Exactly. It was just weird that the vet suggested that they'd have trouble developing any muscle. Olive isn't even that fit right now - a couple...
We saw a new vet today on an emergency visit (Olive strained a muscle in her herding lesson) and she commented that Olive is in great shape...
She's on Dasaquin Advanced- VOSM recommends it for all their patients. She seems to get a little tight in her back but I think cavaletti work to...
And we're back! Olive finished PT after 3 months (still hates water but she started on Xanax and that vastly improved her quality of life...
Muttluks has a warm weather product (I think it's called Hot Doggers?) that might be worth checking out.
Olive is 4-weeks post surgery! She had her one month recheck last week and the therapist called her a "super star" in her recovery (she started...
We picked Olive up at noon today- she looks so sad with her shaved chicken leg :( I wish I had taken a picture of her finished xray. But here is...
We went to VOSM today (Chris, Dr. Dycus is doing her surgery). It turns out a FHO is the only option. It looks like she has been living with a...
Thanks for both of your responses! (I'll call if I have any questions). We're going to call a vet friend who just finished his internship in...
Olive loves being under things- the writing desk, my sewing table (while I'm sewing), the guest bed, the tiny side table. It doesn't matter, as...
Poor Olive- we've been treating her for anxiety for a month and a half but we went for a check up yesterday because she started spitting up after...
Canine sized millinery isn't that hard if you want to get creative. I made Olive a fedora when she was Carmen Sandiego and the hardest part was...
I had a conference in DC during that weekend- it was miserable for the locals. The week before I was wearing sweaters to the main DC office, that...
I can't say anything about the specific kennel but- I found the meet-and-greet requirement of [pet sitting business] very enlightening about how...
There are couple of places that have Rally only days but they're usually Fridays or Mondays and my museum is in a major project that makes taking...
PVSSC had two trials yesterday (plus two more today) at Keepstone Farm. Since Olive is still adjusting to it suddenly being summer (May was pretty...
If we qualify this year, we're going to have to sneak the scores in. Thanks to people throwing their dumbbells into jumps multiple weeks in a row,...
Inflammation/irritation can cause the skin to become hyperpigmented. You may notice some dogs will have it in their hip crease/crotch from licking...
You can do it! Olive qualified for 2016 in two weekends (if we make it for 2017 is another question, something has really spooked her about the...
Olive gets 4 scant 1/4 C meals of Acana (Pacifica, Ranchlands, Lamb, on a monthly rotation) a day and with regular exercise maintains 16lbs at...
