Convalescing Wolfhounds

It seems that the veterinary technicians think that we can do magic. For some reason they think we can put this around this. Something tells me she doesn't know Luna well enough. The purpose of this magic was to keep said wolfhound from self extracting her sutures. Poor Luna has already forgotten about the tragedy of Monday. If it wasn’t for the medication she would be running and jumping around the house like normal. Leash walking in the back yard is not an acceptable method of exercise as far as Luna is concerned. We have also tried various methods to keep Luna from pulling out her stitches or lick her scar. 

    There is a great deal of sleeping going on (thank goodness). Maybe the extra rest will help heal that leg a little faster. Finally Luna is back to eating like normal. Since she came back we restricted her to a lighter diet. Luna’s stomach was not up to a full meal after the surgery. And we had several late night visits to her pen to change her bedding. No need to ask why. The laundry machine has been working overtime.

Disaster Strikes in the Park

Last Monday in our local park while on her daily after work walk Luna fell on the ice  and broke her right front leg. Although I was in panic mode, through a combination of limping on her part and carrying on mine we managed to make it back to the road. I was able to flag down a passing car and the wonderful good samaritan on seeing the damage to Luna drove us directly to the Orlean’s Veterinary Hospital. He was actually a friend of one of the vets and was able to call ahead to the hospital so that they were prepared for our arrival. The staff immediately noticed I was in distress and they took charge and got Luna under control. In no time Luna was stable and no linger in pain. I can’t thank everyone involved enough. 

Luna was transferred to the AltaVista Animal Hospital for emergency surgery. There again the staff treated us like gold and we are extremely grateful. Luna came back home to us on Wednesday and has been convalescing ever since. Her appetite is good and she walks around the backyard without any apparent discomfort. We have are fingers crossed that everything proceeds as planned and Luna gets back to being the puppy she was.

Thanks everyone involved.

Toys Trees etc

Our furniture is thankful for the many stuffed animals we have (had). Also our furniture appreciates the bushes, shrubs and trees in the back yard. As these other obvious targets for Luna's teeth have managed the keep said furniture more or less intact. Now that Luna has grown to a respectable 116 lbs it seems that most of that weight has materialized as muscles in her neck and jaws. From the looks of our family room these muscles need frequent regular exercise. Sue and I are also getting extra exercise; the required two times a day vacuuming is keeping us in great shape. We look forward to the day that the little girl out grows this phase.

 As anyone can tell, big head, big teeth result in many stuffed toys reduced to confetti.

Snow dog or goat??????

  

 I recently mentioned that Luna and wolfhounds in general may have had some arctic dog breeds mixed in without anyone being aware. Now it is starting to look like goats may also be a strong possibility. This occurs to me because I recently heard that someone was looking for recycled Christmas trees to feed their goats. Although our backyard is under a meter of snow it hasn't stopped Luna from trimming down every bush, plant or tree she can find. Literally if anything is sticking up out of the snow Luna will pull it out the rest of the way or dig it up. If anyone has a Christmas tree left over just throw it over our fence. 

   We had an interesting snow shoe event with Luna last week. It was her first time out with us on snow shoes. It took her several hundred meters to realize that snow shoes were not edible. And for us the humour didn't stop because for some reason a 40 lbs paw regularly seemed to be on the back of one or the other snow shoe. Looking forward to our

the next snowy outing. 

What happens when you take a Wolfhound snowshoeing!

Christmas with Luna and the Start of a new year

Elora Gorge Kennel Club Show

      Let’s start before Christmas. Luna looking like a million bucks went to Kitchener to compete in the Elora Gorge Kennel Club show at Bingeman's Convention Centreon the 27^th and 28^th of December. She was outstanding. On the first day there was no competition for here so she received the usual show up ribbons.  On the second day however she got the “Winners Bitch” ribbon. She should have gone farther (my opinion) but the judges selected the large males for breed and small breeds for group. Several knowledgeable people at the show commented on her outstanding bearing and mentioned that only her obvious juvenile appearance held her back. This inspires us to double our efforts with her. I am sure there are great things ahead for her. Mostly I am happy by how calm she is and how she appears to really enjoy the attention she receives at the shows.

While in Kitchener we dropped by Ren’s again and bought Luna new toys. Toy's are becoming somewhat of an expense nowadays. All soft toys are now destroyed within minutes of being seen for the first time. Making this more expensive id Luna's complete lack of interest in hard toys.