Sunday, July 8, 2018

A great day, that almost went really bad.

We had an amazing time at the river today. We brought the dogs, their toys and a little picnic. Almost 3 hours are pure fun, before things turned bad.
















































This is the part that almost went really bad. My PSA...be watchful for your dogs ingesting too much water! We had a lovely afternoon at the river, spent 3 hours playing with the dogs and kids. Mostly in the shady areas and the water. Just as we were packing up the car to go home Kitsune started walking like she was drunk and foaming. Not 5min after we noticed her walking funny she collapsed and started seizing. I freaked about heat stroke, even though I felt she had stayed cool and Lycan was totally fine. Of course it was Sunday at 3:30...and my vet who does emergency after hours was out on a farm call. We are not usually rush to the vet people, but I knew this was bad. My vet sent us 40 min away to the closest 24 hr 365 clinic. I suggest you all find your nearest clinic just so you know where it is in case of a freak emergency. We got her there but it did not look good. I thought she was a dead dog. When Jason walked her into the clinic she was hanging just completely lifeless tongue hanging out, she had had like 10 seizures in the back of the car on the drive to the vets and was totally unresponsive. After getting her in and starting to work on her the vets found her sodium and sugar were bottomed out...temp was on low end of normal. They asked about a lot of things and we started narrowing it down to WATER TOXICITY. She was chasing the wake waves and biting them a lot during our stay...I didn't even think it could be dangerous. She had to spend 24 hours in the ER...but it looks like she will recover, thank goodness. Many dogs are not as lucky and do not survive. It could have been a lot worse, especially if I didn't go with my gut and get a hold of the vet right away. We were so scared to lose our crazy girl.



Saturday, July 7, 2018

Mowing was never so fun.

Xander's...and the dogs...favorite chore, mowing the "back yard". Lycan is a total nut, he wants to play chicken and chase the mower around, Kitsune just wants someone to throw her stick LOL.



He is pretty ripped!

Xander is getting better at this.












My turn. This is way more fun than a push mower.
Ugh really. Yesterday Kitsune rolls in horse poop, today Lycan finds a wad of gum...whose gum yet to be determined. Peanut butter works on fur too.
Handy hubby...working on a feeder for my goats!

Friday, July 6, 2018

Hayden and Pepe went a tumbling.

Skeet is loving her new freedom, and being a great guardian! I really love this fluffy girl.

Such a sweet girl.

Hayden came in to tell me she and Pepe fell down in the "mud" when they were in the pasture. I didn't have the heart to tell her it is July...there is no mud in the pasture LOL. Showers for both.
S'mores is everyone's snuggle buddy...Jericho had him all set up on the couch today.

Our last pup has flown the coop. We were gifted some amazing chocolate straight from England. Bittersweet goodbye.

Thursday, July 5, 2018

1st swim lesson.

Buster gets to go home tomorrow, his family has been on vacation in Europe for the last 3 weeks...but they can't wait to get home and pick him up! Today Xander took him in the pool for a little swim. Don't tell his Kitsune or Lycan...they aren't allowed in the pool and would be very jealous LOL.
Swim coach Xan gave him an A...he did quite well.









Poor goats, it is hot today, lots of down time in the shade.



Quad pile.
Skeet is getting another shot at going offline. So far she is doing great!

Classy's babies left, so we have been milking her to keep her in milk until our herds LA test at the end of the month. Candy Crush is happy to make use of the donated milk.