It's Tater Tot Friday! I'm not sure why the Tot gets to sleep on a big, luxurious, faux fur blanket and we don't but she certainly convinced her people that she deserves it. Sweet dreams, Tater.
Tater Tot Friday Celebrity Bonus Bulldog: I am really feeling bad and also starting to worry/wonder about actor Adam Sandler. No, not just because I've seen the trailer for the Zohan movie but because in the nine years that we have had Tater, he is already on his third English bulldog.
Here is a photo of Meatball (lying down), Adam's first bully, who sadly passed away during surgery at only four years old. The came Matzo Ball (standing), who I recently found out is also dead. I did not hear why but she would have been too young to die of normal, natural causes.
According to the Sandman's website, the new family dog is named Babu and I wish her a very long and healthy life.
The circle of life......Enjoy your weekend.
That blanket looks so soft...and tater looks so comfy
Posted by: Raul | June 13, 2008 at 06:40 AM
FYI: The Matz (as Adam Sandler called her) and she also died during surgery (this information came from Adam himself on a video message).
Posted by: Ana | June 13, 2008 at 06:47 AM
In my next life I'd certainly want to come back as one of your dogs and not Adam's... two dogs, two surgeries, two dead...too weird.
Posted by: cathy | June 13, 2008 at 08:51 AM
Casting any suspicion on Adam Sandler's humanity is unacceptable? Haven't you seen Punch Drunk Love, Spanglish or Reign O'er Me? In his defense, aren't Bulldogs prone to chronic breathing problems and other congenital diseases?
Posted by: Erick V | June 13, 2008 at 09:21 AM
i would have suspected suicide.
Posted by: alisa | June 13, 2008 at 01:03 PM
Wow, two young dogs dead in just a few years...geez, it's not that hard to keep a dog alive. Is he getting his dogs from puppy mills or something???
Posted by: Stacey | June 13, 2008 at 01:34 PM
This is off topic, Bean, but I thought this was something you would want to see, regarding Pluto: http://trekmovie.com/2008/06/13/science-friday-friday-the-13th-edition/
Posted by: Thomas | June 13, 2008 at 02:09 PM
It's not just the faux fur that's making me wonder, but why is Tater reclining on faux fur and surrounded by all that glowing pink light? Has she been kidnapped by Barry White?
Posted by: Kate | June 13, 2008 at 03:15 PM
Will someone please tell Adam to take his dogs to a new vet? Brachycephalic dogs (pushed-in faces like Bulldogs, Pugs, Pekingeses, Japanese Chins, Boston Terriers) need special care during anesthesia. You would think after he lost the first one that he would have found a new vet. Vets cannot take the trach tube out too soon or the trachea collapses and the dog dies post-surgery. He needs to find a vet that understands these breeds. Very sad and shouldn't have happened.
Posted by: Cindy Peters | February 10, 2009 at 11:27 AM
Another thought: maybe it wasn't due to something the vet did or didn't do--perhaps both bulldogs were from the same breeder and each had the same genetic heart problem? It's just so sad to hear of young dogs dying. I hope their new pet lives a long, full life. It's always hard to lose a pet, but even more difficult when it's unexpected and so young. Long live Tater Tot!
Posted by: Cindy | February 11, 2009 at 08:42 AM