We took the bandage off Melody’s foot about 48 hours after her surgery to amputate a front, outer (pinky) toe. We were already prepared for what it would look like since another one of our hounds, Bucky, came to us with the same toe missing….but, it was still a little bit of a shock!...
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We’re a couple days out from Echo’s minor surgery to repair an ear tip that Peanut bit off. She’s weaned off the tramadol now and was pretty much back to her usual, upbeat self within 24 hours. The vet did a fantastic job cleaning the ear up and I don’t anticipate any issues with...
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While Echo’s ear amputation was most definitely not planned, this surgery actually was. Melody suffered a pretty bad toe injury while running in the ASFA International Invitational in the summer of 2007 where she pretty much destroyed every ligament in her front left “pinky” toe and severely dislocated the toe next to it as...
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A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about a movie everyone needs to watch called Food, Inc. I’m sure you all scrambled to add it to your NetFlix queue. If you haven’t seen it yet, you really, really need to take the hour or so and educate your brain on the world of...
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I was working out this morning and, as usual, brought some hounds with me so they could work over some raw bones. I finished working out, picked up the bones and was getting ready to head back up to the house when Peanut decided to take one more look around one of the crates...
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I try to stay out of craigslist – especially the pet section. The indifference and irresponsibility regularly encountered are maddening, to put it lightly. I popped in this morning to see if there was anything interesting listed under Sporting Goods (nope) and like a moth to the flame, I just couldn’t resist clicking over...
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Ken is finally home after a week in Texas visiting friends and family. With him out of town (Prajna and Wuzho in tow to keep him company), I had the pack all to myself to take care of. Not too big of a deal and we got through it just fine…and I think a...
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He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
You are his life, his love, his leader.
He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion
“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson