Hello
Brierpups list,
The
purpose of this post is two-fold:
First,
we want to wish our “Micha-moo” doggie a happy 10th
Birthday!!! Seems hard to believe
that he was just 4 when I first met Michelob & Rick… Rick rescued Michelob when he was 18
months old. He was a YACK – a backyard dog that called the picnic table his
home! Rick removed 3 huge trash bags of fur off of Moo when he first came
home. He was scared to death and
very unruly. Six short weeks
later, he earned CGC, followed later with his TDI. He has competed in agility, obedience
& tracking… One of his most favorite things to do is his pet therapy
visits! His butt starts wiggling
90 miles a minute when he sees Rick get the leash out! He is our “monster mutt” and our
“moo-m-doggie”! He is our gentle
giant with the most [Omega] of personalities & he is adored by
us!
The
second part of our news is not so good:
Mich
has been suffering from an ulcerated cornea in his right eye. It seems that
some dogs are prone to getting these as they get older and in his case nothing
in particular is causing it. This started several weeks ago when we noticed
his right eye not being open all the way. So off to the vet we go. We treated
him unsuccessfully with eye drops and antibiotics. Then, a coupe of weeks ago
we then took him to the ophthalmologist who debrided the ulcer (basically
removed the ulcerated area)… and we treated him with 2 other medications. Last
week we went back to the ophthalmologist to find that the 1st ulcer
was now healed but he had a bigger one in a different place in the same eye.
We elected to try the debriding procedure on this new ulcer again vs. surgery.
We will have it checked again in another week. If it is worse or the same he
will have to have corneal surgery. We hope that we do not have to do this as
Mich’s
immune system is compromised from an auto-immune disorder that we almost lost
him to last year (so surgery is definitely a risk). Right now his eye is still
not looking so good.
L
Anyhow,
any positive thoughts you could send his way – would be appreciated as
always! Or, if anyone else has
had experience this kind of ailment & has any additional ideas… then by
all means, please share your experience!
Yanna
& Rick
And
“Sir Michelob Lite the Fourth”