Frisbee Fetching Days Are Over

Doc says my knees are shot, and that this little doggie's frisbee fetching days are over.

A lab is the best of all doggies. The one problem is that we suffer a genetic predisposition to arthritis.

In my puppyhood, I would jump for the frisbee so high that I thought I would never land again.

It was glorious.

Anyway, I went to the vet yesterday and got an x-ray. My humans thought I was limping because of my snake bite ... but I shook that off months a go. An x-ray showed damage around the knees. So, the doc put me on a regimen of Joint Support Plus with a megadose of Glucosomine.

I still run like the wind ... so I think I will concentrate on swimming and hikes in the woods.

Who knows, maybe with some physical training and rehab work, I will still be able to work in a frisbee fetch or two. So, I'm keeping the paws crossed and hoping for the best.

Flat Tire

I visited the vet. Sure enough, I am one toe nail short.

Once again, the vet stuck her finger in my rear end. She stuck me with two needles. Stuffed a pill down my throat, and then wrapped my rear paw in a big yellow bandage. What a crazy way to make a living!

Here are post vet photos: (Click to see images at 1024px x 640px resolution)

Broke a Nail

I broke a nail and it's thrown my whole game off.

I made an appointment with the vet. I had been wanting to get some heartworm medicine for the summer so that I can join in all the butt sniffing fun with the other dogs.

Blowing Out a Paw

Things are not going well.

I blew out my right rear paw and am running on a spare.

Although I really wanted to play fetch today, I couldn't because my rear paw was all sore and raw. It is probably the toxic combination of salt on the road, the freezing cutting snow and a tendency to lick wounds until they get worse.

My humans rushed me off to PETsMART where they bought doggie booties and gauss to make a temporary bandage. We will see how I do over the weekend. If the sore gets worse, it will be off to the vet on Monday.

Here are some pictures. Click for larger view:

Don't Fix What's Not Broke

Coco is wise in the ways of the world.

Wisdom is not only about knowing what to do, but knowing what not to do.

For example, Coco says that: If it's not broke, don't fix it.

Trying to fix something that isn't broke only makes it worse.

Coco says that, when she was a puppy, she wasn't broke, but her humans took her to the vet to get her fixed.

Having been fixed, she doesn't feel that she's been improved. She feels that she is missing something.

Coco notes that, in her lineage, she is the first one to get fixed.

Dogs can remember all that happened in their lineage from first dog. Coco remembers that, in the lineage between first dog and Coco, none of the dogs had been fixed. They all seemed to work well without being fixed.

After a great deal of deliberation, Coco has decided that she doesn't want her puppies to get fixed.

Speaking of puppies, Coco asks: "Where do they come from? I've been expecting a litter to show up. But they haven't."