Tucker's Physical Therapy

Hi All!
Thought I would update you on Tucker's Physical Therapy.  I got a video of the water treadmill today.

Sophie was a good girl today; patiently waiting on her brother.

Now, Tucker is resting :-)

Our Biggest "Dog Bed" Yet!

Hi All,

We thought you would get a kick out seeing our beautiful new rug.  But, we quickly found out that Sophie and Tucker (first Tucker) immediately thought it was a new dog bed for them!

Ha!

The Collie Puppet

Hi All!  Mom and Dad gave us a fun gift for the dogs - a collie puppet...as you will see Tucker wants nothing to do with it and with P making doggie bark noises in the background, it's all very fun!

I took this video looking down, so it looks a little funny, but Sophie's having a kick with her little play toy.

Tucker's Feeling Better & Sophie's New Toy

Hi All - I know my posting has been intermittent, but we've been going through some good personal and location changes, so I look forward to catching you up and posting some new things...

Well, we had quite a scare with Tucker on Monday night.  He had had a big day...bath in the morning and then Vet follow up afterwards, but nothing prepared us for being at the Pet Emergency room that night!  It all came on so sudden!  His chest was rattling and he was retching.  Some $$$ later he had X-rays and Bloodwork - we're so thankful for the excellent care!  He had pneumonia!!!!  The ER Vet said that he aspirated on water or something.  Our regular Vet said that sometimes older dogs have a hard time controlling their trachea, so I hope it doesn't happen again.


Our Vet is following up with us daily and he even took multiple calls from me yesterday.  Tucker wasn't keeping much down and he wasn't interested in eating, poor guy.  But, now he is lying beside and ate this morning and I've seen so much improvement just today.


On the Sophie side, she got a new toy today.  I went down to the office and our favorite lady, "T", gave Sophie and Tucker toys - see how she enjoyed them!!

SNOW SNOW SNOW

Here are a few shots of what we're dealing with here!!  Snow!  What a storm - we haven't had anything like this all season.  It just dumped over night.


Don't know if I'm going to miss this or not...

I had to shovel a place for the dogs to go potty - now that's deep (LOL)...

Random Pic of Sophie...

Amy's First Try at Focaccia Bread

It was cold and snowy here yesterday and I wasn't interested in heading out, so I made a soup inspired by Paul's Mom - "Kitchen Sink Soup."  I took whatever I had (Red Lentils, Squash, Carrots, Celery, etc.) and put it all together with some Chicken Broth and, voila - a yummy soup!  I used Fenugreek along with some Coriander Powder and sautéed it with the onions - it really added a depth of flavor.  Just to top it off and add a little protein, I heated up some IKEA meatballs and, wow, they were quite good!

I also made Focaccia Bread - it was my first time, so I used a recipe that I knew would work - from Penzeys. I love this Company! The catalogs are great!  The recipe is call Herby Cheese Bread, but I just omitted the Cheese. Here is the link for the "Back to School 2011" Catalog - Recipe is on Page 49: Herby Cheese Bread 


Paul enjoyed the soup and bread - what a way to warm up when the temperature is pretty frosty!!

Update on Tucker

Tucker foot is healing up well, unfortunately, we have another issue popping up.  He has Gallstones - can you believe it?!  Poor guy.  I guess it runs in the family - ha! 


He's on a medicine to help dissolve them, so let's hope that does it.  He also has some holes in his liver and the Vet has recommended biopsying. We'll let you know when we get to that.


Sophie and Tucker are living the high life other than a couple of times of day having to brave the cold and go outside to do their business.