A giant turtle The other super sized patient I wanted to share with you from the recent large visitors to the hospital was a turtle. As some of you may know, either from older posts or close observation of some of the photos, I have two water turtles. They’re both female, both 25 years old,…
Frisbee the Morgan Dog Morgan style dogs were around in the late 50s through the 70s (at least). They were very popular in the 60s. My mom has one that was brown from the 60s, and when I was little I had my own pink Morgan dog. There’s a photo somewhere of me sitting on…
Muttsys Have you ever seen muttsy dogs? I may have talked about some here. Most are a tannish color, about 15″ long, with faux suede pawpads. They look like they’re reaching their arms up to be hugged when they are young. They’re never really plump… they’re a skinnier breed. Well, today I thought I’d tell…
Mimming from Singapore A couple months ago I received an email from Mimming’s person in Singapore. Mimming is an almost 40 year old teddy bear, and she’s been very well loved… and hugged. This is what Mimming looked like when she was young: And this is what she looked like at the start of 2023:…
Psychedelic Dragon to brighten your day This dragon came to the stuffed animal hospital for repair and cleaning. He’s rainbow bright and a happy story with a great transformation. 🙂 The dragon’s person first called, then wrote: Hi! I talked with Beth yesterday about my 50 year old psychedelic dragon. I have enclosed pictures,…
There once was a teddy bear… There once was a bear from Oakland, who’d lost his arms and his nose in the past. He flew across the Bay to have his wounds repaired. Here’s Teddy on arrival at the teddy bear repair hospital: Not only was his nose missing, but he originally had a little…
Chubby aka Chubbs (the cow) Chubby’s an avid cycler. She rides far and wide with her human family. They wrote: Our cow, Chubby (full name: Chubby Cow Bra – named after her first mountain bike ride in 2006; the Chupacabra Race), has spent the last 11 years riding mountain bikes with my wife and me….
George the Bunny George was in the hospital for over a month. He is a very little blue bunny, maybe 5 inches tall when he’s sitting. He is in his thirties and was a victim, as his person said, of “an extreme dog mauling”. This is what George looked like when he arrived at the…
Kitty’s Burns Stuffed animals and dolls get burnt in many ways. Some are in fires. Some get burnt in the dryer, or with a blow dryer, in an attempt to dry them after a wash. But another common burn is from a lightbulb. Sometimes, you catch the burn early, so there’s just a touch of…
A teddy bear story Hi all! I hope you are all safe and doing well! This teddy bear is over 30 years old and his person felt he could use some tlc. Here are the diagnosis photos she sent: Not too bad, but clearly well loved. I offered several treatments, from just recovering his missing…