Linda,Yankee & Finn's Blog – September 2009 Archive (6)

Well, things didn't go much better last week. I finally got Finn in to see the vet that I wanted to see. He had two hotspots in his armpits that I hadn't noticed. So he's on antibiotics and I was told to give Benadryl for 3 days to see if it helped. It didn't really help. When I go back, we will try again to see if we can figure out why he is so itchy. She suggested I get him groomed after his hotspots clear up. I have to find a groomer that doesn't crate the dogs. I know Petsmart now has… Continue

I don't know why, but I rarely seem to have an uneventful day. They are usually not good things that happen either. I wonder if I bring these things on myself. You decide.



Yankee is my angel and has been since 8 weeks old. Finn is full of mischief. I thought Yankee would lead Finn to good behaviour. Of course not. I let the dogs out in the yard and came back awhile later and couldn't see them. I walked around to the side of the house and here comes Yankee covered in mud. It seems… Continue

I am totally freaked. About 3 weeks ago a black doodle named Jackson came running towards us and Yankee slammed him to the ground and stood over him. We know this dog, have walked with him and they have played.

That experience shocked me because Yankee is so gentle and timid but I chalked it up to him protecting us.



This morning at the dog park, we ran into Jackson & his owner. We were chatting when Yankee jumped Jackson, had him on the ground and was biting at him while… Continue

Yankee went back to the vet on Thursday to have his foot checked out to see if it was healed. She took the bandage off and we walked him a bit. His foot started to bleed again so she re-bandaged it and said to keep it on a little longer. Their office is closed Sat & Mon so she said if the bandage got wet, to take it off and put a sock or something over his foot. We are to go back on Tuesday.



After 3 days, for some reason Yankee decided to chew the bandage off last night. I didn't… Continue

Yankee has the most perfect hair on his nose. It fans out just right. I love the way it looks.

I am wondering if all doodle noses are like this or just some of them. Here is a picture so you can see what I mean.

These dogs are going to put my vet in a porsche pretty soon.



Today after our walk, I noticed blood on the floor. Off to examine both dogs and found Yankee had a bloody foot. His pad was cut as well as the skin beside it. Not sure how he did it and he wasn't limping. So off to the vet where they glued his pad and bandaged his foot. They wanted him to wear a cone and I said NO WAY. He was miserable the last and only time he wore one. They were concerned about him chewing at it but I… Continue