~:~:~:The Doggie Thread!!:~:~:~

Who Princess

AtlantaJammer wrote:

8 weeks old



7 months old



1st Birthday

Pretty doggy! But so serious! :shock:
Not deaf, I hope. I had a white blue-eyed sheltie who was born deaf.

pandora

whoprincess wrote:

AtlantaJammer wrote:

8 weeks old



7 months old



1st Birthday

Pretty doggy! But so serious! :shock:
Not deaf, I hope. I had a white blue-eyed sheltie who was born deaf.

Our Charlie is deaf now- he's 13. We have resorted to "sign motion" and touch now but he seems so alone- sits and barks for no reason that I can tell. Kind of in his own little world.

Wobbie

Vedderfan10 wrote:

By the way, I realize I haven't commented on all the aging and ill doggies on here...please know that I think of them often...

It's not easy knowing what to say....

Meanwhile, Gracie is as picked on as ever. :roll:

AtlantaJammer

pandora wrote:

AtlantaJammer wrote:

8 weeks old



7 months old



1st Birthday

Happy Birthday?
just prescious- I thought maybe a pit/boxer mix? My grandoggie is a "Boxit". My first pit bull love.
You did not share a name with your beauty?

His name is Dixon. Named after a University of Maryland Basketball player from the 2002 NCAA title team. He is 100% boxer. My brother has his sister, haha that sounds funny. Outta the 10 pups from his liter, 3 were white, 5 were fawn, and 2 were brindle. One of the white pups was born deaf but Dixon is not deaf. Lots of people ask me if he is a Pit or an American Bulldog. Ive run into alot people that didnt know White Boxers exsist. He is a loveable Badass.

norm

PJ_ROCKS wrote:

Thanks to all for your support!!!

Yes she is still very loving and most of the time happy, the new meds might be helping with that. She gets more treats then ever now... After I got home last night we went outside, she starts to run in the ice n snow, i'm like :shock: take it easy girl.... She kinda slowed down after that.... Man i can't wait till spring, for her sake!!!!

hang in there ron

norm

imalive wrote:

Meanwhile, Gracie is as picked on as ever. :roll:

crazy...just like her father

decides2dream

AtlantaJammer wrote:

8 weeks old



7 months old



1st Birthday

omg...so precious!
happy birthday!

haffajappa

imalive wrote:

Vedderfan10 wrote:

By the way, I realize I haven't commented on all the aging and ill doggies on here...please know that I think of them often...

It's not easy knowing what to say....

Meanwhile, Gracie is as picked on as ever. :roll:

HA! looks pretty comfortable there!
so cute!

PJaddicted

Petey says hello everyone! Hope everyone is doing great!

vedderfan10

OMG! Look at you snowshoeing with Petey!! And they even look like Atlas snowshoes!!

Charley and Remy love going snowshoeing with us...but we haven't had any snow this year - and we've been too lazy to drive to our local mountain (3 hours away)...but I miss it like crazy! I've had my Atlas shoes for about 10 years now...nobody used to snowshoe back then, but now just about everyone does it....

So it's good to see Petey out there with you! cutting a trail is very hard on dogs....ours usually had to swim until we got to the backcountry trails!

haffajappa

Vedderfan10 wrote:

OMG! Look at you snowshoeing with Petey!! And they even look like Atlas snowshoes!!

Charley and Remy love going snowshoeing with us...but we haven't had any snow this year - and we've been too lazy to drive to our local mountain (3 hours away)...but I miss it like crazy! I've had my Atlas shoes for about 10 years now...nobody used to snowshoe back then, but now just about everyone does it....

So it's good to see Petey out there with you! cutting a trail is very hard on dogs....ours usually had to swim until we got to the backcountry trails!

Do you snowshoe at Mt Washington with them?
I'm going over there during the Olympic break and was thinking about bringing Sammi because we're staying in Courtney... but then i figured she might not be able to snowshoe with us.
Well she wouldnt snowshoe but i guess her furry feets are like snowshoes anywyas...

vedderfan10

Yeah...Mt. Wash...

Dogs need to stay on a leash when you're not in the back country...and someone will try to tell you to piss off with your dog, but the Mt. Wash actually leases the Strathcona Provincial Park (the back country) from the Province...so they can't kick you out...We would normally go out to Lake Helen McKenzie because the back country trails are not the Mt. Wash snowshoe trails that you have to pay to use. There are a lot of X-country ski tracks that you have to step over to get to the free trails, but it's fun...Rossiter's Rise is also a good place because you have to cut your own trail up - and when you get there, your dog can run around and the view from the top is really really good. You look back towards Mt. Washington and the village, etc.

PJ_ROCKS

PJaddicted wrote:

Petey says hello everyone! Hope everyone is doing great!

Hi back.... great picture....

PJaddicted

Hey everyone, I'm only sharing this with my Doggie friends....this is my goddaughter on American Idol last night. Her name is Jessica.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptvyo6bG ... r_embedded

Wobbie

So.....Gracie got chemo #4, yesterday. Good news and bad news. The good is that her bloodwork is looking (marginally) better. The oncologist wants us to put her on a lower protein food and we've found a couple of good foods that have 50% less. Let's hope the little shit will eat it ! Too much protein = elevated creatinine = bad for her kidneys. She still doesn't act sick, at all. :thumbup:

The bad news? Later in the day, the vet calls to tell me the trial drug is no longer a trial and it will now cost $370 per month...and Gracie only takes it every other day! :shock: Right now, her drug costs are $700/mo. There's no way in the world to put a price on our little girl but I sure wouldn't mind hearing "she's cancer free and done with treatment."

edit: the oncologist said Gracie was "pissed off" while getting her chemo. I had to laugh. She may be a lot of things, but "pissed off" is something I've never seen. Psycho? Yes. Wild? Yes. Stubborn? Yes. Pissed off? No.

pandora

PJaddicted wrote:

Hey everyone, I'm only sharing this with my Doggie friends....this is my goddaughter on American Idol last night. Her name is Jessica.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptvyo6bG ... r_embedded

yes I remember- did she try out last year? the very pretty young lady with dark hair? Good luck to her she seems to have it all- that would be so exciting for your family! We are watching- I really like the show but usually catch a little hell here for it

CROJAM95

imalive wrote:

edit: the oncologist said Gracie was "pissed off" while getting her chemo. I had to laugh. She may be a lot of things, but "pissed off" is something I've never seen. Psycho? Yes. Wild? Yes. Stubborn? Yes. Pissed off? No.

LOVE IT!!!!!! You cant even tell shes "sick" like you said! Its all in the attitude!!!

pandora

imalive wrote:

So.....Gracie got chemo #4, yesterday. Good news and bad news. The good is that her bloodwork is looking (marginally) better. The oncologist wants us to put her on a lower protein food and we've found a couple of good foods that have 50% less. Let's hope the little shit will eat it ! Too much protein = elevated creatinine = bad for her kidneys. She still doesn't act sick, at all. :thumbup:

The bad news? Later in the day, the vet calls to tell me the trial drug is no longer a trial and it will now cost $370 per month...and Gracie only takes it every other day! :shock: Right now, her drug costs are $700/mo. There's no way in the world to put a price on our little girl but I sure wouldn't mind hearing "she's cancer free and done with treatment."

edit: the oncologist said Gracie was "pissed off" while getting her chemo. I had to laugh. She may be a lot of things, but "pissed off" is something I've never seen. Psycho? Yes. Wild? Yes. Stubborn? Yes. Pissed off? No.

they have given you a time frame for treatment correct? I mean as to how long this must go on? I am a trusting person as I know you are and I know you have little other choice but hopefully they have a plan in place with you so financially you can plan also.

Wobbie

pandora wrote:

they have given you a time frame for treatment correct? I mean as to how long this must go on? I am a trusting person as I know you are and I know you have little other choice but hopefully they have a plan in place with you so financially you can plan also.

That's a good question and, no, Dr. Macy really hasn't. On the plus side, he told me yesterday he is sticking with his original "75-80%" chance of beating this. I guess, subconciously, I don't always ask the tough questions because I'm afraid of the answer . I'm going to ask him tomorrow a) how will we know if the cancer is gone and b) best guess, how much longer will she be on these meds? I know the chemo isn't having an unwanted toxic effect but the Palladia could. We worry about her every single day.

pandora

imalive wrote:

pandora wrote:

they have given you a time frame for treatment correct? I mean as to how long this must go on? I am a trusting person as I know you are and I know you have little other choice but hopefully they have a plan in place with you so financially you can plan also.

That's a good question and, no, Dr. Macy really hasn't. On the plus side, he told me yesterday he is sticking with his original "75-80%" chance of beating this. I guess, subconciously, I don't always ask the tough questions because I'm afraid of the answer . I'm going to ask him tomorrow a) how will we know if the cancer is gone and b) best guess, how much longer will she be on these meds? I know the chemo isn't having an unwanted toxic effect but the Palladia could. We worry about her every single day.

you have such a wonderful big heart I am here hoping for the best for you all