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My dog is STILL sick

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Our dog Midnight has been sick for the past couple of weeks, overall, she hasn’t been too bad but she’s just not herself. We took her to the vet about three weeks ago and she was on medicine and she was a lot better for about a week and then she started going slowly downhill again. Then I noticed today that she was getting quite a bit sicker again so we called the vet and he was able to fit us in today.

The veterinarian decided on a very conservative treatment just changing her diet a little bit, doing a stool culture, and every time she’s outside we’re supposed to put a basket like muzzle on her face so that she can’t eat anything while she’s walking around just in case she’s munching on things that might be making her sick. She does eat the grass when she’s outside but we don’t let her get at anything else. We watch her very carefully when she’s outside. I’m pretty sure she’s not eating anything other than grass and maybe a few weeds that are mixed up in it but who knows maybe it’s the grass that irritating her.

The vet also said it could just be the heat that is making her so ill. Since it’s been so hot in the last few weeks we’ve been taking her on shorter walks and we do have air conditioning so she has been exposed to very little heat, but the vet still think she could be feeling and reacting to it.

I’m certainly hoping this treatment works, or that she just snaps out of it. I hate being worried about my baby.

While we were waiting for our appointment. I was looking around the office and I noticed that there was some pamphlets marked donate real estate to charity I’ve certainly never heard of that. Have you? I mean, I know that you can probably donate real estate charity, but I didn’t know there was a whole organization dedicated to it. I guess that makes sense.

Anyway, I mostly just looked at the little kittens that were in the office and browsed through the animal magazines while we waited for the appointment. I could tell my dog wasn’t quite herself because she didn’t even bark at the kittens. That’s totally not like her, although I’m sure the kittens appreciated her not barking.

Here’s hoping that Midnight gets better soon! I’m sure our home renovations and visiting relatives don’t help either -all the excitement and all.





Here doggy doggy!

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I got some unexpected exercise this afternoon. Just when my husband was about to go to work he opened the door and we both saw a scruffy little dog running loose on the other side of the street. I just hate seeing a stray dog in my neighborhood. I always worry that the dog is going to end up getting hit by a car since the street I live on is fairly busy.


I decided to try to catch the dog if I could. Usually when I’ve seen a dog on the loose in the past the owner isn’t too far behind. So I put on my coat and grabbed one of my dogs leashes and off I went in the direction that I’d last seen the dog run in. As I walked down the street I caught sight of the dog running across the street in front of a car. I cringed – but luckily it made it safely across.

It took me a few blocks, but I managed to start to catch up to the little dog. Naturally just as I did it turned down a side street and went off towards some Housing for seniors. That was actually better because it was a quieter street so it was safer for the dog if it started to run across the road again.

I did manage to get close to the dog. Not close enough to pet it or to put a leash on it. I think I would have gained it’s trust but it’s owners finally appeared and the dog ran to them. They were nice and they thanked me for trying to help their dog. They said their dog slipped out when they opened the door to get the paper. Hopefully that doesn’t happen too often!

Do you ever worry when you see loose dogs running around your neighborhood? Do you try to go out and help them like I did?

Long walks with my dog

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I’ve been walking my dog a lot more lately. We’ve been taking long long walks through the neighborhood. It’s interesting to see the different neighborhoods and areas that are within walking distance of my house.

The other day, Boxing Day (Dec 26th) one of the biggest shopping days we have here in Canada, I decided to take a walk up to what is called “The Danforth”. It’s not all that far from where I live – maybe a mile or so. My goal was a particular pet store. You see I thought I’d lost my dogs favorite bone over the holidays and I wanted to replace it as quickly as possible before she noticed. She plays with her bone pretty much all day so it would be tragic for it to be missing!

So … I got my dog ready and off we went for our walk. It was about 4:30 in the afternoon. I was pretty sure the store would be open …. but once we got to the store I could see it was closed. I couldn’t believe it. There was a sign on the door that it was only open that day from 10 to 3 pm! The biggest shopping day of the year and they were only open for five hours? Very strange.

Oh well – my dog and I got our exercise that day. Good thing too because there was a snow storm (the first in this area!) the next day and it was way too cold for a long walk. Oh and I found her bone the next day as well. We also saw some strange things on our route home. I know people travel long distances when they visit at Christmas but you don’t usually see trucks marked pool fence az on the street. Someone obviously had a visitor from Arizona for Christmas.

Hopefully you had a nice Christmas or holiday season. Mine was quite different from normal – not in a good way unfortunately …

My Dog has a Sore Toe

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My dog seems to have something wrong with one of her back toes. I’m not sure exactly what’s happened to it. It’s red and raw looking above the nail area on the outside of her paw. It sure doesn’t help that she keeps licking it. I’m sure that is making it more irritated and swollen looking.

I’ve been wondering if it’s the way she walks when my husband takes her on long walks that’s the problem. He walks he with a short leash and she tends to pull a lot and I’ve been wondering if by the end of the walk if she drags her foot or if her hips are acting up at all. I don’t usually go on these walks so I don’t get a chance to observe her gait but maybe the next time he takes her on an extra long walk I’ll try to go or at least get him to let me know when they are getting close to home so I can watch my dog walk and see if there is a problem with either using the short leash or with her walk.

In the mean time .. I have to figure out how to treat her toe. Too bad I can’t put one of these comfortable looking easy spirit shoes one her feet! She’d love that. LOL

I was thinking of getting some kling wrap and using that on her foot. I’d put some antibiotic ointment on the wound, then some gauze, and then after that I’d wrap her foot in the kling wrap. I think it would hold and that she wouldn’t be able to get it off to easily.

Any other ideas?

My dog is so spoiled!

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I think by now everyone in our neighborhood knows our dog Midnight. Luckily it’s a fairly dog friendly neighborhood as there are quite a few people around with dogs of their own. Our Lab seems to be well liked by most people that meet her – and I’m thankful for that. Of course she’s a friendly girl and I’ve tried my best to train her well.

I think our dog has been getting spoiled lately.  Naturally she’s just loving every minute of it.  About three months ago we found a very nice round dog bed and we put it in our bedroom for her to use whenever she’s upstairs and she just loves it.  Whenever she comes upstairs she goes in each room – two spare rooms and the main bedroom and jumps on each bed, and then she jumps down and rolls around on her doggy bed.  I guess it’s no wonder that I’ve nicknamed her “Goldy Locks” what with her trying out all the beds to see which one she likes best. LOL

Just like the information listed above, my dog must have her favorite toy. I think she has it with her pretty much wherever she goes in the house.  She tries to bring it outside with her too .. but when she has brought it outside she’s tried to bury it so we don’t let her bring her favorite bone outdoors too often.  I’m sure she’d freak out if she lost it!

Do you spend a lot of time with your dog or cat?  Do you pamper your pet too?  Tell me what you do with your pet.

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