Recent content by Greenepony

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 of flat walk/stroll miles a week at most - and she has decent build (actually, I'd like if she'd lose a pound or two.) She's a pretty easy keeper as...

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 despite the FHO-based asymmetry and that Shelties can have a hard time developing muscle so they're usually under-muscled. It's not unbelievable that some...

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 build up the right muscles would help.

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 anyway), she's a little out of shape now since I've been in PT for going on 5 months and DH had a slight farm accident. But she went on vacation with several...

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 aqua therapy this week, I'm not sure how she felt about that.) We still have a ways to go on recovering mobility(she's up to 140° from the 120s) but...

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 what it looked like before (not the greatest, she was not fond of laying on her back). But where the mass is, is now nothing. She's already putting...

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 partial FHO since before we adopted her (so 4+ years). It could be from Legg-Calve-Perthes or it could be an injury but now there's just a ball of...

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 surgery to make sure we're not over reacting not going with our normal clinic surgeon. Definitely looking at them for rehab. Have fun in Niagara! My...

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 long as her head at least can fit under it. Her butt can stick out though, that's fine. She's also very judgy. Corgis are ridiculous as a rule and dogs...

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 drinking so they had an Xray done. Normal gut, lungs, etc but there's a very obvious fracture! Looking back it makes sense, we have a lot of stairs...

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 figuring out the right angle for the peak I wanted. I did use mostly proper millinery techniques- if you're doing it for fun you probably don't need to...

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 week it was sleeveless shells and wondering if shorts can pass as conference attire. Several dogs took advantage of a tank Susan had partially...

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 perspective sitters reacted to Olive's quirks, and to get a better idea of their policies (ex. last person we visited through a short walk once a day...

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 time off a little problematic. Upside, the herding judge this weekend we should stop obedience training anyway- Olive's too smart for it :lol: I...