GOOD NEWS

I got an email from the new owners of Heidi (aka Daffodil) yesterday. I just happened to check my junk mail folder and there it was. I dont know why it would have gone there, but I marked them as not junk and wrote back. Heidi is doing great and they love her. She weighed 95 pounds when they took her to the vet on her adoption day. I knew she had grown quite a bit while I had her, but I had no idea she put on 25 pounds! I was floored. She is going to be a BIG girl… weighing 95 at 7½ months — WOW!

I am so relieved that she is settling in well and they love her. They have a vacation planned for Labor Day at their lake house in Michigan. They are looking forward to taking her and watching her run around at he lake. She is going to love it… she has enjoyed herself immensely in my pond so I am sure she will have a great time at the lake.

Hera has been on her new meds for just over 24 hrs and has had 4 doses. The Proin is working like a charm! No puddles since dose 2! I couldn’t believe how well it was working so I called the vets yesterday afternoon to check in with them… he said that the Proin works really fast and is not surprised we have had such great success already. It will be fully effective with in about a week, but I am just ecstatic with how well it has worked so far!

She has been ALOT happier over the past few days, constantly wagging her tail. I know now she must have known what was going on and bothered her even though she tried not to show it. I know that sounds strange, but I truely believe it.

She is allowed to do things like getting up on the couch and bed that she has been scolded for. And she gets to lounge and sleep on her favorite pillow. Last night she even slept in our room not her crate. She was a little too restless for that. She has never really liked sleeping overnight outside of her crate and has a hard time settling down. I think she is a real den girl and prefers the safety of her “den” at night.

Looks like we are going to say good bye to spay incontinence once and for all!

Hera went to the vet this morning. The vet thinks the other vet that told me it was a ureter problem is full of crap. So we did a urinalysis and some blood showed up in her urine. She pee’d twice outside, filled her diaper and sat down in the lobby and the whole thing emptied again. I took her outside, she pee’d more and then again for the vet tech to grab a sample. And we aren’t talking little dribbles… it was a full on bladder evac EACH time. So the vet wanted to do a blood work up to make sure she wasn’t having kidney issues as well with the massive production of diluted urine. The blood work came back normal and the urinalysis showed blood and some white cells. She put her on Clavamox (cha ching cha ching $$) and Proin. The visit cost me $172 Sad But it gave me some piece of mind knowing there is hope for her. The vets thinks there should be marked difference in her peeing with in a week to two. If at the end of the month no change or little change she will try something else (cant remember what it was called - was 3 initials and not HRT). She has lost another 2 pounds since last year. But it was 2 months earlier in the summer and she is soooo active in the summer I am sure that made the difference. She has a voracious appetite and it isn’t like she isn’t getting enough food. The vet thought she looked perfect and didn’t want me to increase her food intake.

Fingers crossed that the combination of the drugs will help her out. She is a great dog, I love her dearly, BUT the pee’ing is SOOO bad and I am at my wits end.

Its been a hot muggy lazy day today. Everyone has been laying around not wanting to go outside. About 4:00 the sky got dark and opened up. The rain came down in buckets and it cooled down. Its still raining and the dogs still don’t want to go out. Zeus has been begging for treats all afternoon. The little mooch!

I got this from a friends blog… I am shocked! I dont consider myself a cat person AT ALL and would rather be with my dogs than anything else in the world. Try it out and see what you most represent

You Are: 50% Dog, 50% Cat

You are a nice blend of cat and dog. You’re playful but not too needy. And you’re friendly but careful. And while you have your moody moments, you’re too happy to stay upset for long.

I cant believe how quickly this week has passed by. We have been so busy around here I haven’t had much time to sit down and update my blog.

First and MOST important, Heidi went to her new forever home on Wednesday afternoon. We drove about an hour to meet the couple half way. They are pleased as punch with her. She went to their vet almost immediately from the adoption to be checked out by “their guy”. The vet gave her a clean bill of health, which I expected since she had been to “my guy” 3 weeks earlier.. lol. Having lost their last one to hip displaysia I can see how they would be very leery and want to make sure they didn’t adopt a dog that was going to have serious hip issues early on. “Their guy” said she was in great shape and very healthy. They seem to really like her and I am sooo pleased. I think this is going to be a PERFECT match for her. I guess that just goes to show that one cant be too careful and holding out for the right family pays off.

Thursday was Brutus and Rufus’s “Gottcha Day” - It has been 2 years since I “got them.” I can’t believe it has been 2 years already. It seems like just yesterday they showed up at my house. I can say that it has been a wonderful 2 years and I am so thankful that I decided to take them on and keep them. I love them so much and they are such an important part of my life. I look forward to MANY MANY more “gottcha day” anniversaries.

Hera is going to the vet Tuesday morning to address her incontinence issues. It has gotten so bad and I am not sure what our options are at this point. We are going to try Proin or Incurin and see if we can help her.

Last Friday Brutus and Rufus got groomed. OMG they looked soooo pretty when I picked them up. They were so soft and smelled so good - they were sooo stinky when I dropped them off. I wanted to keep them pretty for at least a couple of days. I knew Rufus would make a beeline straight for the pond the second I let him out. So, I wanted to prevent this and took them out front on leashes to do their business… they were sooo not impressed. Brutus knew the drill (from his toe incident) and had little problem poo’ing in front of me, but Rufus wasn’t having any part of it. He was so upset and just wouldn’t “go” on the leash. He kept running to the back door and whining, I would take him out front, he wouldn’t go. He wanted to run around and play. So finally Sunday night I just let them go. I figured I had enjoyed their prettiness for 48 hours… ugg. Brutus has stayed out of the pond and of course as I expected Rufus made a beeline and headed straight into the pond. He still looks pretty and only got his legs wet.

Its been sooo hot and humid for the last week that they haven’t wanted to go out and play at all. The temps have been between 95°f and 98°f and with the heat index it has been over 100°f. They go off the deck and pee/poo and come straight back in the house. It has been miserable. Yesterday and today haven’t been as bad, we had storms the day before yesterday. But come tomorrow it is going to get miserable and in the high 90’s again. This summer has sure been a hot one.

I have been pretty bad about keeping my blog updated and checking in on everyone else’s blog. I have been pretty busy with my son’s golf and the dogs. Lets see what I can update on.

Heidi had an appointment with a prospective family last Tuesday. They seemed to like her and she seemed to like them but she was still pretty concerned about what I was doing and not what they were doing. I did tell them that their expectations were a bit high for a rescue. They wanted to call the breeder and see her parents (I have her papers and purchase certificate - they were turned in with her, but that is really rare. Anyone who that is that concerned needs to get a dog from a reputable breeder as they do not understand the principle of rescue). The man was going to have surgery the next day they said they would call me on Thursday to let me know what they decided. When I walked out I told them to just be honest with me and there would be no hard feelings. My main concern was for Heidi’s wellbeing and if it wasn’t a good fit for them, it certainly wouldn’t be for Heidi either. I sent them a nice email on Thursday morning wishing her husband a speedy recovery and thanking them for meeting with us. Well, not too much time passed before I got a short one line response from the woman. She says, they are not ready to get another dog and thanks.

Here is where it gets good… Sunday I went up to Petsmart for food and treats for the dogs. Guess who I see in line with an armload of dog toys. The husband sees me and says hi, the wife turns bright red and tries to shy away. Thats right…. busted - liar liar pants on fire! The night they met Heidi, they went to Zanesville to look at a litter of 8 week old Saint puppies. Well they bought one. That was 2 days BEFORE she sent me the email that they weren’t ready. He gabs on some more and I just tune them out… I was sooo irritated. Not that they didn’t want Heidi (cuz they don’t deserve her) but that she felt she had to lie that way about it. What is the point. How hard is it to just say we decided on getting a younger pup or she just wasn’t right for them.

Later that night I got an email and call from an older couple that have had several saints over the years. They are right around 60 and have no kids, grandkids at home, no other dogs and are very saint savvy. It seemed like a very good possibility. They wanted to come by and visit her on their way to Pennsylvania for vacation. I was somewhat apprehensive that they would even make it because of her luck up until then. Well they came and fell in love with her. They asked me to keep her for 2 weeks while they were on vacation. I am not sure exactly when they will be coming for her but they are going to call and we will set up a meeting half way between my house and theirs. They live about 100 miles south of here. A friend of mine from another rescue did the home visit (she lives down that way) and gave them the ok before they even met Heidi.

So now she is just biding her time here playing with Hera, waiting for her new family to get her. They had a new name picked out for her and I have been trying to get her used to it. Daffodil…. hahahaha (I’ll keep you posted)