Happy Birthday Dobby!

 

Oh, cool! We're at the veterinary clinic!

 I got a little pouffy for that dog back there but he wasn't impressed.

 I like to rub my nose on my leash!

Wow! I weigh 101.2 pounds! 

I have gained a couple pounds every month since I was weighed last June. 

And I am still slender, so I can pack on some more pounds even if I am not really growing any more!

 

Everybody is looking at me now so I better get pouffy again!

 Wait a minute! 

Aren't you getting a little personal with that thing?

 

Okay, I'm ready to go now.

 I'll just hide under this table for a while.

 They brought me a little blanket and I got a stuffed dog to play with. 

What are we waiting for, anyway?

 I'll just get comfortable over here.

 I'm actually a little sleepy.

 Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

 They stuck my nose in a mask, but the Large Dog size is too small for my big fat nose.

 Fine, whatever, smash it on there. 

They were laughing about how this new gas is "odorless." 

So what is funny about that when the mask is not even remotely sealed around my nose?

 The next thing I knew they were putting my harness back on. What happened? I'll never know.

 So tell me again which planet we live on?

 I'm holding so still she can take close-up photos without me putting my shnozzola on the lens!

 I can't stand up yet because my paws aren't facing the ground yet.

You can see the underside of my right paw in this photo. 

An alert capybara would never be caught in such a compromising position.

 Nope. Nobody home.

 I'll just rest here for another HOUR until I can scramble out of here.

 Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

 I don't know how I got home but this milk sure looks good.

 I can't remember what to do with it so I'll just stare at it for a while.

 Two hours later I'm still working on the same bowl of milk!

 I think I'll sleep inside tonight!

Just me and my White Rabbit Rug (and waterproof mats and an extra layer of blankets), ready for bed! Zzzzzzzzzzzz

Baby Dobby

 That's me on the right. I'm the littlest one! 

We are 3 weeks old in this photo. 

We ate all the potatoes that were in that bowl!

 I was a little sad to leave my family, 

even though I got to live in Aunt Robin's bathtub for a day.

 This is me in my own great big bathtub. 

Not impressed with the accommodations.

Nice swimming pool, though. 

Actually, this is my potty. I used it from the very beginning.

 Now we're talking. 

A cozy waffle box, a bird blanket, and some nice grass!

 Yes, this hut will do nicely!

My own Step-Saver kitchen!

 I liked the heat lamp. It made naptime and bedtime very cozy.

I spent most of the day out of the bathtub. 

My favorite place was by the door with this beautiful white rug!

 It was love at first sight: My White Rabbit Rug!

Yes, it is MY White Rabbit Rug, now. 

And don't you forget it!

 Sweaters are nice, too. 

That's how I say I like something- I bite it!

I like this curtain, too. 

I'll just chew the corner off when you aren't looking.

Just getting pouffy, sitting by the curtain 

and looking at my White Rabbit Rug!

Capybara in the House

 A very special corner of the kitchen is all clean and ready for ME!

Good morning, White Rabbit Rug!

 Oh yeah. Hi to you, too.

 My milk is made from powdered goat's milk (for kids!) with some plain yoghurt and instant mashed potatoes or organic baby rice cereal to thicken it.

 Milk sticks to my nose and whiskers!

 I like to wipe my mouth on anything handy, like furniture or pants and shoes.

 Sometimes I wipe my nose on my White Rabbit Rug.

I eat timothy hay when I have my milk, so hay gets stuck to everything. 

Did you know that white glue is made from milk?

Then I go outside and wait for the next milk time. 

I'll chew on some boots or blankets and make sure no chickens get inside the house.

Milk time again! Love that milk! 

The rugs aren't as clean as they were a few hours ago. 

What happened?

 Who got mud on my "White" Rabbit Rug?

 Uh oh. You know, that mud might have come off of me.

 Rinsing my feet with water before I came into the house wasn't as effective as we had hoped.

 I'm waiting but the next milk isn't coming fast enough.

 What does it take to get the third milk of the day on time?

Potato Time! Yellow and russet potatoes, orange and yellow sweet potatoes, Japanese and purple yams and an apple. Hey- where's my corn on the cob!

Crunch drop nom nom nom. I hope you are making my number four milk!

Not so clean any more. Rugs and rabbit to the laundry, bowls to wash up and dried milk to scrape off the floor and walls. Isn't it fun to have a capybara in the house?

Prince Dobalob's Throne Room

This is my old bathroom. A hole in the ground with a lid. There have been several holes like this, but there aren't a lot of places left in the yard where we want to put poop holes.

One day a bathtub, a toilet, and two sinks appeared in the middle of the back yard. They stayed there so long that the rabbits dug a nice hidey-hole under the bathtub.

 This is Becky and Kannon. They are laughing at me because I really, really want to see what Kannon is doing, but there is a fence in the way. I thought Kannon was digging a new poop hole, and in a way, I was right.

 I was surprised when Kannon closed up the poop holes and put sticks in them.

 Last time he built a deck, the greenhouse went on top of it.

 Kannon is the strongest man in the world. He moved that cast-iron bathtub all by himself!

 Thank goodness there are some privacy screens!

 There is even a nice big step for clumsy capybaras!

 I still have my fur groomed professionally, even though I now have facilities available so that I can do it myself.

 I thought my bathroom was done, but the fence went back up.  Kannon installed special flooring and then grass started to grow. Norman, Cubicle, Cleopatra, Boxcar and Boondock are taste-testing the new grass.

 The black rubber floor heats up nicely in the Seattle "sun."

Aaaaah! Custom made for a prince!