Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Caption This #93
Henry at home plate. Looking forward to your captions in the comments.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Spoiled Already
Well it sure didn’t take Sol long to become a spoiled little girl. Here she is begging for some of the chicken I am carving. It is pretty much a Sunday ritual. We get the rotisserie chicken from Sam’s club each Sunday and carve it and use it in some form for our lunches that week. Sol has been here for at least 3 Sundays when we do this and she knows what is coming. The girl is quite fond of chicken!
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
Belle is home!
Great news! Belle’s big trip to Canada went very well on Saturday! Here are a few words from her new Mom posted on Pug Village.
Belle is home forever. We just arrived here about an hour ago, and Belle has eaten, strolled in the snow, and is sleeping beside me on the couch. It has been a very long, but wonderful day for all of us. Claudette was so nice, I think she is going to miss Belle a lot. Belle owes her, and Sarina, and everyone on Pugvillage, a great big thank-you. We will send lots of details tomorrow, and thanks again. Joan, John and Belle ps Our little Bella traveled with us to Spokane, and met her sister Belle, and kept her company all the way home
And later the next day, Belle weighed in with her thoughts on her new forever home:
So I have arrived!!! It is cold here, but the house is warm, and I had a good sleep last night, so feeling refreshed and ready for anything. Breakfast was good, but not near enough of it, so I barked and demanded more, and received a few treats in return. Good to know how that works…I will put it in my memory bank. There are lots of pugs here, and all bigger than me, so I am being called Peanut for now, as I have a sister named Bella already. Also, unbelievably there are some here that can’t walk either, and they have wheels! Apparently later today, I am going to be fitted for some of my own. I will send pics later today when it warms up. They keep different time here from Florida. So they were 3 hours late for breakfast, and evidently spring is going to be really late as well. But I like the snow, and as long as I am not out too long, it is quite fun. When I am ready to go back in, I just pull mum at full speed, and away we go!!!
Want to than each and every one of you who made this all possible. there are so many of you that kept track of me and prayed for me, and planned and donated for my trip. Particular thanks to the Ellzays, Sarina, and Claudette. These are the people I know by name, but it too so many more of you to literally save my life.
Have to go and snooze now, it seems to be snuggle time, and I don’t want to miss that! I will write later today, and send pics.
Love Belle aka Peanut
Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible. All the wonderful readers of OBP raised $440 to help Belle make the trip to her forever home! I have drawn the raffle winner and sent the lucky winner an email. As soon as I hear back from them I will announce the winner on the blog. Thanks again!
Update: Here are some picture of Belle in her new forever home.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Flashback
This week’s flashback: Are you crazy? No, just a Luna-tic
Hard to believe that we are coming up on the 3 year anniversary of Luna’s adoption. Things didn’t turn out to be quite as simple as I had originally posted, but I wouldn’t change a thing. I sure do love that spunky, little girl.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Ladies Day at the Vet
Last Friday, we took Sol & Luna to the vet. Luna was going in for her annual exam and shots and Sol was going in for a thorough checkup, shots, microchipping, blood work and an overall evaluation on her current health.
Luna went first, took her shots like a champ and got a great report for annual checkup. Her blood work came back fine, her heart sounded good and everything appeared to be in working order. Her eyes continue to be her weak area and while they are by no means normal, we are doing the best we can to maintain her tear production and keep her vision from getting worse. She will be going to the ophthalmologist in a about a month to get her eye checkup.
Sol was up next and she was very well behaved while on the table. The doctor estimated her age to be between 10 - 12 years old (probably closer to the 12 end of the spectrum than the 10). We had a complete Senior blood work panel ran for her and received her results earlier this week. We were very relieved to find out that everything was in the normal range. From her exam, we learned that she doesn’t have any chronic issues, just some of the normal issue that can occur with aging. She has moderate arthritis in her hips and lower back. We will be putting her on Synovi soft chews (the same thing that Henry takes) to help with the arthritis for now. One day she may need to go on medication for her arthritis, but for now it is not necessary. She has a cataract in her one eye which impacts her vision a bit (mainly depth perception). And one of the things that hit me the hardest is that she is almost completely deaf. I had a sneaking suspicion that she didn’t hear very well, but the vet confirmed it with a little hearing test. She had virtually no response to the test.
She will be going in for a much needed dental in February and while under she will have the growth on her eyelid removed. I was worried about putting her under for a dental considering her age, but the vet assured us that she has no health issues that would make putting her under for a dental troublesome.
We are very relieved to find out that Sol does not have any pressing health issues other than those associated with aging. Her cataract is concerning, but I feel like we are very prepared to handle that issue. Luna has taught us a thing or two about caring for eye issues and we have a very good relationship with Luna’s eye specialists. When we take Luna in for her checkup in a month, we will take Sol and have her eyes looked at as well. I will be relieved to have a better understanding of her current situation and I would feel more comfortable having a baseline so that we can monitor things over the coming years.
The thing that has been weighing on my mind the most is her hearing. A deaf dog is new to me and I have been trying to digest as much information as humanly possible on the best ways to communicate with Sol and make her feel comfortable. Its hard because my only office mates are pugs and I pretty much talk to them all day long. Benjamin, Henry & Luna rely heavily on verbal cues and come on my whistle without fail. Even the cat comes on my whistle - most of the time. She is a cat after all.
My main worry is that one day she will be without two main senses - hearing and sight. Even though her vision is not great now, it is still a huge asset for her. Around the house, I don’t worry so much. Everything is pretty much dog proof and she can’t really get into to much trouble. However, I worry when taking her out for walks. I know that Luna’s lack of vision has gotten her into trouble a few times in the past and I worry that Sol’s lack of hearing puts her at a huge disadvantage when out and about.
The good news is that these are all my worries. Sol gets along very well. She isn’t timid at all when on our walks and is learning to trust and take cues from the boys and Luna.
I know I am going to learn a lot from this little girl.
Oh, and if you are wondering why we are taking Sol to our vet and planning on taking her to the ophthalmologist, check this out. Come on, you didn’t really think we weren’t going to be foster failures, did you?
Thursday, January 22, 2009
An Update on Belle
Great news! So far we have raised $305 for Belle trip to her new forever home. With your support and the support of pug lovers everywhere, Belle will begin her journey to her new forever home on Saturday. On Saturday morning she will fly to Washington state with her foster Mom who will assure that she has a very safe and comfortable flight. Once in Washington, she will cross the border into Canada. As soon as I have an update on her trip I will let you know.
As for the raffle and calendar offer, I will keep it open through Friday. I will draw a winner this weekend and as soon as I have heard back from the winner I will announce the lucky winner. Sarina, from Central Florida Pug Rescue, was also kind enough to sweeten the raffle pot. She has donated a pug rag quilt that she made. The raffle winner will receive the quilt along with the other goodies previously mentioned. So there is still time to enter the raffle. If the funds do not go directly to Belle’s travel they will most certainly be used to help another pug in need. If you do donate, just make sure to send your receipt to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) so that I can enter you in the raffle and get your calendar mailed out if you donate $20 or more.
Make a Donation to CFPR for Belle’s Homecoming
I would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone. Once again you pulled through in the clutch and I could never thank you guys enough.
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