Puppy Love

I know its been a while. Give me a break, its winter and things get very boring. We went to the dog park today for the first time in ages. It was glorious! They ran and ran and ran. They got to play with a ton of dogs and are now officially pooped out. There was a surprising amount of rat terriers there today and no one that I usually see around there.

Murphy more of a puppy!

Murphy did not come into my life until he was about 6 or 7 months old, but he was still definatly a puppy.

Norma was a puppy!

Update

Norma seems to be doing better. She is much more alert than she has been in two days. She has kept some water down and some white rice. I think the worst is over. I will keep her on her meds just to make sure but I think she is ok now. Tomorrow she will go back on regular kibble.

Remember how she gained two pounds? Well, she lost them. The vet did not seem too worried about it since she is healthy in all other ways. She even said that she would rather see her a little on the thin side rather than being too heavy. Small dogs have a particularly hard time when they are carrying too much weight. I think it would be good to get those two pounds back on her though. I am shooting for 3 overall but its a slow process.

Sick as a Dog

I had to take Norma to the vet this morning. She has been vomiting for 24 hours off and on and after three calls to the vet I decided to take her in. She was really dehydrated from not drinking and throwing up but I was told to withhold all food and water. So they gave her some medication and pumped her full of liquids and now she has this crazy big lump of water under her skin (looks sort of like a camel) until it absorbs. I have medication to give her for the next 5 days. I was so worried about her! I had to baby gate her into the bathroom so in case she did throw up more it wouldn't be on the carpet again. Its much easier to clean up from tile! Around 5 am she was whining and crying to I took my pillow and blanket and layed/slept right on the other side of the baby gate so she would see me and not cry anymore. IT WORKED! I was so freakin worried about her! I can only give her 2 tablespoons of water tonight to see if she can keep it down. If this doesn't work I have to take her back for xrays/labs/bloodwork/the works. I am thinking this should work though. She hasn't thrown up yet today which is a good thing.

My poor little Norma!

Animals are so hard because they can't tell you where it hurts or anything. I felt so helpless! I think she will be ok though.

Sock Monkey!!!!!

I am finally getting around to getting these up! Murphy and Norma got sock monkey collars for Christmas! I had a hard time getting them to cooperate but I think you get the idea. They are super cute!

We are back!

I know, I know, I took a while to update, but we are back and we are FREEZING! Here are Norma and Murphy trying to stay warm on the recliner.

Weather.com says its -7, feels like -23!!!!!

Leaving

The dogs and I will be out of town for a while. Staying at Grandmas while I am out of town so there won't be a lot of updates until then.

Denim

Just for fun.

Another one that did not make the xmas card

hello

Dearest Readers/watchers/whoever-

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Love, Mel, Murphy and Norma

Jammies

Norma in her comfy jammies.

yay!

Three Little Iggies got us a gift card for k9closet!!!!! I am so excited!!! THANKS AMBER & LUCAS!!!!!!!!

I can't wait to pick out collars!!

My Sleepy Baby

Christmas Pictures

I ordered my holiday cards today. Here are a couple of pictures from the pictures that I am using for it. These are not the ones that will be on the cards but are too cute not to share.

It snowed!