My New Friend

We have a new kitten in the house!  Meet Stanley!  We are fast friends and love to wrestle together and then snuggle in for a nap!  Momma fostered a litter this summer and he ended up staying with us.

Happy 4th Birthday to me!

I am 4 years old today!  Feeling so great after last summer's muscle battle.  I am a happy boy!

Pool day at Mr. Bailey's!  This is my new buddy Barley, an aussiedoodle.

Of course my two girlfriends Josie and Olive were here too!

My Favorite Picture of Me

Our good friend Denise painted this watercolor of me and gave it to us for Christmas.  Isn't it beautiful?

 

Here is the photo of me that she used to paint me!

 

 

Just call me Marley

Well, I'm back to my old self.  I continue to be a Marley dog.  I keep hearing Momma mutter "never a dull moment."

She now calls this the devil table.

I kinda got myself stuck in it over Christmas.  Yep, my entire body.  There was this itty bitty piece of kibble under the chair and I was determined to get it.  The problem was I got myself stuck in the devil table on the way under.  Momma came a running when she heard me go nuts and by the time she got to me I had fell over in the table, knocked over the stereo speaker, and then got caught up in the Christmas tree lights and the entire tree toppled down.

I am ok but I tell you I was a scared pup!  I'm glad Momma rescued me before I snapped a limb.

I now stay away from the devil table.

 

I'm Back!

Hi everyone,

I've been on a little haitus the past several months.  Back on July 6 Momma came home from dinner out to find me struggling to walk, crossing my front legs, and generally spastic in my limbs.  She rushed me to the emergency vet where I spent three nights.  Following that I was in and out of the OSU Vet Hospital ICU, and after 10 days of trying to diagnose what was wrong, I underwent surgery and had a muscle biopsy.  I didn't do well with the anesthesia so was very sick for a couple of days.  They think I may have had a minor stroke while in surgery which was very scarey for us.  Here I am with my cone of shame and my favorite chicken toy.

I started taking prednisone in case what I had was immune mediated, and we started the biopsy waiting game.  We finally got the biopsy results back after two very long weeks. I had what is called Necrotizing Myopathy, which is supposedly a one time event that only time will heal. We don't know the exact cause.  I had severe muscle atrophy, esp. in my hind quarters and head and lost a lot of weight.  Here I am at my skinniest.

They took me off the prednisone and I then started rehab...working with the rehab vet at OSU in the water treadmill.  I had a lot of trouble during my first few sessions...Dr. Baltzer had to get in the tank and hold me up.  I could only do 3 minutes at a time.

It's been quite a ride but I am feeling much better now.  I can do 18 minutes in the water treadmill all by myself!  I am bounding up and down stairs again (much to Momma's chagrin).  I still have trouble with my proprioception...which means I don't know where my back legs are in relation to space. This is getting better with time though.  To help with this I get to do what are called Cavaletti's...grandpa came down one day and built these for me so we practice every day!  I walk over them slowly and have to lift my hind legs up so they don't hit.

Momma had to put rugs down on the hardwood floors and vinyl so I wouldn't slip and slide.   Here I am, feeling chipper, on my favorite Christmas rug that Denise loaned us!

Momma says we need a brick or our own parking place at the OSU vet hospital now :-)  We took them cupcakes this week to thank them for all they did for making me better.

Bailey's Third Birthday

Happy 3rd Birthday to me!  I am all grown up now and hardly ever get into trouble. 

Josie and I had frosty paws last night. 

Our friend Denise brought homemade dog treats wrapped up so cute...yum yum! Thank you!

Olive came over...I've missed her...and Josie too and we played all day.

And I got new toys and bones!

I had a great birthday and will sleep good tonite!

Hanging with Josie

Momma went to Mexico and our neighbors Carley and Gary and Josie took real good care of me.  Thank you!!!  I had fun hanging with Josie but couldn't figure out where Momma went! 

Happy 3rd Birthday Olive!

Olive came over to spend the day with us on her birthday.  It was 80 degrees so we got to play in the pool and have Frosty Paws!  Happy Birthday Olive!

Playing with Josie

I love to play with my buddy Josie!  Isn't she purty?

I have so much fun but am pooped in the evening! She has more stamina than me!

Huh, who me?

Springtime at the Beach

We went with Uncle Tom and Auntie Ev to our favorite place on earth to celebrate Momma's retirement.  Here we are enjoying the sunshine with Uncle Tom.

Auntie Ev was celebrating over her Monopoly win!  Good job Evie!

Then I got to play on the beach during the sunset.

But then it was time to come in and I didn't wanna!

But I finally did and went to sleep with my head resting on Auntie Ev's foot.

Josie's 1st Birthday

We celebrated  Josie's first birthday tonight!  I love birthdays cuz we get Frosty Paws and birthday hats!

Spring Snow!

Boy, did we get a lot of snow this past week!  Josie and I had a ball frolicking at the park.

She liked to make snow angels!

Then later we played in the backyard.  It was so pristine...at first anyway!

Momma threw a snowball and I tried to find it!

Then it looked like this!

And one final snow angel before we came inside!

Hanging out with my buddy, Josie.  She invited me over to play today.  Olive, you'd better come visit soon because she's gettin' kind of possessive!

Cuddling with My Kitty

Momma caught me snuggling with Zelda in the sun!