Back again

29 April 2014

On Sunday Milo, Sabrina and Leo visited our friend Kathy the canine massage therapist with Canine Massage For Movement.  Kathy has been instrumental in helping Milo and Sabrina with feeling more comfortable and able to move more freely and comfortably.

She worked on Milo first.  He was very happy to be touched and massaged.

Milo has had a pretty rough week. The relief he was receiving from the herbs prescribed by Dr. Choi at the U of MN was evident when they ran out and he was demonstrating a great deal of discomfort with standing and walking. He began having accidents in the house and found it too difficult to keep up with our strolls around the yard. He has been my little shadow since the day he arrived so this change in behavior was very startling.

After his massage therapist discovered that his sloped posture seemed to be generated from his caudal sacral area two vets suggested that an x-ray of the area would help diagnose the issue. Yesterday at the U of MN he was lightly sedated and given a pain injection for the imaging procedure. He had a really rough time with the drugs and could barely walk even into the late afternoon. Last evening he was still "drunk". I was relieved that by this morning he was back to himself.

The x-rays revealed that his pelvic skelton is normal. So... we know he is in pain but we don't yet know why. Dr. Choi wants to see him next week. In the meantime, I am giving him 81 mg baby aspirin AM and PM which seems to give him some relief. So frustrating.

Life's full of ups and downs

22 April 2014

Last week Milo accompanied Sabrina for a visit with Dr. Choi at the U of MN Vet School.  Milo was getting close to finishing his herbs and is still very weak in the hind end and doing a lot of "sloping" when standing.  More and more it has become difficult for him to keep up with us at the dog park and people have been asking if he is an old dog.

Dr. Choi had several sophomore veterinary students observing her appointments for the morning and both Milo and Sabrina took full advantage of their attention.

Milo's blood work shows that his monocytes although still in the normal range are at the very high end of normal and have risen significantly from his last test.   Dr. Choi did not like that he did not respond the way that she had hoped with the herbs to help his back.   Another round of herbs is being developed for Milo. 

Milo Montage

1 April 2014

Some photos of Milo (and friends) out and about over the last couple of weeks.

At the park. 

In the back yard

Nice ears! 

2 collies who need attention.  Now. 

Milo and Mao napping. 

Nice sky at the park.  A little weak in the hind end.  

Leo tastes like chicken! 

Nice sun at the park. 

Electric blue

18 March 2014

Milo visited with students and one of them had lovely BLUE nails.   He enjoyed himself immensely and took his first ride in an elevator.  Head tilt at the "ding!" sound.   Handled it like a pro. 

Just touch me! 

Vicious news circle?

14 March 2014

Milo is in the news and you can read it here.

The circle is that the news article links up to this blog in some places - so don't get dizzy!

SNIFF!!

8 March 2014

Milo came home from a particularly busy day at the dog park smelling like..... perfume!

He made many new female friends and (apparently) received lots of hugs.

Good dog!

Snowpocalypse

26 February 2014

Last week was a wild one.  We got snowed in.

The driveway from inside the garage! 

Snow so deep that even the intrepid Leo doesn't jump into it!

 In addition to a major snow "event", our little pal Zoey - and sometimes houseguest - got out of her yard in St. Paul when some workers left the gate open.  Zoey's more than 24 hour adventure was a pretty stressful for a lot of her people.

Zoey with lots of collie friends on a HOT day last summer.


Zoey was FOUND and is safe at home with a new GPS collar!!