Healthy Heart

Hi all! Well the subject pretty much says it all. Holly had good results at her DCM screening. Everything came back normal. Yay! Normal! One simple word can cause such joy and relief. And she was such a good girl during the whole process. We got to stay for what they did, so she had her daddy with her all the time. It was a very long day. An 8 hour round trip drive. We were in and out of the hospital in about 45 minutes. Since we got done so fast we (or I should say I) decided to stop and visit my childhood bff who lives in Gainesville. We stayed and chatted for about an hour then got back on the road. We were gone about 12 hours. Here's a few pics.

Here we are first thing in the morning. Lucas came along because

we were going to be gone too long. He enjoyed the ride.

Holly after everything was done.

Holly and my childhood friend. She loves animals too.

Lucas had another recheck on his chest x-rays this morning. There was change in them (a little more white haze in them). Nothing significant, but obvious change. I had 2 options, recheck again in 2 months or do the BAL test. I chose to do the test which he will have done in 3 weeks. She said I could wait but I feel like I don't want it to get worse before it gets better. And even though there's a chance the results will come back showing nothing, I feel like it should be done at this point. He's getting up there in age and as much as I don't want him to be knocked out, I figured the younger the better. I was hoping it was at the point where it was just scarring showing up, but because there is a difference from the last one she feels it is something else going on. We can only hope for the best, and also hope that we get results from the test which will be easily treatable with medication.


Tomorrow the rescue guy is coming over so he can have my husband do some minor work on his minivan, new belts, oil change and such. He's bringing a couple dogs with him for potential homes. Fingers crossed he goes home with one or two less dogs. Just hope it won't be a long day tomorrow as I still have much to do around the house. Always seems like chaos when he comes, with the extra dog or two with him.


Well I hope everyone enjoys their Sunday. Leaving you with a pic of the boys from the other night. 

Off My Hiatus

I'm thinking life just got busy, sometimes overwhelmed, and I just couldn't get myself to sit down and post. Too much to go through to catch up, so we'll start from here.

Pugsley still has his "butt" issues, so the other week I took a stool sample in to have them send out to test for other things besides parasites. They finally just called me Friday and told me it came back that he has Clostridium perfringens. I had to Google it, so feel free. Basically it's a bacterial infection. Now he's on meds for 2 weeks and I'm hoping it well help some. I'm so tired of his poopy butt, but I'm sure he is more.

I signed Holly up for a free DCM screening for Dobermans at the University of Florida. I haven't had one done on her yet, and just on the cost of the ultrasound itself, it'll definitely be worth the 4 hour trip to Gainesville. Just 2 tanks of gas vs. the cost of everything I would normally pay. Couldn't pass it up. We go this Tuesday for a 12:30 appointment. Hubby is coming in case I get tired driving on the way home. Also bringing Lucas because it would be too long to leave him home all day. Lucas' age is not within the requirements or else we'd have him done too. He'll enjoy the ride. If anyone has a Doberman, I highly suggest you email Dr. Luis Bolfer at bolferl@ufl.edu or call (352)870-6395. They prefer email. They're doing the screening for a couple months, I believe.

Wanted to share some pics of some recent guests to our home.
This one is Rosie and Ace. Rosie is our usual house guest when her dad is on vacation. This time her dad went into the hospital to have a stent put in. All went well. Ace was supposed to be adopted the day he came, but the potential adopter brought him back after only a few hours. He was about 9 months old when he came, and let me tell you he was the best boy I've ever watched. I'm just sorry Holly didn't like him or I would have seriously thought about adopting him. We got to watch him and Rosie for 5 days. I'm happy to say Ace did get adopted. Phew...I'm off the hook. Thought I'd have to have a talk with Holly.

This is Roxy. She was just here for the day until rescue picked her up. She was a very active girl. Non-stop. Didn't even take a nap. She is about 9 months. I'm pretty sure she needs valium or something. :) She is a very good, playful girl.

This is Zeus. He was just here for a day too. He is about 4 months old and a little terror lol! He is the darn cutest little thing I've ever seen. Looks like a mini Doberman as he's so tiny, just 31 lbs. He did not like other dogs at all, but he settled down once the rescue came with a muzzle to help him deal with other dogs. The next day the rescue told me he was on his porch with the big dogs.

That's all the visitors we've had since November. I do love when they come to visit. I'm just hoping it's not hard on Lucas with his age and all. And Holly, well she can do without any except for Rosie. She loves Rosie.


Is this the look of innocence? I should change Gomez's name to Trouble.

And I leave you with Lucas. This was him on Thursday at my work. I felt just as thrilled as he looked at being at work.

One more thing, if you haven't watched this video please do. It'll make you want to sing and dance even if you don't like I do.