SHEESH

My Tasha pup is sick. She got a bit of heat stroke last weekend and passed out for a few seconds at the dog park (we were sitting under this really awesome wooden gazebo that has a swing; with a nice breeze, it was heaven). She'd eaten some grass, which she loves to do at the park, and later started having a hacking cough in the pet store. It continued all night, so we made her vomit. She had some long pieces of grass come out and seemed a bit better, but the coughing continued the next day. Mostly when she ate or got up from sleep. She also became VERY clutchy, crawling into my lap, which is the #1 sign that she doesn't feel good.

So, Misty took her to the vet yesterday morning. He said she has a very bad case of tonsillitis (did you know dogs can get that too? I didn't). She got an injection and was sent home with antibiotics. She's due for a vaccine (but couldn't get it b/c she is sick), so we'll make a new appointment in a couple weeks to have that done when he can recheck her tonsils as well. She also had a lot of labwork done. The vet said he was ready to dole out bad news when he saw "very sick, lethargic 13-yr-old husky" on his list for the day, but he said her labwork was amazing. Healthy like that of a dog half her age. "Darned if she doesn't live to be 20!" he said. Yay! I certainly hope so.

Then, there are the fosters. The Miestro is doing well and should be off the bottle soon - he's already crawling; eyes are open; and he's craving human attention. Peach and Bingo have been neutered and returned to the shelter. They will hopefully be adopted soon.

Some updates on the other animals.

• Popeye the Pug was adopted by a nice lady from the news (but I won't say who or which newschannel!).
  
• Frosty (remember Frosty & Snowball; Snowball who passed away with Frosty curled up beside him) had some bad luck for a while. She kept getting paired with other kittens who she got totally smitten with, but they either died or got adopted without her (this is all at the shelter; we generally only keep them at our house until they are an adoptable age). She finally got adopted with another kitten and is doing fine.
• Eragon, little black furball who tended to hang out with Peach, got adopted. He also got adopted with a buddy to play with and I think that family had kids, so it was a great match.
• Freddy, the housegoat, got adopted by a petting zoo. He will eat that attention up like nothing else. Yay for Freddy. Oh, and the ponies are quite happy to have him gone as well. ;-]
• There are still about 4 dogs left from the Whiteford incident...well, plus Lucky's 5 puppies
  

I think that is it. Misty works this Sunday, so I'll probably go in to help out as usual and will hopefully be able to get some pics of Lucky's puppies. I saw them last week, but didn't have the camera. They are getting so huge and totally adorable!