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About 5 days into antibiotics Boaz was back to himself. We finished the course, and 3 days later he began to have a bit of urgency and frequent pees again. I took him in with specimen. No blood or white blood cells, no crystals. No evidence of infection. Xrays showed no stones or prostate...

I took Boaz to the ER tonight. He had such a difficult time trying to pee, it just dribbled. And he never really seemed to feel like he emptied. He made several rounds in the yard trying to squat and pee. He was so uncomfortable. The vet said that for a three year old male, neutered...

86,000 is the number of people that go to the emergency room every year because they tripped over their dog. Just heard this today. Last month, I was one of them. I don't feel so alone anymore :) The break in my shoulder is healing well, so I should be good-to-go by around August. :beer:

...and the darkness of the early morning is a dangerous combo around here. I tripped over Ty this morning at 5:45 am and fractured my arm in two places. The humeral (upper arm) head (the ball) to be exact. Yowwee! That hurt. I'll be in a sling for some time, with x-rays every two weeks to...

Anticipation about tearing into the package from Colorado (SheilaB) Must read the card... (Boaz the hoarder) Our first Kong Wobbler! They loved it! And giant tug toy The wrappings were also thrilling The boys spent the next hour on the patio working on extracting yummy bits...

Ty suddenly began drooling to the extreme. It's not the thick, stringy, flooger drool, it's clear and thin like water with consistent stream out of both sides of his mouth. He had eaten about 30 minutes prior to all this, and he was not anticipating food when this started. That's when the...

Hubby and I are having many conversations lately about footwear. Specifically has asks, "how many pairs of shoes do you need?" I don't think I go overboard, but do think it's important to have the right shoes for the right occasion like running, aerobics, snow shoveling, hiking, work, etc, etc...

I haven't posted pics of our boys in a while, so I thought I'd share. Since these we've had a few major brushing sessions, and bathtime is around the corner. Clean and fluffy is great, but I love scruffy too :) Boaz's floof actually actually parts down the middle Handsome Ty

http://newfoundland.rescueme.org/Illinois I wish I could take in more :( I sent to Mary Price

I picked up two very large (10" long by 1-1/2" diameter) chews at the local farmer's market this weekend. Our two have not had antler chews before. They love them, and the structure of the chews are holding up very well. The marrow portion was dry and rock hard on the ends. As they have been...

Just recevied this info. Forwarded to Mary Price as well. http://newfoundland.rescueme.org/Illinois :(

Straining to pee-Updated Boaz seems to have trouble emptying his bladder. He goes what seems to be his regular amount, then one or two more times during the same potty break he'll pittle a bit more. We noticed this first at last night's pottie, then again for the first pottie of this morning...

I have a Wahl switchblade with a #10 blade. I'd like buy some combs to attach, but nothing too short. Mfr seems to recommend using #30 blade with comb attachments. I won't be using often, just on Boaz's long belly hair, I'm thinking 1" or 7/8" comb. Do I need to get the #30 blade for...

My sister-in-law is having major back surgery today (6hrs), and then again on Wednesday (10 hrs). She had surgery two years ago and it just didn’t work, or the doctor didn’t know what he was doing. They are going to put in posts, pins, and cages, and I don’t know what else. I don’t really...

The vet called and both Boaz and Ty did well with the neutering and are in recovery. We can pick them up this afternoon. Ty has Entropion in both eyes. The irritation he’s experienced since he came to us in February was so sporadic that we were sure it was an allergy of some kind. We would...