The troubles of a little black and white Shih Tzu

I am having really bad allergies. Worse than ever before. So, a couple of months ago, Mom took me to see my favorite Vet. At first, I also had a skin infection and I had to every week for a SHOT!!! Then they put me on a pill and I had to go once a week for a medicated bath. But, I was still itchy. So they put me on 2 pills, one is VERY expensive and I still had to go in for baths every week. I guess I was getting better but I am still itchy. Then on top of that, mom noticed that my right eye was red and swollen and draining icky stuff, so back I went to the vet. She looked and put stinging drops in my eye and found a scratch on my cornea. I had to go home with drops in my eye every 2 hours. I didn't like that at all. After 2 days, it wasn't better so back I went. This time my vet looked and looked, the scratch was gone but my eye wasn't better. She couldn't find anything go she gave me a different medicine. I still wasn't getting better, so back I went again. After a little shot I got very sleepy and they did an extensive search looking for a foriegn object and guess what? They found a FOXTAIL in the top corner of my eye barely polking out of my eye under the top eye lid. The vet pulled it out and it was all bloody. My eye is all better now. My allergies are still bad but better.

My mom thinks I cost too much but she loves me.

I came close to dying

I did a really bad thing. I was chewing on a small rawhide bone and all of a sudden I couldn't breath. I started to choke and I ran to mom. I couldn't breath. I was very scared. Thank doG my mom is a nurse, a people nurse, but she knew what to do. She shoved her finger down my throat, she could feel it stuck there but she couldn't reach it with her finger so she shoved it down and I could breath a little better. I didn't mean to bite her so hard but I was so scared and even though mom was bleeding she didn't stop trying to save me.

She scooped me up and drove so fast to my vet and when I got there they rushed me in the back. I felt safe there because I love my vet. They took a picture of me and the bone was in my stomach but it was the whole knot end of the bone. So the vet put a needle in my leg and put medicine in it to make me throw up. I threw up the whole thing.

I'm alive!!!!

PLEASE DON'T GIVE YOUR DOGS RAWHIDE BONES!!!

I'll eat anything

Mom is very upset with me. You see, my sister Jenny is a terrier and her natural instinct is to hunt rodents and she is very good at it. Well the other day, she brought a mouse in the house, it was already dead so she just left it on the floor. Well, I have never seen one of those mouse things before, so I went over to it, smelled it and picked it up in my mouth. Mom started freaking out and yelled at me to drop it, but instead, I swallowed it whole. Well, Mom started really freaking out but it was too late.

She called my doctor and the doctor told her not to worry, she told Mom that I would probably throw it up, which I did a while later.

Mom says I will eat anything but I don't think I want to try another one of those mouse things.

Walk for the Animals

Today, mom took me and Milo to the Humane Society's walk for the animals. Oh my doG, there were hundreds of dogs there. Every breed, every shape and size. I had sooo much fun seeing all the people. You see, I like people more than other dogs. I just said hi to everyone that would pay attention to me and because I am so cute, lots of people said hi to me. Milo too, but he seemed more intrested in smelling the ground and the trash cans and the benches and every where else the other dogs peed.

I can't wait until next year.

My vet visit

I'm healthy!!!!

I went to the dog doctor and I'm healthy. I do have a problem with my eyes but it isn't a big deal. My tear ducts aren't open and my eyes water all the time. So, I am of a special eye drop that hopefully open them.

That's all!!

My first week....

....in my forever home. I am having such a good time. My new brother and sister have a ton of squeeky toys and I have rounded up each and everyone of them and put them in a big pile in the living room,so when Mom came home from work, she was very surprised and then she started to laugh. I'm so glad she wasn't mad.

I also had to go the the groomer but I didn't mind cause I was uncomfortable with the mats in my hair and I feel better that they are gone.

Tomarrow, I have to go the the vet for a check up. Mom says it's free because she got me from the shelter. She promised that I won't get any shots.

My new sister Jenny is a little set in her ways cause she is older but I think we are getting used to each other. I think she thinks I'm cute. My new brother Milo sort of looks like me. He is much bigger though. He likes to play with me.

I write more later about my visit to the vet.