Abby has been having an even weaker stomach than I have been used to...the last two nights she's had me up with spit ups and a messy bed...she still sleeps in a soft mesh crate on my desk at night, anchored by the wall on one side and my desk chair on the other. I have had to change out the blankees in it a few times this week, and the bed twice...poor girl!! She's been getting metronidazole as prescribed, but that's not enough to cut it...so today she had KPA - doggie pepto bismol! That seemed to help, so I will keep my fingers crossed.
About a week and a half ago, I put up our Christmas tree, so Abby is back to a smaller xpen during the day as the tree takes up a few feet that the larger xpen we designed occupied. But since she has it all to herself (we had to put down her roommate at 16 years old day after Thanksgiving due to debilitating health issues), it's really not a tremendous loss...
But I took pictures of her in front of the tree to commemorate her first Christmas!
But in spite of having a usually upset tummy, Abby has been running around with the big guys, and with me being home for at least a few hours every day now, she gets to be around me AND socialize with the other dogs. In fact, the other day when I was pup sitting, I found (or rather, heard) her outside with everyone else, barking at the neighbor in his backyard! Now, she is already picking up on some bad habits: whining until I pick her up, barking to get my attention, and specialty xpen so the others don't startle her. But now she's learning to "woof" with the rest of them!!
We will have to stop this. But other than that, she is doing great...She runs around with everyone, even plays with TOYS now (a concept completely foreign to her when we pulled her from the shelter almost five months ago)...And my mom just recently emailed me the impound photos from those fateful days when we saved her...
And I look at the beautiful, loving, albeit special needs dog she has become...
I can't wait for the hair around her neck to grow in super thick like it was...but every day I fall more and more in love with her and I am just soooo glad we decided to save this little girl!!
Merry Christmas, Abby Girl!!
