Health Update

Happy is showing signs of improvement, we think. Some episodes of wobbling and weakness today, but by and large she was putting forth a great effort to be her usual self.

We got lab results from the vet, which showed her thyroid was "way too high." She's been on the supplement for a long time, and it is monitored, so we don't know how it suddenly got so far out of range. But high thyroid can cause dizziness, disorientation, etc. So we're really hoping that she hasn't had a stroke after all, and that she'll be OK when her thyroid level goes down.

News: Happy had a Health Crisis

We had a very scary event with our Happy dog today. We all thought we were about to lose her, but she seems to have rallied and gotten past the crisis.

Over the past few days, Happy had about 3 of what seemed to be dizzy spells, with a little disorientation. It passed in a few minutes. So we made an appointment and this morning Dad took her to the vet. They did blood work and a general checkup and sent her home. She seemed fine.

After the vet visit, Happy had another episode, much worse. She had trouble standing, walking, and walked in circles, and she was very weak.

We took her back to the vet. The doctor kept her for a couple of hours' observation and some fluids. She thinks Happy has had a series of small strokes or TIAs. She prescribed a very low dose of asprin in solution; about 1/30th of a baby asprin.

We'll get the lab results tomorrow. In the mean time, Happy seemed better this evening. She ate her dinner and some cookies, and ran a little in the yard, though we were trying to keep her quiet. And when I left, she got up and followed me to the door.

Broken heart don't feel so bad
Ain't got half a what you thought you had
Rock your baby to and fro
Not too fast and not too slow

Here's a photo I took of Happy with my phone this afternoon.



And here's a little phone video. I can't tell you how nice it was to hear this little voice.

Happy Weekend

It was good weekend for a Happy dog. We wents fur walks, to parks, da beech, and we eated cookies. Dis wittle video was taken at Tasha's favorite place in Carpinteria, in the middle of a Happy sunny afternoon. Der was lots of peoples and dogs. It was pretty great, sept that Kyle woodnt lets me stick my nose in da weeds. He sed der was foxtails, but I didn't see no foxes, didn't even smell 'em.

Sniff ya later.

- Posted by Happy

running

Here's a new video of me. I'm standin in the shade of a tree in my yard, zoomin past Dad's workshop, back into da yard, and out by da birdbaf. Den I waited fur Kyle to chase me sum more.

Kyle tookt dis wif his sillyfone.

Posted by Happy

Happy Trubbles

Boy did I get into sum trubbles today. Kyle came over to takes me fur a walk, and help Dad wif some stuff. Den I mades my devious plan. One minute I was out in the back yard, looking for stuff to get stuck in my tail, the next minute I completely disappeared. I waited until Kyle went inna house to make his lunch, and poof, I was gones, baby.

Kyle looked fur me, and gots Dad to help, and dey gots Mama and everbuddy was lookin' fur me and yellin and whistling. Dey lookt under the bushes an inna closets and unner the beds. All the doors and gates was lockt. All dem peoples freakt out! It was funnier den poop.

Dey never did figger out where I was hidin. I just walked inna house an said Hi, cookies please. An you bedder bet yer sweet kazoo I got em! Ha ha ha.

Den Kyle mades a movie of me gettin tweets.



Sniff ya later.

Posted by Happy

Howdy to Laber Daze Weekend!

Laber Day means Cookie Day in Pomeranian! Make wif da cookies Kyo, you hooplehead!

Posted by Happy

Howdy!

This is me, sayin Howdy to you.



I waive like this when I wants a cookie or cheesypoofs or liberworst. (I gets my medicine in cheese or liberworst.)

Kyle took this with his silly phone, so it's not a real good video, but it's really me.

Sniff ya later.

Posted by Happy

dinner dance

Sorry I haven't written nuthin in a while. Ize working on an essay, a dialectic really, on the aesthetics of quantum napping. Meanwhiles, here's a widdle video.



I does a little dance when Mama carries my dinner over to set it down in my place. Usually, I twirl a lot. Dis time, I saw Kyo wif his phone camera and got a little distracted.

gimme 5!

I ben leanin a new trick. Now I cans shake, or gimme 5 or say howdy - whateber you wanna call it, I can do it.

Don't let em tell ya an old dog can't learn new tricks. Cuz I'm no puppy an I just learned this.



Kyle took this wif his sillyphone, so it's not great, but I'm still sweet.

Sniff ya later.

my bear!

Here is me and my Dad, playing with my Bear today.

Strange Dog Indeed

I wished I had my camera wif me yesterday, when Kyle took me to town. I saw a big dog which was berry strange. He most mostly light brown, cept his head which was mostly black. He had fuzzy mudflaps on his back legs like me or like a Collie, and a black head like a lab.

I barked and barked at him and Kyle and Dad told me to hush, and that dog never did come over to play wif me. I couldn't even get a good smell of him. So that's all I can tell ya.

Sniff ya later.

Finally ...

Wail, he finally showed up. We went fur a ride inna pickup truck, then to the park fur a walk. But first, I had to run back and forth to the back door, just trying to get Kyle to come on. You can watch me do that here.



That's my Dad in the video too. He takes berry good care of me, an' gives me my medisins 3 times a day. I'm on lots of medisins fur my little heart. But watch me run!

When?

When is Kyle gonna get here? Finally, there's a break in the rain and I gots sniffin' to do. Besides, I gots a rain coat! Where is that guy?

Happy grades

I hads to go to the vets yesterday and take a test. I guess it was a pop quiz, 'cuz I didn't even get a chance to study.

I gots my grades back today and it was all A's. The doctor said my tests were "beautiful;" all my cells are the right colors, and my liver and kidneys are cookin' with gas. My thyroid is a little high - I guess that's an A+. So tomorrow I gets a new medicine dose. That's OK with me.

Kyle came over today an we played with my hedgehog. Scroll down to see him.

Sniff ya later.

Ize still here!

Wail it's been a long tail - I mean time - since I bloggered. We went far away fur Christmas, but we came home. An I'm doin pretty good. I feel fine as frog's fur.

Here's a picher of me ridin inna car wif Kyle and my family, on our way up to the cat house in the woods to wait fur Santa.



That's my friend Hedgehog riding with me there. I got him fur Christmas last year. Hedgehog used to be a movie star, in Russia. You can watch his movie now.



Sniff ya later!

wahide!

wolin wolin wolin, keep dat doggie wolin ... wahide!

It was a pretty good day. I gots to go fur a ride in da truck and a ride in a big store in a big town. I love ridin in da shoppin cart. I guess it's hard to get a good picher wif one of dem silly phones.



And here's me and Dad leavin the store, in style.



Git'em up!

Let's Go!

I loves to go furry wide inna car. Dis is me wif Mama and Dad.

dustmop

birds can dance?

Who knowed? I thought birds was just good fur chasin outta da yard, fur fun!

panda dog?

You gots to check this out. A panda dog? And a Sheltie too!