my little mona lisa

**update**
so yesterday bibi spent the entire day at the orthopedic specialist vet at emory. when i went to pick her up, the dr. wanted to speak with me. he seems to be a very good doctor, and johnny and i both like him a lot because he explains everything in detail. anyways, he showed me x-rays that he took compared to post-op xrays that banfield took. he showed very carefully where the landmarks used for the ACL repair are and where the previous vet and drilled the holes in bibi's leg. not anywhere close to each other. in fact it was way off. the previous vet did some wacky procedure to my dog's leg and never bothered to tell us or explain any of it. i was seriously beside myself when we had taken bibi back to banfield when she had started limping again. i KNOW what it feels like to have bone-manipulating surgeries and it hurts! and i totally blamed myself for the failure of bibi's recovery. that vet never explained anything and she honestly didn't look like she even cared. i could seriously strangle her right now. we are getting the titanium implants for bibi asap. this surgery will succeed and i will make it my personal vendetta to make sure people do not take their pets in need to Banfield, which is the worst pet hospital on the planet.
*p.s.*
don't ever completely trust doctors. they are only human and at best make mistakes and at worst are incompetant. you should always do your own research in order to make truly informed decisions. i am learning this lesson the hard way with my own health and that of my family and pets. most doctors are evil. they work for pharmaceuticals and insurance companies, not for you.

**original post**
it may be hard for people to look at bibi and see what we see in her. i imagine she just looks like a short white dog with a big mouth and strong muscles but her expression is like mona lisa to me. you have to know her to read her expressions, and only johnny and i can do that. let me first off say that of all the dogs i have ever had or known, bibi is the greatest. the typical dog is happy, trusting, just wants to play and eat table scraps. bibi is way more refined than that. yes, she wants table food, but only if it's worth getting up and begging for. if you try to feed her a piece of - oh let's say cucumber - she will blink at you like, "seriously, you think i am going to eat that?". if all the other dogs are climbing over each other to get a piece of cheese - she will calmly sit and wait for you to bring her a piece (cause she knows we will) and oh so delicately take it from your fingers and (if it's suitably palatable) nibble on it. for a dog with jaw strength at about 320 psi, that's pretty unique. she has too much confidence to be greedy.

her normal disposition is pretty laid back. she does not get all crazy like the other two. yes, she gets happy and wiggles her butt and picks up a gift to give to people when they come over but she doesn't cry (syrus) or jump up and down like a retard (louie). if she is exceptionally happy, she will give out a long and deep bbbbaaarrrroooooooooooooooo! for extra emphasis. she likes to just lay and cuddle with you, be scratched and just loved on. sometimes she'll strike a pose and flip over onto her back and spread her legs out and wait for you to rub her belly like "come and get it". she definitely has a princess complex.

but what's so endearing about her is that even though we know how sweet she is, it's when she tries to act tough that really makes you fall in love. she'll wrestle with the other dogs and curl her lips but not in a mean growly way - more like a bitchy sneer. she gets all tough when you play the titty game with her (which involves pinching her little nippies and tickling her) but she loves to play. the one thing she never does is admit that she is in pain. i have seen syrus bite her and hold on to her cheek, but she does not flinch or let go of the toy. i know for a fact her back legs hurt her but she does not cry or anything - in fact it's hard for people to even tell she is injured. for that, bibi is super tough.

some people think she's ugly. or scary. or mean. she is actually none of those things. i kind of wish she wasn't fixed so we could have a second generation of bibi's but the best things in life never work out that way. it's the only way you learn to truly cherish those things that are great.