New Tricks!

Here is Ruby after showing off her new trick!! She is a smart cookie this one, and very talented... maybe a future in agility! We have taught her on command to jump up into our arms. Who knows if it will be useful, but Ruby likes it because she can snuggle and get hugs!

Things are still going well for her. She just seems to have more and more energy. The cold weather we have been having (single digit type) doesn't even slow her down... and the birds coming back? Boy, does she spy every little thing that moves outside.

In a couple of weeks we will have treatment #3. This one will be the first one that is full strength. Hopefully we have had enough of the microfilia die off for the last two months that it won't be so hard on her. Til then we will keep teaching this young dog new tricks!

We have no signs of the cough she had in November, her fur is shiny, and all grown back in. Her eyes glow with health... and she has energy to spare. Her clock goes off at 5:45, and she is ready to go every morning!

Treatment #2

Miss Ruby is once again on "house arrest" as she adjusts to the second round of treatment using heartgard. This was once again a half dose, but she did seem a little tired again that first night. Another odd thing, which could just be unrelated, was that she was shedding more than usual by Sunday. Could be a fluke, could be her body is still having some shock reactions to the microfilia die off.

She is just as happy as ever- when she is not viewing us with a little disdane about being in the crate or on the leash. She just doesn't understand why everyone else gets to go outside and chase bunnies but she has to watch from inside- which still seems to get her excited. I swear she can hear them hop no matter where she is in the house!

Her appetite is still amazing... she eats as much as our 67# pointer and still looks thin, so her metabolism is working just fine. She seems to have more and more energy all the time. When she is all through this she is going to take a lot of running!

So far so good for Miss Ruby... round two seems to be going just fine, if not better than round one!