Video Blog: Toby's Leg

Thank you, everyone for the nice tweets yesterday after we mentioned that Toby had to go to the vet.

To get everyone up to speed, Toby hurt his leg two weeks ago after running around in the snow. This is a known issue with him, and did our regular crate rest. Well, Sunday afternoon, Toby threw up twice. Then, Sunday into Monday, Toby threw up four times throughout the night.

I decided it was time to go to the vet.

While we were there, they also looked at his leg. You'll see in the video how he hold it "funny" and some of the different options we are thinking about, because this time, I think he did a little more damage than usual. But, my vet also suggested his pain could be caused by something I never even thought of.

I thought a video would be a good way to document the process and everything we are doing.

Toby's New Brother!

I'm not sure how many of you know this, but I've been riding horses since I was 9 months old. My aunt put me on one at that age, and after totally loving it, she went out and bought one.

Sundown was a huge part of my childhood, and started my love of these beautiful creatures. That's me with my aunt and him in the photo to the right. He put up with so many little kid antics from me, and was always good natured about it.

While, he was an appaloosa, somehow I fell in love with the Clydesdale breed, and for the longest time, I have wanted one. A few years ago, I looked at leasing a horse at a stable in New Jersey. Things didn't work out, but I still always look at the ads/Petfinder and see what options are out there.

Well, I'm excited to tell you that while Sir Richard is not a Clydesdale, he is a Belgian, which is still a pretty big horse, and is also Toby's new "little" brother! Look at that face  -- how adorable is he?!

I was so worried that something was going to go wrong that, I didn't want to even mention it, until I was sure everything would work out!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to those who celebrate!

Love Is ...

Happy Saturday!

In my opinion, snuggling with your dog is the best thing ever, especially when you're tired and feel a bit under the weather.

Enjoy your day :)

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Throwback Thursday: Toby's First BlogPaws

I think I love the idea of Throwback Thursday, because I love looking at old photos. Well, to be truthful, I love looking at photos in general.

For this week's Throwback Thursday, here is a photo of Toby after day one of the very first BlogPaws in Ohio! He was just a tad bit tired .... :)

Wordless Wednesday: A Wagging Tail

So, this won't be so wordless, because I want to give a little context to the photo. This was an adorable pup who we met over the weekend while following the Thurman Maple Days trail.

She was so happy and excited that her tail never stopped wagging, and while it made it tough to get a good photo of her, surprisingly my iPhone picked up her very excited tail.

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Monday, Monday

Do you feel the same way Toby does about Mondays?

A Little Dog-Friendly Shopping

It always upsets me that so many stores are not dog friendly, and that I can't bring Toby into them. But, luckily that wasn't the case when we decided to stop at the Vera Bradley outlet in New York last night -- and they made a sale, as well as life-long customer because of it.

My friend called ahead when we decided we might stop and asked if they were dog friendly, and if I could carry my small, little dog into the store. When they said, yes, we immediately got off the exit and headed there.

I carried Toby, whose leg is still hurting, through the store and the associates greeted him and said hello. They even said I could put Toby down. Wait, what? I can shop and have Toby by my side, and not try to balance him in one arm and look at weekend bags in the other?!

An Interesting Morning ... to Say the Least

Let’s start this post off with several points:

-         Toby is perfectly fine.

-         This is a personal website, and nothing here should ever be used in place of advice given by your vet.

-         I debated long and hard about writing this, because I was afraid some group wouldn’t ever adopt to me because of it.

All that said, here we go.

If you’ve been reading this website since it started, or follow us on Facebook, you likely know that Toby has bad knees, and specifically suffers from luxating patella. He has had it since he was a puppy.

We have researched and been presented with different options on how to treat it over the years, and the he one we decided to go with, and what seems to be most advised for a dog his size, was just crate rest.

Toby is definitely an all or nothing type of dog. He’s either totally into something and gives it his all, or he has no interest in it and doesn’t want to do it that he actually freaks out a little.

So, when Toby decides he wants to play, he really wants to play. Sometimes, he pushes his knees too far, and sometimes it’s before I can see any signs that he’s done that. Apparently, this past weekend was one of those times.

When it bothers him, he won’t put down his leg and holds it in the air. Usually, it’s just for a day. Well, Sunday he started doing it a little, but he brought me his ball and wanted to play and pretty much acted normal. 

 

Hiding My Head: Wordless Wednesday

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