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Likes: Car rides, walks, treats, cuddling, looking out the windows, laying out in the sun, giving kisses
Pet-Peeves: the doorbell, thunder, the vet's office, baths, nails trimmed, sometimes the cats, SWIMMING!
Favorite Toy: chewing on a bone, ball
Favorite Food: cheese, bones, any canned food, and green beans!
Favorite Walk: I like to go anywhere! I wiggle my bottom like crazy when I see/hear the leash or Mommy says "leash" or "Want to go for a walk?"
Best Tricks: sit, shake, half a roll for roll over, chasing large balls with my nose- I can hit them up in the air and then guide them back to the ground with my nose while running at full speed!
Arrival Story: By Sophie's Mom: I adopted Sophie from the Humane Society in Phoenix. She was approximately 1 1/2 years old at the time and was at the humane society because her "previous owners were moving." She was all curled up in the corner of the kennel and every time I walked by she raised her eyebrows and looked over at me. She was so nervous and scared that a technician had to crawl into the kennel and carry/coax her out. As soon as I brought her to the play area she put her front paws on my lap, leaned forward, and started kissing me. I knew we were meant to be family.
Forums Motto: Sweetpea
The Groups I'm In: PETS for OBAMA, Catster Marketplace, Digital Gift Makers Workshop!, Dogster Marketplace, Muppet's Bucket (HQ-approved fundraiser), Zealie Lotto
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Good news; my biopsy on the growth on my cheek came back benign! And, after 10 days of taking 7 pills a day, I am now down to just my 1 arthritis pill. That's good news because mommy's attempts to hide my pills in yummy cheese and other sneaky things was starting to fail! BOL!
I went back to the ER vet this evening to have my stitches removed. Two funny things happened. When mommy and I were walking into the building, a family with two young (around 4 years old) girls was walking by. When the girls saw me their eyes got big and one of them exclaimed, "Look at that BIG kitty!!!!!!!"
Me, a big kitty? I think not!
And later, as we were leaving, a family with two young boys was arriving at the clinic. The mom said, "Let's go see how our doggie is doing." One of the boys looked over at me and said, "Is that our doggie?"
Ummm, NO, I'm not your doggie! Kids! BOL! They sure are funny!
I've had a rough go of it for the past 24 hours. Late last night, mom was giving me loving and she noticed that the benign cyst on my cheek had ruptured. She took me to the ER vet to get it cleaned and get antibiotics. Unfortunately, once there it was determined that I had a fever and my blood test results came back with abnormal calcium and kidney levels.
As a 14 year old dog, those results were a bit scary. Luckily, my urine analysis showed that my urine was concentrated, not diluted, so I am not in kidney failure. The ER vet ended up removing the growth from my face and giving me fluids. I got to come home late last night (around 3 am) on antibiotics and fluids. Mom had a hard time getting me out of the car and into the house as I am 60 lbs and I couldn't walk.
I had a hard time recovering from the anesthesia but am starting to perk up this afternoon and evening. Mommy even took me a short little walk and that made me feel much better.
There was some talk of the bridge last night but mom and the vet both agreed that I am not even close to being ready to make my journey to the bridge. I have a lot of life and love left in me. We are taking it one day at a time and I expect a lot of extra treats on each one of those days!
It's been awhile since I've updated my diary. I haven't had much Dogster time because I am outnumbered with Catster siblings! Totally unfair! I do love my kitties but I think that our online play time should be divided equally!
Unfortunately, one reason I haven't been on Dogster as much is because my kitten brother * Leo * suddenly became ill with what turned out to be an immune-mediated disease called peripheral neuropathy. Luckily, living in Phoenix we had access to specialty vets and he was seen by a neurologist. The neurologist did a spinal tap and electrophysiology testing and was able to determine that Leo's condition was caused because the electrical messages from his brain were not getting to the nerves in his legs which is why he could no longer stand or walk. He's now on medicine and will hopefully make a full recovery. The power of the paw was in full effect!
I've been doing pretty good lately. I'm hanging in there! It's getting cooler here which means more walks and time outside. I've also developed a sudden interest in kitty food (which is only fair because the kittens are always trying to eat my food!).
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