Snip, snip

Scout, the mighty Jack Russell Terrier, got his balls snipped today.

I worried about him all day.

However, Scout's got too many doggy girl friends to remain intact. His little nuggets had to go.

Trust me on this (else do your own research), there are already way more puppies available than there are good homes for them. While Scout is as cute, smart, and healthy as can be, in today's reality, I don't want him reproducing. So, at some calculated risk, he's been neutered.

The little guy is recovering nicely. He gobbled up his dinner and then curled up under his blanket to sleep. It's weird that he's not jumping all over me, begging for a game of fetch. I want his old self back!

This experience (for some reason yet to be understood) reminds me of the controversy stirred up because Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin (who's running for U.S. Vice President with the Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain) is a hunter. Palin hunts, shoots, and eats moose in Alaska. Her dad taught her. Certainly there are far, far worse ways a moose can die than being dispatched by a single shot from a high-power rifle.



With her husband Todd Palin by her side, Sarah Palin, 44, is sworn in as Alaska's governor at the 2006 inauguration ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska. In 2008, Palin was named Republican Sen. John McCain's running mate for Vice President of the United States. (AP Photo / December 4, 2006)

Think I'll go to Harry's Haf Brau tonight for a roast beef dinner. Harry's doesn't serve moose.