (They don’t know if it was by injury or from birth…and I’m not telling.) The veterinarians cleaned us up, gave us some medicine (and a bandage for my foot!) and one of the technicians took us home to “foster” (that’s a fancy word for taking care of us).
The doctors and staff at SCCA took such great care of me and Sherlock. We grew and grew and grew some more. In fact, we grew so well that Sherlock found his forever home just three months later. I had to stay at Second Chance for a bit more as the doctors tried really hard to help me with my leg. They tried all sorts of things to get it to work right, but after a while they just knew it wasn’t going to be right. So, the decision was made, and on June 16th, I became the newest member in the Tripawd Club. I am so much happier now and able to get along almost as good as the other puppies.
Currently, I live with my Momma Donna in Flagstaff and go to Puppy Kindergarten every Wednesday night. Momma Donna says that soon I can graduate to Puppy Grade School. Momma Donna works at Second Chance Center for Animals as their Finance Director (she says that’s a fancy term for Head Bean Counter…. I don’t know what beans are or why she counts them – but…). So, I get to go to work everyday and see all my friends that took such great care of me. Momma Kristen and I go on an adventure every Sunday morning (I just LOVE the goat cheese – or chevre – and asparagus frittata at Wildflower Bread Company) and sometimes we go see my good friends at Bookmans. My brother Tucker keeps telling me “cats rule and dogs drool” (he’s a cat, by the way), but I think he’s just jealous of my big boy collar.
“So, why a blog?” Tucker asked me the other day… “Well,” I said, “maybe there is a Tripawd, Quadpawd or even a Bipawd that has a question – that I have the answer to. So then they can just write to me at DearDoctorWatson@gmail.com and I can give them an answer.”
“Harumph,” he said, “That just might work…”