Poor Hurley

Oct. 29th 2013

Hurley our Golden Retriever and Official Plantation Dog isn't feeling well. This is an update on him through Belle Grove Plantation Bed ad Breakfast of Port Conway and King George, Virginia

Since I have moved the Belle Grove Plantation, I don’t get to see Hurley, our golden retriever as much as I would like. As some of our older followers know, Hurley is a member of our plantation staff (we call him the “Official Plantation Dog”) and has been here many times.

Hurley started out as our son, Tyler’s dog so he is really attached to Tyler. Hurley is really a guy’s dog. He loves both Tyler and Brett and loves to be with them. When I brought him here in July for a week, it was really kind of sad. Hurley enjoyed being with me, but you could really tell he missed being at home with the boys. So with great sadness, I sent him back. I really do miss that dog!

So I now get to keep up with him through pictures and the occasional visit back to Chesapeake. Brett even puts him on the phone so he can pant in the receiver. Brett says Hurley smiles and pants when I talk to him on the speaker phone.

Yesterday, I got the news that Hurley wasn’t feeling too good. Tyler called Brett to let him know that he had noticed some swelling around one of Hurley’s eyes and the he seemed to be just not feeling good. Hurley is nine years old, but has always acted and looked like a much younger dog. His muzzle has started graying as all golden retrievers do, but he still doesn’t seem that old. He doesn’t get sick that often and even when he does, he still tries to keep up.

Tyler took Hurley to the vet yesterday, worried about the swelling around his eye. Turns out that Hurley has a tooth that has abscessed. The infection has backed up into his tissue around his eye. Brett is really good at watching Hurley’s health and one of the things he checks on all Hurley’s visits are his teeth. Last visit, they looked really good. So this just developed.

The course of action will be antibiotics for ten days. If it gets worse or doesn’t heal, they will have to put him to sleep and remove the tooth. This would be Hurley’s first operation or injury.

Brett sent me updated pictures of Hurley and I have to say he does look like he isn’t feeling all that great. I wish I could give him a big hug!

Hurley our Golden Retriever and Official Plantation Dog isn't feeling well. This is an update on him through Belle Grove Plantation Bed ad Breakfast of Port Conway and King George, Virginia

Hurley our Golden Retriever and Official Plantation Dog isn't feeling well. This is an update on him through Belle Grove Plantation Bed ad Breakfast of Port Conway and King George, Virginia

Hurley our Golden Retriever and Official Plantation Dog isn't feeling well. This is an update on him through Belle Grove Plantation Bed ad Breakfast of Port Conway and King George, Virginia

Hurley our Golden Retriever and Official Plantation Dog isn't feeling well. This is an update on him through Belle Grove Plantation Bed ad Breakfast of Port Conway and King George, Virginia

So we will watch and wait to see if it gets better. When it does, I know that I will be buying him one of his favorite chew bones to enjoy.

Hurley our Golden Retriever and Official Plantation Dog isn't feeling well. This is an update on him through Belle Grove Plantation Bed ad Breakfast of Port Conway and King George, Virginia

We will keep you up to date as we know.

Posted by Michelle Darnell | in Darnell History, Hurley | Comments Off on Poor Hurley

The Mission Continues

Jul. 20th 2012

Agent Log 1.2

Hurley, Plantation Dog here.

Mom and Dad are out to dinner so I have a chance to catch up on what is going on with my mission.

The Mission is progressing. We have had lots of humans visit my post, lots of humans like my post and some even went to my family’s Indiegogo site to donate a bone or two and leave comments!

(My favorites are the ones that are done in honor of that human’s special dog or family member)

I even had one done in honor of me! Two bones up for that one!

Thank you!

But our mission isn’t complete yet! We are down to 4 days! We are just a few bones away from $1,000! But here is what I was thinking.

Recently on this Indiegogo site, another human who sells recycled toilet paper had a campaign where he was going to sit on a toilet for 50 hours to raise $50,000.00. And you know what? He did it! Now I don’t think I want to sit on a toilet for 50 hours, but if he can do that in 50 hours, we can raise allot of bones in 4 days! And it won’t be going to buy toilet paper either! It will be going to save three very old, historic buildings located on my plantation!

(it’s going to be my new hide out from my arch enemy, Mille the Cat!)

Millie
Th Cat
Arch Enemy of Hurley

So please, take a moment and go to my family’s site at

http://www.indiegogo.com/bellegroveplantation

and share a few bones for me!

Do it in honor or memory of your favorite human or dog or even

… gulp

… cat.

I will make sure that it will show up on our Patron page for all to see! We can even include a picture of them!

So please don’t just read my post or just like my post…

visit my family’s site and share it with friends!

P.S. I have a video shoot tomorrow so watch for my video debut in the next day or two!

So have a heart and share a bone!

I’m beggin you!

Love and Licks

Posted by Michelle Darnell | in Year of the Virginia Historic Homes | 16 Comments »