I’d already planned a post about Lilly’s coming-inside breakthrough, when pals reminded me that TODAY, July 15, is one of four BIG Be the Change for Animals days each year. I’ve been consumed with the fact that July 15 is another “hospital” day, so my whole week has been about that.
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Here, at last, the story of Lilly’s recent snakebite. While unraveling what must have transpired before that Thursday morning when Lilly woke up with a swollen cheek, our best guess is that a snake got her sometime Tuesday or Wednesday of that week. The fact that she suffered a bite a couple years ago may explain the delayed, less-severe response this time — almost like the first bite “vaccinated” her to the venom (at least a little).
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We had ANOTHER big medical scare here at Chez Champion of My Heart today. TOM — Lilly’s dad, my darling husband of 18 years (love o’ my life since 1987) — is very, very ill and in the hospital. It’s pretty bad. I’ll have my hands full with that and Lilly’s recovery for a while. Alas, I’ll need to cancel / postpone Ginko’s knee surgery, which was set for Tuesday, June 15, because I simply CANNOT have all three members of my immediate family in crisis at the same time.
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Oh, yeah. It’s another snakebite. Seriously. I do intend to write a whole thing, but I’m just too upset and tired. Lilly spent the day getting on-site treatment at the veterinary hospital, but she is home now.
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Posted by Roxanne Hawn | Posted in Dog Life, Hot News | Posted on 08-06-2010
Amid the distractions of real life, I nearly missed the chance to spend a day learning more about fearful dogs. It’s a total fluke that I remembered last week, but I’m glad I did. I get to study with Nicole Wilde!
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Posted by Roxanne Hawn | Posted in Dog Life, Hot News | Posted on 27-05-2010
Patty Carey-Johnstone, who is a lover of flat coated retrievers, lost her family’s home and six dog to fire May 25, 2010. Friends across the dog world have rallied to accomplish these goals:
- Find them a new place to live … pronto.
- Raise money to help them through this difficult time.
- Get the attention of producers at ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition so that they can get a great new home.
If you’d like to help, here’s how:
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It’s been a LONG couple of days, so I only have energy for some quick medical updates. Here is the latest on Lilly’s health, Ginko’s health, and that dog emergency we witnessed last week.
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With work and family things, I haven’t had much time to do any training with Lilly lately, but I wanted to share a behavior and health update from Lilly’s wellness exam this week with our “new” veterinarian.
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Posted by Roxanne Hawn | Posted in Hot News | Posted on 06-05-2010
It looks like I’ll be attending another BlogPaws this year, without any travel expense worries, since they’ve decided to hold another conference in the fall here in Denver.
I would love, love, love it if some of my local and other Western state pals could attend too.
Who’s in?
Posted by Roxanne Hawn | Posted in Dog Musings, Hot News | Posted on 05-05-2010
A dilemma, have I. One of my favorite dog product companies (Premier Pet Products) recently became a subsidiary of a company (Radio Systems Corporation) that makes shock collars (PetSafe, Innotek, etc) and other products that astound me (not in a good way), like the wireless crate. [Perhaps you remember my earlier rant on that atrocious idea.]
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