Feeling better

Here is the patient today! I think he feels better. His weight is down 5 lbs in 6 weeks ( only 15 to go)! His drooling and breath are 100% better and the best thing is that he can see comfortably out of his right eye! I am so happy for him!!! His energy is returning and he is much more lively. He is tolerating his e collar well, though my legs are not...bruised up from him crashing into me. His stitches come out on 9-4. Looking forward to taking him to the beach again!!

Jerry's surgery

Here is the patient. Aren't the socks cute? I am using those to make sure he cannot get paw traction to pull his collar off. His entropion repair seems to be a success and his teeth are clean. Apparently he had extra "redundant" skin in his eyelid area that our vet had to cut out. Yuck. He will wear the e collar for 10 days and get his stitches out on Sept. 4: just in time for the holiday weekend. Bummer is that there is no beach walking until Sept. 4....we will make it up to him and Murphy over the holiday weekend. 

Jerry's big surgery...send good thoughts

Jerry has his big surgery day tomorrow to repair the entropion in his right eye and to get his teeth cleaned. Please keep his vet and Jerry in your thoughts. We are hopeful that this eyelid repair will be successful. Stay tuned. 

Snoozing

Busy day...gotta rest...Airedale style....

Beach Boys

We want to watch the sun rise on the beach every day!

 Love, 
Murphy & Jerry

Hi. I am new here.

So here is what arrived in our lives on July 19, 2015. Nope, not an Airedale, obviously a black Lab. Say hello to Jerry. He needed a home and we were ready to take on a new furry family member. He is six years old and a good natured, sweet dog. He is overweight and has an entropion (rolled eyelid) on his right eye. It was repaired once, but was not successful. We will be forging ahead with that surgery next week to see if we can get better results for him. Murphy was not too taken with our non-terrier addition. He sulked for a couple of days and then was grumpy for the next few days and now has agreed to a truce. They do play sometimes and seem to be getting more used to the idea of each other. It is amusing to watch Murphy play with Jerry. "Bitey face" has not been a hit with Jerry. On the other hand, running around and wrestling is a great source of entertainment.

Dog on Deployment

This past spring, we were lucky to take part in an unofficial version of  "Dogs on Deployment." VA Airedale Rescue put us in touch with a service person in need of immediate and temporary housing for her Airedale Mix. We were lucky to take in Abe, 35 pounds of  fur and fun. It was love at first sight for Murphy and the two were inseparable from day one. We were very depressed when he left us in May after eight weeks of fun and frolic.

In the meantime....

Right after Sophie passed in May 2014, Murphy completed surgery for a torn tendon in his left rear knee. That kept us busy for about 6 weeks with physical therapy, laser therapy and general care as Murphy got back up to speed. Now you can hardly tell that he has had the surgery....

Right after he got  home, not feeling too good

End of week two, seeing a little smile

getting better

surgery was a distant memory in October 2014

It's been a long time and a lot has happened......

Well hellooo...it has been a long while since I have posted about our adventures. After several false starts and should haves on the blogging and personal fronts, I am back....unfortunately, one of our setbacks was the loss of my dear Sophie in May 2014. Wow, over a year ago, you are thinking. That is exactly right. It has taken me a long time to process that loss. Sophie's troubles started in January, 2014. She began to develop some suspicious bumps and lumps. Those of us who are owned by terriers, know that is common for them and often, not good. It was not good...in the end, her mammary cancer returned with a vengeance and metastasized and the effort to fix all of that was going to take her last strength. We made the difficult choice to ease her out of her discomfort, before she was left to an undignified end. I think that would have hurt her just as much. She went out surrounded by love and filled with treats. Kudos to our wonderful vet and staff. However I am keeping her picture up as she really was the inspiration for my posts.....