Last month after having to put our sweet four year old chocolate lab Koa down, we bought a new puppy. We looked around and found the perfect little guy and brought him home with us. After a lot of thinking my husband named him Oak, its Koas name spelled differently:-) And here he is, our newest little guy!
Since coming home he has proven to have a lot of spunk and attitude! He likes to pee in the house much better than outside. He also likes to walk while he pees;-P Heehee so its a pain to clean up the line of pee through the whole house! Little punk. He chews on everything and doesn't listen to his name at all. (Probably because we called him puppy for so long we even have a hard time remembering to call him Oak) He likes to bite us, and has the sharpest little teeth! But in spite of all these things he is such a sweet heart. He likes to cuddle, and be rocked to sleep on his back like a baby. He is best friends with Rizzo and they run through the house playing all day long.
Last month Oak got very sick. We had to take him into an emergency clinic and they fed him charcoal because he had been poisoned with something. He recovered and we were very grateful! Last Friday when I came home my husband said he was sick again, we took him into the vet Saturday and they put him on antibiotics and kept him for 24 hours on IV fluids. He came home and stopped throwing up... as much. We babied him and tried to get him well but by Wednesday when he still wasn't gaining any of his lost weight back, and just laid all around the house sleeping all day, we took him back into the vet yesterday.
They took x-rays and said he needed to go in for emergency surgery if he was going to live, and that they thought he had something in his intestines. We only had a few minutes to talk before we had to make a decision. We knew it was going to cost A LOT! But we went ahead and told them to do it. The canceled the rest of the appointments for the rest of the day and went into surgery. After hours they came out and showed us a sock they had pulled out of his intestines and stomach. Part of the string going through his intestine had caused laceration's in three places allowing fluid to seep into the stomach cavity. Thankfully not to much had gotten out or he would not have made it! He is staying at the vet for a couple days but is expected to make a full recovery! Yeeee
Since coming home he has proven to have a lot of spunk and attitude! He likes to pee in the house much better than outside. He also likes to walk while he pees;-P Heehee so its a pain to clean up the line of pee through the whole house! Little punk. He chews on everything and doesn't listen to his name at all. (Probably because we called him puppy for so long we even have a hard time remembering to call him Oak) He likes to bite us, and has the sharpest little teeth! But in spite of all these things he is such a sweet heart. He likes to cuddle, and be rocked to sleep on his back like a baby. He is best friends with Rizzo and they run through the house playing all day long.Last month Oak got very sick. We had to take him into an emergency clinic and they fed him charcoal because he had been poisoned with something. He recovered and we were very grateful! Last Friday when I came home my husband said he was sick again, we took him into the vet Saturday and they put him on antibiotics and kept him for 24 hours on IV fluids. He came home and stopped throwing up... as much. We babied him and tried to get him well but by Wednesday when he still wasn't gaining any of his lost weight back, and just laid all around the house sleeping all day, we took him back into the vet yesterday.They took x-rays and said he needed to go in for emergency surgery if he was going to live, and that they thought he had something in his intestines. We only had a few minutes to talk before we had to make a decision. We knew it was going to cost A LOT! But we went ahead and told them to do it. The canceled the rest of the appointments for the rest of the day and went into surgery. After hours they came out and showed us a sock they had pulled out of his intestines and stomach. Part of the string going through his intestine had caused laceration's in three places allowing fluid to seep into the stomach cavity. Thankfully not to much had gotten out or he would not have made it! He is staying at the vet for a couple days but is expected to make a full recovery! YeeeeHe should be home in a couple days, just in time to move into Codys parents house! We are spending a month or two there to get away from the neighbors, and to save rent money to pay off Oaks vet bills! Rizzo is sulking around waiting for puppy to come home, and we are so grateful that he will be okay! He is by far the most expensive thing we own! He has kept us busy and on our toes for sure, and all of this in just a month. Imagine the madness he could cause in the rest of his life! Lets pray he is done getting into trouble now and goes back to simply peeing on the floors:-)
2 comments:
What an ordeal! I'm sorry you had to go through that. I hope he gets better!
I hope Oak gets better soon!! Hes so cute! :) And so iz rizzo! I had so much fun playing with him up here! :) Good luck moving too!!! I know that can be a pain! But enjoy it, a new adventure with your hubby! :)
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