She has made a complete turn-around. She's still 15 years old and still has the heart valve issue and is still on about 3-4 medications (depending on what day it is in the month). But she has gained back some weight. She actually feels a little heavy and substantial and not frail when we pick her up! She got down to about 8 pounds (yikes! scary!) and the last time I weighed her on our bathroom scale, she was 10.5. Which is great! Think she used to weigh around 15 or so.
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| RUNNING up the stairs. Which is a very big deal since we were having to carry her up and down. We still try to take her up and down some because of her arthritis. She's very stubborn and will run from us if she doesn't feel like being carried. |
She has been running around the yard, playing with us and Wyatt, barking when anyone walks in front of the house and is begging for treats like nobody's business!
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| Crunching on a Milk Bone |
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| Getting love from Dad. |
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| This is SO acurate for Maude and Wyatt... |
When we started her on all her pills, we were having to get really creative with hiding them in treats and meals. That is one smart little doggie! I swear, she would actually turn up her nose and turn her head away anytime there was a hidden pill.
Then we discovered peanut butter.
We were desperate and just put it on our finger with the pill, held her and let her lick it all away. Then she got wise to even that!
Then one day, Stewart was making himself a roast beef sandwich. Kroger usually has their brand of lunch meat on sale 2 for $6 or 2 for $5. And both Maude and Wyatt, of course, were standing there begging/waiting for scraps to fall. So Stewart tossed a little morsel their way.
Maude went crazy for it and started tap dancing like nothing I've ever seen.
So, now, the roast beef is our fail safe and always works to give her all those meds. She's become a little junkie actually! It's pretty hilarious.
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| Here it is...the doggie fountain of youth...the doggie elixir of life...ROAST BEEF!!! |
We've also become accustomed to hearing some pretty pitiful whining in the early morning hours. If she decided she wants or needs to go outside (get a treat), she will sit by the bed and make the most sad little noises you've ever heard. She's also gotten quite bossy and demanding. But I have to admit, we love it! She can boss us around, work us for treats and demand to be taken outside all she wants.
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| awww, brother and sister...but really, they're both lying in wait for each other to leave their toys for just a second so they can pounce and steal what the other has. |
We are so happy she's doing so well and that we get to keep her for just a little while longer.
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| hee lar i ous! (yet informative) you have no idea just how true this is! |
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