Here's the link to see Deacon's 8 month pictures! :)
http://www.honeygrovephotography.com/photocart/index.php?do=photocart&viewGallery=10104
And the blog is www.honeygrovephotography.com/blog but I don't think she's put the sneak peek up there. Remember, if I get 20 comments or more I get free pictures!!!
Enjoy :)
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Oh my goodness...
I've been so terrible about updating this thing! I feel like such a failure, I promised to get better about posting and I haven't. Things have been kind of crazy around here, Scott and I are both really busy with school and work, and on top of that now Deac-man is CRAWLING! I need about 4 more arms and at least one more set of eyes to keep this boy under control, he is busy busy busy! Here are some pictures of things we've been doing lately... Enjoy!
Look who found the DVD's...
Playing with Mama on our day off!
Mmm vanilla wafers!
Hellooo! Anybody out there?
Waiting for Miss Katie to come take my 7 month pictures.
Eating some mac&cheese before the photoshoot!
Emily and Deac ready to take a dip.
I need my sunglasses Mama, it's bright out here!
Pulling up on the tub. What a big boy!
This is how Deac-man entertains himself in the car.
Somebody get me outta here!
Chick-Fil-A has the best fries.
It's too bright out here for pictures Mom, come on!
This will never happen again, so I had to document it. All the babies are passed out!
Haha! This is how I found Deacon, he had pushed his glasses up onto his forehead. Goofball.
Playing with Mama on our day off!
Mmm vanilla wafers!
Hellooo! Anybody out there?
Waiting for Miss Katie to come take my 7 month pictures.
Eating some mac&cheese before the photoshoot!
Emily and Deac ready to take a dip.
I need my sunglasses Mama, it's bright out here!
Pulling up on the tub. What a big boy!
This is how Deac-man entertains himself in the car.
Somebody get me outta here!
Chick-Fil-A has the best fries.
It's too bright out here for pictures Mom, come on!
This will never happen again, so I had to document it. All the babies are passed out!
Haha! This is how I found Deacon, he had pushed his glasses up onto his forehead. Goofball.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
10.4.T.
Ten for Tuesday today is about the crazy last couple of days I've had, I feel like I've aged ten years in the last two days! (sigh...)
So this is what happened yesterday when I thought Spruce had an insane amount of mosquito bites on him, before I realized that it was hives instead of bites!
We had to take him to the vet yesterday afternoon for a major allergic reaction to some mosquito bites :( And when I say some I mean between 150 and 200! Last night Scott took Spruce, Willow, and Deacon to some tennis courts by our house to get a good run in before the end of the day, and yesterday morning when I took Spruce out of his crate he was covered in big red welps. It looked like my boy was covered in tumors, I freaked out! Willow has none that we can tell, Deacon doesn't have any bites either, and Scott has only found a few since then- it was only Spruce and he is covered from head to toe! I called Kathy that morning all distraught because in the middle of the night he started coughing and wheezing too, but I gave him some Robitussin DM and I haven't heard anything else from him. The vet said it was probably due to the allergic reaction and to see if the Benadryl and steroid shot she gave him works for the cough too. Poor Spruce has bites all over his ears and lips, both inside and out, and also on his eyelids which make his eyes more red and watery than normal. I gave him an oatmeal bath too and it seemed to soothe his skin a little bit, I'm hoping between that, the Benadryl, the steroid shot, and relief spray she gave me my boy will be back to normal in no time. I hated seeing him so miserable :(
This morning, however, this is what I woke up to!!! It was a lot worse than this at first, I took these a couple hours after we woke up so you can imagine how worried I was about my Sprucer.
This morning I woke up and got Spruce out of his crate, and his reaction was ten times worse than it had been yesterday! It absolutely threw me for a loop, he looked like he was wrapped in bubble wrap his hives were so bad. I called the vet immediately, but of course it took them almost 2 hours to call me back. Thankfully as the day went on Spruce's hives went down and he started to feel better, but he still hasn't eaten as much as he usually does. I've continued the Benadryl every 4 hours and that has made him really sleepy, I hope that's the only reason he's been such a couch potato today. As of about 4 this afternoon I can hardly tell that he had any reaction at all, and that's a miracle compared to how bad he was this morning. Heather Rodriguez can vouch for me, she got to love on him for a minute this afternoon when I met her to get more thank-you cards :) His eyes were almost swollen shut, his ears were almost 1/2 inch thick with hives on the inside and outside, his lips were swollen and looked like he was smuggling something in his jowls, and his throat had huge hives all down where his esophagus is. Whenever he would run or play at all he would start wheezing so I tried to keep him as calm as possible, which is quite a challenge! I'm just glad he's feeling better :)
I'm frustrated with our vet though, I understand that Spruce couldn't have another prednisone injection until this afternoon because it hadn't been 24 hours since his last one, but they wouldn't give me any kind of oral anti-histamine or steroid in the meantime to make him more comfortable. And when I asked if I could get a script for prednisone to keep handy for future breakouts they said that I was supposed to use Benadryl to tide him over until I could get him seen again the next time he has a reaction. The only thing that concerns me is that each reaction he had got stronger, this morning I was genuinely concerned that his esophagus would close up and that next time I won't have time to get him the relief he needs if I don't have something on hand to help him. I really love our vet, the whole Hensley family uses them and have nothing but good things to say, but at the same time I need them to back me up when I feel like something is wrong with my boy. I'm going to try and talk to her in person sometime later this week and see if I can get an epi-pen or something like that to keep on hand in case this happens again. I truly have no idea what started this whole thing, the only thing I can think of is some sort of weed or tree that is blooming and the pollen isn't agreeing with him. Whatever it is transferred from his body to the blankets in his crate, and us making him lay on it for hours at a time only made it worse. I feel like such a bad Mama :( But because I don't know the cause I'm certain we will have another episode, I just want to be prepared for it the next time he looks like a giant roll of bubble wrap!
My sweet couch potato. Love my boy!
So this is what happened yesterday when I thought Spruce had an insane amount of mosquito bites on him, before I realized that it was hives instead of bites!
We had to take him to the vet yesterday afternoon for a major allergic reaction to some mosquito bites :( And when I say some I mean between 150 and 200! Last night Scott took Spruce, Willow, and Deacon to some tennis courts by our house to get a good run in before the end of the day, and yesterday morning when I took Spruce out of his crate he was covered in big red welps. It looked like my boy was covered in tumors, I freaked out! Willow has none that we can tell, Deacon doesn't have any bites either, and Scott has only found a few since then- it was only Spruce and he is covered from head to toe! I called Kathy that morning all distraught because in the middle of the night he started coughing and wheezing too, but I gave him some Robitussin DM and I haven't heard anything else from him. The vet said it was probably due to the allergic reaction and to see if the Benadryl and steroid shot she gave him works for the cough too. Poor Spruce has bites all over his ears and lips, both inside and out, and also on his eyelids which make his eyes more red and watery than normal. I gave him an oatmeal bath too and it seemed to soothe his skin a little bit, I'm hoping between that, the Benadryl, the steroid shot, and relief spray she gave me my boy will be back to normal in no time. I hated seeing him so miserable :(
This morning I woke up and got Spruce out of his crate, and his reaction was ten times worse than it had been yesterday! It absolutely threw me for a loop, he looked like he was wrapped in bubble wrap his hives were so bad. I called the vet immediately, but of course it took them almost 2 hours to call me back. Thankfully as the day went on Spruce's hives went down and he started to feel better, but he still hasn't eaten as much as he usually does. I've continued the Benadryl every 4 hours and that has made him really sleepy, I hope that's the only reason he's been such a couch potato today. As of about 4 this afternoon I can hardly tell that he had any reaction at all, and that's a miracle compared to how bad he was this morning. Heather Rodriguez can vouch for me, she got to love on him for a minute this afternoon when I met her to get more thank-you cards :) His eyes were almost swollen shut, his ears were almost 1/2 inch thick with hives on the inside and outside, his lips were swollen and looked like he was smuggling something in his jowls, and his throat had huge hives all down where his esophagus is. Whenever he would run or play at all he would start wheezing so I tried to keep him as calm as possible, which is quite a challenge! I'm just glad he's feeling better :)
I'm frustrated with our vet though, I understand that Spruce couldn't have another prednisone injection until this afternoon because it hadn't been 24 hours since his last one, but they wouldn't give me any kind of oral anti-histamine or steroid in the meantime to make him more comfortable. And when I asked if I could get a script for prednisone to keep handy for future breakouts they said that I was supposed to use Benadryl to tide him over until I could get him seen again the next time he has a reaction. The only thing that concerns me is that each reaction he had got stronger, this morning I was genuinely concerned that his esophagus would close up and that next time I won't have time to get him the relief he needs if I don't have something on hand to help him. I really love our vet, the whole Hensley family uses them and have nothing but good things to say, but at the same time I need them to back me up when I feel like something is wrong with my boy. I'm going to try and talk to her in person sometime later this week and see if I can get an epi-pen or something like that to keep on hand in case this happens again. I truly have no idea what started this whole thing, the only thing I can think of is some sort of weed or tree that is blooming and the pollen isn't agreeing with him. Whatever it is transferred from his body to the blankets in his crate, and us making him lay on it for hours at a time only made it worse. I feel like such a bad Mama :( But because I don't know the cause I'm certain we will have another episode, I just want to be prepared for it the next time he looks like a giant roll of bubble wrap!
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Hubble's last day as a Hensley :(
Our last day with Hubble Bubble is coming to an end, in 45 minutes I leave to take him to Kathy where he'll continue on his road to recovery and find his forever home. I'm SO sad, tears are streaming down my face as I write this :( It's been such a wonderful week watching him go from a scared, skinny, beaten up boy straight from the shelter to the smiling wiggly boy he is today. Earlier in the week I posted that he was afraid to get up on the couch with me, but in the last two days cuddling and watching tv is all he wants to do! I cried the first time he crawled up next to me all on his own, it's little things like that that make this whole process SO worth it. He and my two absolutely adore each other, I don't know why I worried so much after he and Spruce had their little tiff last weekend because they curl up with each other for their afternoon naps and kiss each other all over all day long. I can tell that Hubble feels like a totally new dog, he has a spring in his step that wasn't there when he first got here and a sparkle in his eye that gets brighter with each day. I know he was only here for 10 days and the plan was for him to leave today all along, but I am so in love with this big goofy boy and it's very bittersweet for me to think about dropping him off and not coming home to his sweet face anymore. Even if we had agreed to be Hubble's permanent foster home, I know we are not the right forever family for him. He loves Spruce, Willow, Deacon, Scott, and me to death, we know that, but Hubble deserves to be in a home with not so much commotion and with a lap just for his sweet head :) If Hubble could pick his perfect forever home I think it would be with an older couple, possibly retired, who will let him lay on the couch with them all day and stroke his head and back. And after the hard six years my Hubble Bubble has had, he deserves just that :) So, with tears and a heavy heart, we say goodbye to our sweet boy today... Kathy you are one lucky lady to get to share your home with Hubble Bubble! Give him a kiss every day for me.
Love you Hubble Bubble Boy!
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Prayers for Hubble.
Tomorrow morning I take Hubble to the vet to be neutered and have his teeth fixed. His whole bottom row of teeth have disappeared, the gums have grown completely over them all and he looks like an old man without his dentures in. Haha! So needless to say he doesn't enjoy toys, has a hard time with doggy biscuits, and swallows his food whole- hopefully that will all change after tomorrow! Hubble has a bit of a limp on his hind left leg so I think they will do some x-rays and see what all that is about, as well as re-evaluate his ears. He was to be put down last week because he has a TERRIBLE ear infection in his left ear that has spread all the way down the left side of his face, it smells absolutely awful. His permanent fostermama came over tonight to see him and we flushed out his ear, after that neither of us believe that the original diagnosis is correct there is definitely an inner ear something going on because it's still oozing! GROSS. He has started to get a kennel cough and yesterday started projectile diarrhea- this morning it was like a ketchup bottle, thankfully he made it outside first! So let's all pray that sweet Hubble still gets to have all his surgeries tomorrow so that he can get back to acting like my sweet Hubble Bubble. This face is KILLING me! :(
Monday, July 5, 2010
Pictures pictures pictures!
I hope everyone had a safe and Happy Fourth of July weekend! :) Here's a little of what we did.
My backseat driver.
Deac pestering Willow during her beauty sleep.
Who needs a pillow when you've got a Spruce?!
This is what I found when I went to get him out of his bed after nap... Time to put the mattress down!
Deac-o figured out how to get the cap off his Puffs. Smart cookie!
Happy Birthday Grams!
Love love LOVE that play-doh face! :)
Stuffie hoarder.
Deacon found Elmo...
Officer Hubble Bubble being a good boy in the car.
Deac pestering Willow during her beauty sleep.
Who needs a pillow when you've got a Spruce?!
This is what I found when I went to get him out of his bed after nap... Time to put the mattress down!
Deac-o figured out how to get the cap off his Puffs. Smart cookie!
Happy Birthday Grams!
Love love LOVE that play-doh face! :)
Stuffie hoarder.
Deacon found Elmo...
Officer Hubble Bubble being a good boy in the car.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Hubble Bubble Boy!
Yesterday we unexpectedly acquired yet another puppy, his name is Hubble and he will be staying with us for a week! The poor darling was scheduled to be put to sleep yesterday at 1:00, and our rescue group was able to come to his rescue just minutes before his time. Whew! I just couldn't bare to lose him when we could do something about it, I don't know if you can tell but I've become very passionate about Legacy Boxer Rescue and everything that they stand for! So Hubble Bubble will be with us for about a week, maybe less, but he is welcome to stay as long as he needs to :) He's SUCH a sweetheart, I don't know how anyone could let this happen to such a wonderful boy- if you look closely at the pictures you can see that he's about 20-30 pounds underweight, has a horrible ear infection that spreads down the right side of his face, and is covered in scabs and wounds from trying to survive on the streets. Here are some pictures of him and updates that I've posted to the boards for our rescue group. Love love LOVE Hubble Bubble boy! :)
"The average dog has one request to all humankind. Love me." - Helen Exley
Oh my goodness, we got Mr Hubble this afternoon and he is SUCH a sweetheart! I'm in love. Hubble Bubble is quite the gentleman, is a leaner for sure, cuddles like a champ, and is definitely a gentle giant! The poor thing is very underweight and covered in scabs and little wounds, but he is a LOVER! Deacon thinks he's pretty cool too and gives great kisses to everyone. So far he's been good with my pups and the only tiff we've had was because Spruces barking hurt his very infected ear :/ I've kept them separated so far, right now Hubble is in my lap and Spruce and Willow are in my room, but they're all wiggles and wags when they're in the same room. Hopefully tomorrow they can all get out and get to know each other, I just want everyone to calm down before we take it any further. I'm so glad this sweet boy was able to get out of that shelter, he is so grateful and couldn't be happier to be with us! This love bug can stay as LONG as he wants :)
Hubble Bubble is doing fabulously on his second day at our house, he's fitting right in! Last night I introduced him to Willow and they played outside in the grass for about 15 minutes, it was precious. Willow does this sprint thing where she goes full-speed like a jackrabbit to see if she can outrun and outsmart the other dog. Ha poor Hubble didn't know what to do, he just did a bunch of play-bows in a circle until he got dizzy. Then we came back inside and they snuggled on the couch for a while until bedtime, sweet Hubble slept all night long without a peep! It's obvious that he's had previous owners, I'm not really sure if he was picked up as a stray or surrendered, because Hubble is SO well mannered! He knows sit, down, shake, Willow is working on teaching him high five ;), and he walks on a leash and rides in the car like a dream! He probably wasn't allowed on the furniture at this last home, I always have to invite him up onto the couch and even then he gets very uneasy and ends up jumping back down onto the floor and laying under my feet. I don't understand how anyone could let this lovebug get away, he's just so wonderful!
This morning Scott and I took Spruce and Hubble outside and did a proper introduction, they both wiggled and wagged until I finally felt comfortable letting them get nose to nose and play. Hubble is so skinny and really doesn't have much energy at all, so he can't really play the way Spruce would like him too. He spends most of his day sleeping, and when he is awake it's just kind of bebop-ing around! After breakfast this morning we took Deacon and all the dogs to a tennis court by our apartment and let them run around for about an hour, and even though Hubble didn't do much running he had fun watching the other two and getting the opportunity to be out of the apartment. A couple times he got some air under his tail and jogged a few steps, but I didn't make him push it or do anything he didn't want to. Hubble LOVES to go bye bye and had a blast riding shotgun with Scott in the truck, Scott opened the little window in the back of the cab and Hubble got to let his ears and tongue flap in the wind :)
The only little scuffle we had all day was when Spruce wouldn't leave Hubble's rawhide alone. Spruce had his own, but for some reason he thinks he needs to taste everyone else's. At first Hubble was fine with Spruce sniffing around at his bone, I haven't noticed any food or water aggression, or any aggression at all really! Spruce has very selective hearing and chose to ignore me when I told him to leave it and Hubble gave him a warning snarl and bark. He was wagging the whole time and didn't even get up from where he was sitting, but I wanted to nip it in the bud and put both boys in their crates for a little while so they could calm down. No more rawhides unless we're in our crates! I've been feeding the dogs separately since Hubble is so thin and inhales his food I wasn't sure if he would be aggressive, but my two can sit right outside the door of his crate and sniff all they want and Hubble couldn't care less.
Hubble was also cat tested today, unintentionally of course! Scott took the dogs out front to go potty and a stray cat was walking by. Spruce, who is SUPPOSED to be cat-friendly, started barking his head off and almost pulled Scott's arm out of socket but Hubble was unphased! It may be a different situation if they were in a house and Hubble was free, but I highly doubt it- he really is a gentle giant. We also met some children while taking a walk this afternoon and Hubble was great with them, he didn't jump or get too excited at all, and he is so great with Deacon.
I'm beginning to wonder if Hubble isn't a German Boxer, we have a friend who comes to the dog park with us who has one named Rufus and they could be twins. Their head, feet, tongue, eyes, ears, and snout are all the same and very characteristic of a German Boxer. They also have very similar temperaments as neither are hyper, jumpy, and are perfectly content just hanging around! I've attached a picture of one that I found on google that I think looks JUST like Hubble. While on our walk three different people asked me if he was "a Beethoven" (he does have a very St Bernard look about him!) so I was able to tell them about him and LBR, it was really exciting! At first I was on the Beethoven bandwagon, but after looking up German Boxers I've switched trains :)
We are so enjoying having Hubble here, he is such a sweetheart! I can't wait to see what he looks like once he's all healed and ready to meet his furever family, they are going to be SO lucky! I have no doubt that he will go quickly once he's better and he will be a handsome devil! I'll keep you guys posted as our week goes on, but so far he's been wonderful! :)
A German Boxer!
"The average dog has one request to all humankind. Love me." - Helen Exley
Oh my goodness, we got Mr Hubble this afternoon and he is SUCH a sweetheart! I'm in love. Hubble Bubble is quite the gentleman, is a leaner for sure, cuddles like a champ, and is definitely a gentle giant! The poor thing is very underweight and covered in scabs and little wounds, but he is a LOVER! Deacon thinks he's pretty cool too and gives great kisses to everyone. So far he's been good with my pups and the only tiff we've had was because Spruces barking hurt his very infected ear :/ I've kept them separated so far, right now Hubble is in my lap and Spruce and Willow are in my room, but they're all wiggles and wags when they're in the same room. Hopefully tomorrow they can all get out and get to know each other, I just want everyone to calm down before we take it any further. I'm so glad this sweet boy was able to get out of that shelter, he is so grateful and couldn't be happier to be with us! This love bug can stay as LONG as he wants :)
Hubble Bubble is doing fabulously on his second day at our house, he's fitting right in! Last night I introduced him to Willow and they played outside in the grass for about 15 minutes, it was precious. Willow does this sprint thing where she goes full-speed like a jackrabbit to see if she can outrun and outsmart the other dog. Ha poor Hubble didn't know what to do, he just did a bunch of play-bows in a circle until he got dizzy. Then we came back inside and they snuggled on the couch for a while until bedtime, sweet Hubble slept all night long without a peep! It's obvious that he's had previous owners, I'm not really sure if he was picked up as a stray or surrendered, because Hubble is SO well mannered! He knows sit, down, shake, Willow is working on teaching him high five ;), and he walks on a leash and rides in the car like a dream! He probably wasn't allowed on the furniture at this last home, I always have to invite him up onto the couch and even then he gets very uneasy and ends up jumping back down onto the floor and laying under my feet. I don't understand how anyone could let this lovebug get away, he's just so wonderful!
This morning Scott and I took Spruce and Hubble outside and did a proper introduction, they both wiggled and wagged until I finally felt comfortable letting them get nose to nose and play. Hubble is so skinny and really doesn't have much energy at all, so he can't really play the way Spruce would like him too. He spends most of his day sleeping, and when he is awake it's just kind of bebop-ing around! After breakfast this morning we took Deacon and all the dogs to a tennis court by our apartment and let them run around for about an hour, and even though Hubble didn't do much running he had fun watching the other two and getting the opportunity to be out of the apartment. A couple times he got some air under his tail and jogged a few steps, but I didn't make him push it or do anything he didn't want to. Hubble LOVES to go bye bye and had a blast riding shotgun with Scott in the truck, Scott opened the little window in the back of the cab and Hubble got to let his ears and tongue flap in the wind :)
The only little scuffle we had all day was when Spruce wouldn't leave Hubble's rawhide alone. Spruce had his own, but for some reason he thinks he needs to taste everyone else's. At first Hubble was fine with Spruce sniffing around at his bone, I haven't noticed any food or water aggression, or any aggression at all really! Spruce has very selective hearing and chose to ignore me when I told him to leave it and Hubble gave him a warning snarl and bark. He was wagging the whole time and didn't even get up from where he was sitting, but I wanted to nip it in the bud and put both boys in their crates for a little while so they could calm down. No more rawhides unless we're in our crates! I've been feeding the dogs separately since Hubble is so thin and inhales his food I wasn't sure if he would be aggressive, but my two can sit right outside the door of his crate and sniff all they want and Hubble couldn't care less.
Hubble was also cat tested today, unintentionally of course! Scott took the dogs out front to go potty and a stray cat was walking by. Spruce, who is SUPPOSED to be cat-friendly, started barking his head off and almost pulled Scott's arm out of socket but Hubble was unphased! It may be a different situation if they were in a house and Hubble was free, but I highly doubt it- he really is a gentle giant. We also met some children while taking a walk this afternoon and Hubble was great with them, he didn't jump or get too excited at all, and he is so great with Deacon.
I'm beginning to wonder if Hubble isn't a German Boxer, we have a friend who comes to the dog park with us who has one named Rufus and they could be twins. Their head, feet, tongue, eyes, ears, and snout are all the same and very characteristic of a German Boxer. They also have very similar temperaments as neither are hyper, jumpy, and are perfectly content just hanging around! I've attached a picture of one that I found on google that I think looks JUST like Hubble. While on our walk three different people asked me if he was "a Beethoven" (he does have a very St Bernard look about him!) so I was able to tell them about him and LBR, it was really exciting! At first I was on the Beethoven bandwagon, but after looking up German Boxers I've switched trains :)
We are so enjoying having Hubble here, he is such a sweetheart! I can't wait to see what he looks like once he's all healed and ready to meet his furever family, they are going to be SO lucky! I have no doubt that he will go quickly once he's better and he will be a handsome devil! I'll keep you guys posted as our week goes on, but so far he's been wonderful! :)
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