I'm gonna git this

I'm gonna get this Kindle!

Oh My Dog!

Thanks to all my new furriends for the awesome supportive words and gifts. I think it might take a few to get through them all, but I see them and wow! It's awesome and what a great feeling. You all are the best...thanks for the love and support!

The Bridge

Zach's mom here...we had to let Zach go last night at 11:50 p.m. His heart was in pretty bad shape and he reached the point where he couldn't even get up to go to his water bowl without having a panting attack and passing out. We could have had him go through a battery of tests to figure out exactly what was wrong, with maybe, maybe a chance of having him two more weeks. But we didn't want to put him through all that...and having him two more weeks would have just been selfish on our part. So we made the decision to let him go. It was the hardest decision we ever had to make.

He was such a good friend: he taught me more about dogs, people and myself, more than I ever expected of a 50 pound furrball. I am honored to have had him, know him, and love him.

Zachie, if you can hear me, I hope you have finally caught that bunny. Have fun on the other side. You can do anything you want, eat anything you want, chase anything you want, smell things as long as you want. I've heard that there are others there already waiting to meet you. Think of it as a long vacation at doggie daycare, and I promise that some day we'll meet you there.

Wowzers!

I currently have over 100 requests to be pals....over 100!!!!! I feel so cool! Only problem is, mom is busy hogging the computer working, so I haven't been able to respond yet. But I will and can't wait to see who all my new furriends will be....yay! Thanks everybody...you ALL made my day! :D

Oh My Dawg!

I am Dog of the Day?! WOW...what an honor and how exciting! I am getting so many gifts and so many pup pal requests! This is totally amazing! Thank you thank you so much to all my furrriends! Reading all the messages has really made me feel so good and I have to say that I really believe in the Power of the Paw! :D

I am doing pretty well right now. I am getting back to eating pretty regularly (new favorite is scrambled eggs and chicken...yum!) and we go on short, easy walks. I know I have to take it easy, but so far so good!

Thanks again everyone! YAY!

Off the heart meds...

So we bailed on those heart meds...not sure how much it was doing for me except that I felt icky and didn't want food (me not want food? Preposterous!). Having been off the medication for a full 24 hours now, I am starting to feel hungry again and had some scrambled eggs and hot dogs for breakfast. Mmmm...I remember why I like food again!

Thanks to all furriends sending me good wishes. Felt 'em! And much appreciated!

I'm like an old man - I'm on heart medication (oh wait, I AM an old man)

So I had some panting issues a few weeks ago: if I overexerted myself, I'd pant really really hard to the point of passing out and sometimes having a little accident afterwards. It made walking around really hard and after these fainting spells, I always felt kinda annoyed it happened.
I went to the vet and she took some chest xrays. They found some fluid in my lungs, and that my heart was longer and wider than it should be. I'm on some meds now: Enalapril (heart medication) and Furosemide (medication to clear the fluid in my lungs).
Though my panting attacks have subsided, the meds make me wanna pee alot (so I'm kinda leaking everywhere) and I'm not too hungry. I've been offered rotisserie chicken, hot dogs, hamburger, cottage cheese, fried chicken, you name it. I'll eat a little, but honestly, I don't feel that hungry.
Not sure what's going on, but I know that I'm pretty old. Maybe this heart medication is not a great idea, and is making me lose my appetite. I'll probably stop taking that and see how I feel...

Thanks to Miss Madhi (bless her) for the booties

This is a long overdue diary entry, but special thanks to Lucy's mom for giving us Miss Madhi's old Neopaws booties. They totally help me walk better! I've been dragging my hind feet around because of the arthritis in my hips. That was wearing my toe nails down to the quick and I scrapped one toe pretty bad. These Neopaw booties protect my feet and are great. I've worn them for a couple of months now, but might need something that reinforces the toe a little better.

Chicken, chicken and more chicken

So after having an upset stomach on and off for two months, I am trying something new in my diet that seems to be helping (knock on wood). My vet tells me that at my age, I may have trouble keeping the "good bacteria" in my system. And so to help that, I am taking Acidophilus, which helps in digestion and doing just that: keeping the good bacteria. Mom finds it in the human vitamin section of the pharmacy, and it's a chewable strawberry flavor...yum!

And of course, because mom is a big sucker, I now get to eat chicken every day with my dog food. She got fed up with me after I starved myself for two days for it. I guess that stressed her out. But now I get my chicken every day! Muahahaha...I'm so smart!

I'm okay!

So I was a little under the weather the other day, but am feeling much better now. Went to the vet and got some meds and fluids...mmmm.....fluids. And then went home and mom made chicken and rice. she's such a sucker. I'm going to hold out as long as I can for that chicken!