Ginko @ Home

Ginko is HOME!!!! We may never know why he was vomiting so much. Tom only got to talk to the doc for a few minutes, so I don’t

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Ginko @ Hospital, Part 2

I’m still waiting for adequate information on Ginko’s health status. The best I’ve gotten so far is that he’s doing “OK” or “fine” and that his bloodwork was

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Ginko Hospitalized!

We are worried sick! Ginko has not kept any food down since about mid-day Tuesday. Between dinner Tuesday night and lunchtime today, he threw up 7+ times. At

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Close Call With Thunder

Toward the end of our behavior consult last Saturday, a storm with plenty of lightening and thunder rolled across the mountains. I’ve never had to help Lilly cope

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More Info: Rattlesnake Vaccine

When I reported the results from Lilly’s wellness exam, our training and blogging friend KB over at Romping and Rolling in the Rockies posted a comment that she

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Medical Update & Odd News

As promised, here’s a quick update from Lilly’s wellness exam last week. Her first with our new family veterinarian. I’ve already reported on the behavioral side of our

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Pet Essay Causes Kerfuffle

I want to tell you about a horrible, horrible pet essay that is causing a flood of complaints. The essay, Otto, The Wonder Dog, published in the May

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Why We’re Meeting Our New Veterinarian

I was away at college when my family euthanized my childhood dog (Brandy, a cocker). They drew straws over the holidays freshman year to decide who would tell

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Why No Training Update?

It’s been a tough week here, with my mom in cardiac ICU, after she blacked out, fell, hit her head, couldn’t stop throwing up and later in the

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Outrageous Animal Abuse: Dog Taped to Fridge

I don’t watch much TV news, so I cannot say if this as been on local channels, but apparently a 20-year-old woman taped her boyfriend’s dog (Rex) upside

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