Wordless Wednesday

Patience

If there's one thing I lack (ok, ok... ... I know I'm lacking in LOTS of things), it is patience!

Butt, there is always an exception.

When I have my meals, Mom will not dump the whole portion of kibbles into my bowl at one go.
Why?

1. so that I eat slower; and
2. so that she can make me drink 100ML of water (divided into few additions) with the kibbles (to make sure I have enough water intake).

In between my kibbles+water additions, she likes to walk away to do her stuff.  Butt I eat rather fast, finishing my food before she comes back.

So this is what I usually do:

... wait patiently and POLITELY for top-ups...

My Chaise Lounge

My personal chaise lounge. oh yeah.
It's ergonomically design. Soft and comfortable.
Arm rest fully adjustable.

Someone Peeping

Peeping Kitty!

Missing A Game

Facial Expressions

Sleepy face

Stoned or blank face

Happy smiley face

Shocked face (for instance, when i heard that we'd run out of treats!!!)

What's-happening face

Wordless Wednesday - Wipe Down After Walk

Bite Scare

Late last month, in June, mommy and daddy took the air-lo-plane and flew off for a week.  I went for my boarding vacation as well.  I had been on vacation there before but for short stay of 1 night and daycare. This was the first time I would be there for a week.

It's a great place and I love it.  I especially love their sofa and would monopolise it not allowing other doggie-vacationers to occupy it!

The owner (Aunt S) would update mommy with pics and vids of me many times a day and mommy loves it.

Suddenly in the middle of their trip one day, mom received a text saying "something important to update you"... immediately mom's knees went wobbly.  Obviously it involved me and mom started imagining the worst!

She was then told I had a tuff with another dog during my walkie and I suffered a small hole at the back of my head.

While it wasn't life threatening, any bite wound is best checked out at the vet.  Mommy said YES PLEASE.  And so I was whisked off to the vet and thoroughly checked for any 'hidden' wounds.  Luckily it was only 1 small hole.  Antibiotics and cleaning solution prescribed and back to home my resort I went.

Mommy thought I was attacked by another dog.  Turned out I was the initiator culprit!  It was a Husky (mom heard Husky and nearly fainted!) that I'd met a few times prior to the incident.  Perhaps I got out from the wrong side of bed that morning, I just decided to attack Husky when we met that day. So Husky was just being defensive.  IF he/she was the attacker, I'd probably be dead by now.

... after coming back from the vet... tiredness crept in...

... the following day...

Few days later on the day I was to go back home:

... after bath...

...charging battery while waiting for mom...

Where's My Shirt

(note: I'm not supposed to jump due to torn ligament)

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... still naked...

Wordless Wednesday - Just For Laughs

Ruptured Cruciate Ligament

*WARNING: Lengthy post - Read At Your Own Risk!*

What is that??!  Simply put, it's torn knee ligament.  This short video has a very clear explanation if you'd like to know.

Poor me started limping on my hind right leg on 17 May, 2013 (yup, barely a week prior to my 10th barkday! what a barkday present *hmph!*).  Mommy did not rush me to the vet as the affected leg was not painful to touch (I wasn't whining complaining) and could be lifted etc.  I told Mom might be just a pulled muscle and we decided to monitor first.

Unfortunately it didn't go away. THEN she assumed thought that it must be arthritis.  Appointment with the vet was booked anyway to have my leg checked out.

If you'd watched the above video, my vet did not perform the test for "Drawer Sign" because I was too frantic and hyper (need to be sedated otherwise diagnosis inaccurate) & Mom showed him my videos below:



An X-Ray was taken.  Bones and all looked perfectly fine, no sign of arthritis yet.  One is not able to see a torn ligament from an X-Ray.  But from the way I walked, my vet more or less concluded that it was torn ligament.  But I was to take some painkiller for a week (helped with local inflammation, if any) to see if my limping would improve.  If it did not, then it is definitely torn ligament because if it was something else causing the limping, the painkiller would have worked.

Below is summary of treatment options:

Fast forward..... finished painkiller but still limping.  So I have 2 options now:

1. Surgery (costs about SGD2,000; approx. USD1,600 or AUD1,695)
2. No surgery

We are going with option 2 'No Surgery' for now because:

1. I'm small hence no 'too-much-weight' issue unlike bigger heavier dogs;
2. Complications from surgery (vet told us that in some cases after surgery, the 'thing' that is put in to stabilize the knee might snap if I play too hard etc hence re-surgery would be needed if that happened);
3. Vet said I might get away without surgery and still do well IF I do these:

• Lose some weight to lessen stress on legs' joints 
• Have long rests
• Short daily walks (no jumping and monkeying around)

So, I am now on diet.  Smaller kibble amount each meal and treats cut half!! *wails*

There is some improvement on my limping. When i walk slowly you'd have to observe enough to notice the limp. But when I need to run, it's 3 legs carrying the 'bad' leg like in the below video but at a much faster speed:

So hopefully the 'bad' leg gets better more and more with the dieting and long rests. Oh, now I  receive the royalty treatment of being carried up and down sofa, humans' bed, and steps during my walk. BOL

Wordless Wednesday