Texas Lady

Freddy is settling in just fine now. His eye is almost completely healed; he is out of the “cone of shame” for good and figuring out his place in the pack. He still has some rough patches but he’s getting there. The girls are relaxing around him, and they even cuddle together to sleep most nights. He’s gained over two pounds, has topped 8 pounds now and still eating like a little pig. He’s learned to go for rides in the car with the entire family. Even though it’s noisy, it’s still fun.

He is the loudest voice in the security detail for our house. He hears everything and responds when no other dog does. We don’t let him sleep in the bed with us (we already have two with us) so put a bed right outside our door so he can at least be close. If we open the door he’s in the bed in an instant so there’s no in between. So he makes sure the rest of the house is protected when we’re sleeping.

He goes back to the eye specialist next month and then will start back with our vet for his other treatments. She said it would probably be February before we treat the heartworms and that has to be done first. He enjoyed all the holidays and loves his new family. He’s a sweet little guy but is a little snappy when he doesn’t get his way. That will change as he learns the rules better. 

Happy Holidays to all!

At least that’s what his collar says. Freddy has gained 1.6 pounds and is off all his medications except for the eye stuff. He went to the eye specialist this morning and got good news. Hopefully he’ll be out of the cone in a couple of weeks. He’s on the 3rd cone so far. He may be little but he’s a destroyer! He went to the vet yesterday with his cone taped together with scotch tape. We bought another one at Petco on the way home yesterday because they were out at the vet. The eye doctor had a better one so he wore that one home today. He came home with three more meds and goes back in two weeks.

He dragged around here for over a week and was so sick that a couple of days I had doubts he’d wake up in the morning. Then, after about 9 days on multiple meds and prescription food, he woke up bouncing. DH let him out of his crate in the morning to go outside and he came in happy. After touring the back yard, he came running through the house, put his paws on my knees and gave me kisses on my lips. Wow! That was a big improvement in a small amount of time.

I bought him a personalized collar and leash with the Superman motif on it. He’s going to be a healthy, happy man before long.