Most hot days....Petey jumps in the pond to cool off. There is no other dog on the face of this earth that I would allow to do that. I didn't even let my sons play in my pond and disturb the creatures that call it home!
May 21, 2010
Most hot days....Petey jumps in the pond to cool off. There is no other dog on the face of this earth that I would allow to do that. I didn't even let my sons play in my pond and disturb the creatures that call it home!
Love these pictures!
Back a couple of months ago I was rehabbing eight baby squirrels and poor Petey was dying to get in the room with them. Sometimes I'd allow him in to see them, afterwards he would lay at the top of the stairway and look so sad....as if he was saying *mommy please? can't I see the baby squirrels?, I promise I won't eat them!*
May 16, 2010
Gorgeous Sunday! Took my prince out for a nice long hike up to Cascade Lake Park. He had fun as always. He swam, ran along scent trails and thoroughly enjoyed every moment he was out there.
May 10, 2010
A FAITHFUL DOG
A Faithful Dog Will Play With You
And Laugh With You -Or Cry-
He'll Gladly Starve To Stay With You
Nor Ever Reason Why,
And When You're Feeling Out Of Sorts
Somehow He'll Understand
He'll Watch You With His Shining Eyes
And Try To Lick Your Hand.
His Blind, Implicit Faith In You
Is Matched By His Great Love -
The Kind That All Of Us Should Have
In The Master, Up Above.
When Everything Is Said And Done
I Guess This Isn't Odd
For When You Spell "Dog" Backwards
You Get The Name Of God.
April 27, 2010
Took Petey down to Garden State Veterinary Specialists to see Dr. Goodwin the Cardiologist, as per the recommendation of another Dobe owner, veterinarian. She is seeing him for her own Dobe who has DCM too. It was a two hour drive. I was very pleased with the care we received there, well worth the long drive. Petey behaved himself completely. He was given a new Echo-cardiogram, and they let me stay in there with him. Dr. Goodwin found that his disease has progressed. He is now six months to a year away from heart failure, but still considered to be in the occult stage of DCM. Dr. Goodwin put Petey on four different medications, two of them diuretics. I am very happy that Dr. Goodwin is treating the DCM more aggressively. We wasted the last five months not medicating Petey. He showed me a scale to give me an idea where Petey's disease is right now, 0 being a healthy heart and 2 being in heart failure, Petey is at 1.4 now. Hopefully the medications slow down the progression.
April 23, 2010
I've spent the last 4 months consumed with my boy and his illness. Worrying about his potential shortened life, when he will leave me, how much will he suffer, will I give him a proper quality life and why ME being given another sick dog? Tonight as I entered my walk in closet to get ready for bed, I looked at a group of pictures of all my past dogs. I have a memorial set up on my dresser, weird? IDK...we have pictures of dead relatives all over the place, but our beloved dogs...most people don't. They all have meant so much to me. I even have the collar of my first dog buttons. Dogs make my world whole and right. Petey is no different then those that have come before him. I decided tonight that although I had hoped for more then a decade with my GORGEOUS boy...I have no control over how long his life will be. He will be with me for how ever long he is suppose to be, I need to stop torturing myself and thinking I can control his illness and stop the heart disease. Every moment with him is precious and he has given me the gift of not wasting any of it. I truly love Petey more then any dog I've ever had in my life. I hope we have many years together left but if we don't I know in my heart...it has been a quality life for the two of us, and I am so thankful that he was mine for what ever time we have! I love you Petey!
Work 4/7/10
Petey loves going to work with me and he is so well behaved now. I love having him by my side the entire day. It makes work so much more fun.
Happy Easter!
We spent Easter Sunday up in New Paltz with our oldest son. I decided to take Petey along. He and I walked the Rail Trail, while the others rode their bikes on it. Petey enjoyed going to J's apartment, after our walk he watched out the window waiting for his daddy to return. Poor Petey had to wait in the car while we had a lovely dinner at an excellent restaurant that J picked out.
March 28, 2010
This is a daily ritual at our house, no one can walk past Petey and not cover him up with blankies.
Presidents weekend
Bobby and the boys took their annual Dirtbike trip to GA so Petey and I spent some time birdwatching. We had a nice quiet long weekend.
January 15, 2010
Petey had another Holter monitor done at Orchard Grove Animal Hospital. His results weren't too bad, only 35 total PVCs. His heart is still functioning pretty good at this point.
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