Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Today we will be taking Luna back to the opthamologist. Her chronic dry-eye condition needs to be revisited. When we first took Luna to the opthamologist, her left eye scored moderately on a 1-20 scale for lubrication. Her right eye, however, scored a 3 which is terrible. The doctor put her on a series of 3 different medicated eye drops. She had been on only 1 set of drops before, but the vet said that when used in combination the medications seemed to work better. Her tear production then increased up to a 20 in both eyes. We were so pleased.
Well, at the next visit, they dropped her down to 2 different types of drops and then they wanted to see how that worked. When she was re-tested, her left eye remained about the same but the right eye dropped down to an 8. That is not too good especially since she was once a 20! Unfortunately, her right eye is looking even worse and now we must take her back for a checkup to try to get her on the correct balance of medications.
We were so excited when her tear production was off the charts but now things are starting to slip again and it is so difficult to see her little eye all yucky. Even though she never expresses that she is uncomfortable, you know she has to be. She is a little trooper. So, off to the specialist we go. We will let you know the results and keep you posted on the little girl’s condition. Wish us well.
Monday, July 10, 2006
As many of you loyal blog readers know, we hail from Montgomery County, Maryland and for the first few years of the boys’ lives, one of the greatest pleasures we had was taking them to Lake Needwood. Well, recently the northeast was hit with a phenomenal amount of rain and the natural earthen dam at Lake Needwood sprung some leaks and virtually flooded the entire park area. Water flooded the pavilions, raised throughout the hiking trails and covered playgrounds. Now, they are having to drain the lake. Though, we agree with the news reports that “safety is more important than recreation,” it really is tough for us to see photos of our old “stomping grounds” in such a sad state. Many of our most cherished memories are of Lake Needwood. You can view some of the old blog posts.
Moving to Florida was a somewhat difficult decision and friends and family would ask us if we were worried about hurricanes and such. Fortunately, our first year here, we have been very lucky in that the weather has been awesome. On the other hand, it has been difficult seeing that our old home town is struggling with severe rains. So, we just relish the memories and continue to make more happy times.
Friday, July 7, 2006
There is just something about the sand that gets everyone fired up and ready to run. Every time we go to the beach, the pugs run in and out of the water and all around the beach. They run hard and they play hard. In the picture above, Luna is in the process of pouncing on Benny and shortly after she lands, Henry is going to pommel both of them.
Before we adopted Luna they told us that she was just a little girl. I wasn’t concerned at first because I thought it would be cool to have a little one running around and I really didn’t think she would be much smaller than Baby Benny. However, when I met her, all that kept running through my head was this girl is tiny. Both of the boys tower over her! Soaking wet Luna only weighs about 12lbs and Henry has at least 10lbs on her.
After meeting Luna and seeing how tiny she is and knowing how rough the boys play I became very concerned and I was just sure that the boys were going to hurt Luna while everyone was playing. My worries were all put to rest the first moment the three of them started playing. Luna is a spitfire! She is quick, agile, extremely flexible and possibly plays the roughest of the three.
The beach is a great place for her to let loose and burn off some of her energy. The boys just love to have her chase them and I am glad that she doesn’t make it easy on them. She really keeps the boys on their toes.
Wednesday, July 5, 2006
From the moment I took hold of Luna’s leash when we adopted her, I knew that this girl was not used to being walked on a leash. When she is on a leash she just bounds along bobbing and weaving between people and objects paying no mind to the cord that is attached to her back. As a result, she frequently ends up wrapped around things like trees, bushes and fire hydrants.
At the beach the other night, she circled this stick until she ran out of leash. At that point she just stood there looking at us like, “I did it again, can I get a little help over here?” We of course complied.
Her leash skills have improved since we got her, but we definitely still have a lot of work to do with her.
Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Happy Independence Day! Hope everyone has off work and can enjoy the day. We got things kicked off last night by going to the beach. Today we plan on going to a cookout and just spending some time hanging around the house with the boys and Luna.
Happy 4th of July!
Monday, July 3, 2006
As the case against Benjamin, the Cheerio thief, builds new evidence has surfaced - a picture of Benjamin planning his next heist. It seems the little guy really has a thing for Cheerios.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Saying that Benjamin loves pumpkin bread would be a huge understatement. The boy goes crazy for pumpkin bread. He can’t control himself. He has even scratched at the oven door while the bread was baking! And when the bread is cooling on the counter you pretty much have to take him out of the house because he will whine, bark, claw and scratch at the counter to get to the bread.
Whenever anyone has a slice you always have to cut a small sliver for Baby Benny, Henry and Luna. Henry and Luna are very fond of pumpkin bread as well, but not in such a crazy way.
Once it is time for the bread to be put away, you need to be pretty creative. If you just put the bread in the pantry or any other cabinet, Benjamin will spend all of his time whining and barking at the pumpkin bread. The boy has a great nose and if the bread is anywhere in the kitchen he will find it! So we have to resort to hiding the pumpkin bread in odd places around the house, like say in the guest room closet. I’m just waiting for the day when someone comes over and opens a closet in my house and finds a loaf of pumpkin bread sitting in such an odd place. It may take me awhile to explain that one.
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