Shelties Update

So I was thinking that I really haven’t mentioned the puppies lately.  Sophie and Mia were our first “daughters” as Chris likes to call them, and they have kind of taken a back seat to the plethora of children we are bringing into the house.

When we brought Wyatt home, the dogs were very unsure of what to think of a baby. They both freaked out, forgot they were potty trained, and were very upset with us. If you have ever owned a Sheltie – you KNOW when they are upset with you.  As Wyatt got older and started eating big people food (and thus feeding the dogs big people food) they figured maybe this gig wasn’t so bad.  They gained a few pounds, and once Wyatt was taught NOT to feed the puppies, they lost it again.  When we brought Brooklyn home, they remembered the good feedings that were inevitable to come, and probably figured, Eh, what the heck? Now, both very plump again, I have a feeling when the new baby comes, they will do a little dance of joy to celebrate their future feasts.  Lets hope they don’t die of obesity first.

We had the dogs in for their yearly check up recently and everything went fine, except they discovered that Mia had something lodged down her ear that was making her very uncomfortable and scratchy.  They said we would have to put her under to flush it out.  Since I knew Mia was about due to have her teeth cleaned, I suggested they do it at the same time so she wouldn’t have to go under anesthesia twice.  So she had this done, teeth are beautiful, glob of gook gone from her ear.  That night I took her out to potty, I’m not even sure why I followed her out, but I did, and while I was watching her I noticed that she was trying to poop, but nothing was coming out. Then she started doing this weird butt-scoot thing across the yard. I had never seen her do that before!  She repeated this strange behavior for a few days before I finally called the vet to have her seen.  Turns out she had massively infected anal glands. ANAL GLANDS. Shutter. So the vet squished them clean, gave us some antibiotics and sent us on our way.

A few days later, I noticed SOPHIE scratching at her neck a lot. I started digging through her fur and found a really bloody, sore spot.  So in to the vet we go again.  Found out she has a skin infection.  So they cleaned her up, gave us some antibiotics and prednisone and sent us on our way.

The last suggestion the vet had was to put Sophie in on of Wyatt’s shirts so she wouldn’t scratch the infected area.  This is Sophie in a shirt….

When we put it on her, I laughed so hard I almost peed myself, although this is not really a rarity these days. But it was FUNNY.

Behold – the side view….

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