Well – it was a good run while it lasted. The e-collar “cone of shame” is back. Hopefully not for a long time. I came home today at lunch to find Max licking his tail. This isn’t out of the ordinary for Max to be licking his tail/groin/paws, but when I looked closer I noticed […]
Finally – almost four weeks after his amputation – Max was allowed to have a bath. Mind you – he was probably not as excited about it as I was. The vet gave us some shampoo, so down to the washtub we went. He was actually pretty good – I think he was tired from […]
After a rough start to our week, Max has turned right around (thank goodness!) I took him to the vet’s this morning (made the appointment on Tuesday when he was not himself at all) and they ran some more tests. We get the test results tomorrow or Monday (they wanted to redo the blood panel […]
Sorry it has been so long since my last post. It was a busy week for us! Max is now all off medications (last antibiotic pill last night), except for his Thyroid medication (and his ear cleaner, but I don’t count that anymore). In the last few days Max has been acting differently. He snores […]
Someone needs to tell Max that he needs to take it easy – because he sure doesn’t agree! At lunch he planted himself by the front door and refused to come back up into the kitchen. He knew what he wanted and he wasn’t budging. Fortunately for me, I can just pick him up and […]
So Max got his sutures out yesterday and took it all like a champ. He didn’t yelp or cry once (although he did fidget a bit and keep turning his head trying to “watch” what the vet was doing). Here is what it looks like two weeks + 1 day post op. I think it […]
Well, the vet said the time would come when Max’s sutures would irritate him, and that time is TODAY! He is constantly trying to scratch around his suture site with his back leg (balance doesn’t always play in his favour) and as soon as his collar comes off, he’s trying to remove the sutures from […]
Max started the day off pretty slow on Saturday – he ate his breakfast and took his meds and refused to go outside. He would go to the door – but he wasn’t going down the stairs. I knew he had to go, so I finally gave in and carried him outside. Surprise! He had […]
WARNING: GRAPHIC PRE-AMPUTATION PHOTO BELOW At the end of May, a lovely little dog found his way to a shelter in Kentucky after he was pulled from a neglectful home (although with the children). He was a 35lb (in a 25lb frame) Brittany/Beagle(?) blend who was estimated to be 5 – 7 years old. This […]