Saturday 27 October 2012
Saturday 20 October 2012
Homecoming
The scary day arrived and it was time to bring baby Chance home. I took a friend with my for puppy cuddling duties on the way home and we set off to start this new chapter with a tiny little bundle of black fur!
Joint hellos with Auntie H.
Teeny tiny puppy!
Synchronised sleeping.
Its a big scary world out there!
The grass is nearly up to my belly!
Hello big sister - want to play?
Settling for a more gentle getting to know each other.
Joint hellos with Auntie H.
Saturday 13 October 2012
Poorly girl
Molly has had a few episodes where she has been sick or off her food - and generally a trip to the vets for some injections has sorted her out - but not this time. She had been a bit off colour and quiet for a couple of days but started to be sick Thursday night as we went to bed and was sick all through the night. We got to the vets first thing in the morning and she had some injections but the vet warned if she was not drinking by lunchtime they needed to see her again as she would be getting dehydrated.
By lunchtime she was still very sad and quiet and not drinking so back to the vets and they admitted her to put her on a drip. That evening she was still judged not well enough so I moved her to the emergency vets overnight. When I went to pick her up in the morning the vets were not totally happy with her so asked me to take her back to my regular vets for their opinion. We went there and they said I could take her home but needed to bring her back if she was still not well later on. As soon as we got home she was sick - hmmmm. She was exhausted from being in the emergency vets - apparently there was a dog who cried all night and didn't settle - called Molly. We stayed home for a few hours for her to get some sleep but she was still being sick so back to regular vets and then back to emergency vets overnight again.
On Sunday morning the vet reported she had once again not slept but had not been sick overnight until once just before I had phoned! She said it was my choice about picking her up or leaving her there and of course I went to get her. Not a great start when she was sick again in reception as soon as they bought her out but she was being sick less so I kept her out all day.
On Monday I gave her tiny amounts of food every hour or so and she kept that down - very skinny and tired but finally doing better.
She had a blood test when first ill and the results indicated probably pancreatitis - so a huge change in her diet needed to low fat to keep her well.
By lunchtime she was still very sad and quiet and not drinking so back to the vets and they admitted her to put her on a drip. That evening she was still judged not well enough so I moved her to the emergency vets overnight. When I went to pick her up in the morning the vets were not totally happy with her so asked me to take her back to my regular vets for their opinion. We went there and they said I could take her home but needed to bring her back if she was still not well later on. As soon as we got home she was sick - hmmmm. She was exhausted from being in the emergency vets - apparently there was a dog who cried all night and didn't settle - called Molly. We stayed home for a few hours for her to get some sleep but she was still being sick so back to regular vets and then back to emergency vets overnight again.
On Sunday morning the vet reported she had once again not slept but had not been sick overnight until once just before I had phoned! She said it was my choice about picking her up or leaving her there and of course I went to get her. Not a great start when she was sick again in reception as soon as they bought her out but she was being sick less so I kept her out all day.
On Monday I gave her tiny amounts of food every hour or so and she kept that down - very skinny and tired but finally doing better.
She had a blood test when first ill and the results indicated probably pancreatitis - so a huge change in her diet needed to low fat to keep her well.
Thursday 4 October 2012
Taking a Chance
I will freely admit to not being a risk taker and generally let life plod along rather than try new things. So when a friend had a litter of puppies there was no way I was going to have one .......
....... sometimes though other people know better and my friend decided that not only was I having one - she picked her for me and I was introduced to my future puppy. Pups were born on 28th August 2012.
I was not totally convinced that Molly was going to accept a new puppy into our life together but agreed to give it a go and see how we got on.
As Molly was going to the house where the pups were we agreed to do early introductions so by the time puppy came home Molly was at least slightly familiar with her.
Here Molly meets her new sister for the first time. I felt pup needed a name which meant something and as my first ever puppy (I have always taken older recycled dogs) the name Chance just seemed to fit.
....... sometimes though other people know better and my friend decided that not only was I having one - she picked her for me and I was introduced to my future puppy. Pups were born on 28th August 2012.
As Molly was going to the house where the pups were we agreed to do early introductions so by the time puppy came home Molly was at least slightly familiar with her.
Here Molly meets her new sister for the first time. I felt pup needed a name which meant something and as my first ever puppy (I have always taken older recycled dogs) the name Chance just seemed to fit.
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