Thursday, June 27, 2013
The pugs were super excited when they received a package from Doggy Loot in the mail the other day.
We generally order bully sticks for the pugs whenever we see a good deal on Doggy Loot, but this time we thought we would get the pugs something new - Beef Esophagus Sticks. They sounded disgusting to me, so I was pretty sure that the pugs would LOVE them.
Benjamin loved his treat!
Henry might have enjoyed the esophagus sticks even more than Benny.
And Luna was on the fence. She didn't know what to think of them. In fact, she let her bone sit unattended and it wasn't long before Benny came by and ate hers too.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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Monday, June 24, 2013
Late last week, Luna went back to the vet to have a scope of her airway and a trachea wash. In addition to those tests she also had two sinister looking growths removed from her side.
The trachea wash was performed to see if Luna happens to have some sort of bacteria infection in her airway. The scope will give everyone a better view and idea of what is going on in her airway.
The scope of Luna's airway was sent off to the specialist for review and the trachea wash and removed growths were sent to the lab for testing. We are waiting for the result and hopefully will have them either today or tomorrow.
Luna was pretty wiped out after her procedures on Thursday. When she got home, we put her down to try and go potty and she was having none of it. Benny, on the other hand, was super curious as to where his sister had been all day and what the crazy vet had done to her side. By the next day, Luna was feeling much better and getting back to being her normal, spunky self.
Friday, June 21, 2013
This flashback is from February 2008.
It has been sort of a heavy week around here with all the vet updates, so I thought this flashback was much needed. Not only is Luna showing off just how flexible she is, but who else's dogs would have a dog bed on a recliner? 
Thursday, June 20, 2013
As I mentioned earlier, Benjamin also had an appointment at the vet last friday. Our concerns with Benjamin were a nagging cough and his hearing.
A month ago, Benjamin had a similar nagging cough and the vet determined that he had an upper respiratory infection. A round of antibiotics cleared things right up. Last week, his cough returned, and even though it didn't sound quite the same as before we decided to take him to the vet just to rule out an infection. Our vet ruled out an infection and said that the cough sounded like it is trachea related. To help Benny, we are going to try out a cough suppressant and see if that helps.
As for Benny's hearing, we have come to the conclusion in the last week or so that Benny can not hear. Benny has had selective hearing his whole life, but lately he has missed some auditory cues that would have never slipped by him. The sound of the refrigerator door opening. The sound of a zip lock baggie opening. The clinking sound the dog bowls make. He has slept through these sounds on more than one occasion in the last week. A hearing Benjamin would never miss any of these things.
The vet checked Benny's ears and his canals were clear and there was no sign of infection. His "dullness" in hearing is being classified as degenerative and being chalked up as part of Ben's aging.
Having 3 aging pugs with health problems is emotionally taxing. The only bright side is that Sol gave us great pointers on how to handle trachea problems as well as hearing loss. We have already started teaching Benny the hand signals that we taught Sol, so that we can communicate with him in a different way now. And let me just say, Sol picked up on the hand signals a lot quicker! But, I know, Benny will learn them in his own time.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Good news! We received Luna's test results and her ticker is working just fine! After the specialist reviewed the EKG, they also reviewed Luna's chest x-ray. The chest x-ray showed that Luna's heart was enlarged (and that was what has led us down this path), but the specialist's opinion is that Luna's heart is slightly enlarged but it is not a problem. She just has a big heart (and who didn't know that already)
This is stupendous news, but it does leave us with the question of what is causing her cough and breathing troubles. The thinking now is that it is more airway related. Tomorrow Luna is going to go in for a few more tests which will hopefully give us a better picture of what is going on and allow us to get the miss back in tip top shape. I will keep you updated as I know more.
Thank you all for the well wishes and good juju!
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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