Hmmm, Yup--it can be a little worse, but chewing gum always helps lighten the mood!

Oliver really didn't do well with the anti-inflammatory for his hips. Wow!! What a mess to clean up, I am still feeling sullied by what he did all over my wood floor in the office. But he is now feeling much better, back on his normal food. Like hangers and packages of chewing gum. He has an uncanny ability to lull us into believing that he is settling down, now that we have added Leslie to the family. They play and run and have so much fun! And then we find him munching his way through the Mystery flavor gum I bought the girls. Into the trash it goes, and when we come back 5 minutes later, he has my peppermint Trident--and he is just going to town. So how long does gum stay in a dog's stomach?? Sigh.

Unfortunately, the old saying, "when it rains, it pours" has come true here. Leslie went in for her first vet vist and Voila--yup, heartworms. I easily say, Yes, we want to do the treatment. Note to self--find out what the treatment is FIRST! She will go in right after my campout with the Girl Scouts, stay in for 3 days and 2 nights, then she comes home and cannot Elevate her heart rate for 4-6 WEEKS!!!! Auuugghhh--we got her to finally play with Oliver. To stop Oliver from eating my house and now, NO MORE PLAYING. No walks or runs or any excitement--for 4-6 weeks. I may truly need that beverage far sooner rather than later. IF Oliver doesn't eat all the liquor bottles in the house first.

And so it goes!

How do things always go from Bad to Worse?

Love this darn dog! So I got him a friend to test drive. Leslie, a boxer and rhodesian ridgeback mix has come to stay for a short visit. She came on Easter and Oliver thought he had died and gone to doggy heaven. He chewed on her and ran after her and "jumped" her....And she ignored him completely. So he just kept at it until he collapsed in his chair. Then he couldn't get up. And the crying began. Oliver cried all night, so I got no sleep until multiple baby aspirins helped him sleep. So off to the vet he went. Diagnosis after several xrays, pain meds and an overnight stay--Severe Hip Dysplasia. Very severe. So he is now on almost as many medications as Jessica. Luckily the dog eats Anything!! So down the hatch go the pills.

But what about Leslie? The family loves her, but she doesn't want to eat. She tolerates Oliver chewing on her but does not play with him at all. She loves to climb up on the couch and lay on everyone & sleep. She is a bit overweight. Sweet and loveable dog who also will go for a run with Joe. Just what we wanted the first time around. But now I have fallen in love with my big dumb house eating dog Oliver.

I need help!!! How do I crush my family and send Leslie away? If I don't and Oliver keeps trying to eat Her, jump her, run her all over the place until he is crippled--Sigh!!

I have a dog with a disability now. And he is clueless. But at least the xrays only found 1 staple in his gullet!!