Not a great day today.  I wish we could knock him out until the ear heals since he spent today being a royal pain in the tuckus.  I finally cut the arms off an old long underwear shirt and taped it over his ear to keep him from shaking his ears and trying to dig at it. 

     The collar of shame is useless this time since he figured out how to get out of it.  Yes, even with it attached to his collar he managed to get it off.

     Oh, what I’d give for enough tranquilizers to knock an elephant on its ass.  I spent most of the day yesterday holding Gavin to keep him from messing with his ear.

     Maybe Gavin will give his Daddy a nice birthday present today and leave his ear alone so it can heal.  I don’t see this being a great birthday for The Curmudgeon today.