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Jake is getting high…

Posted in Current, Health, Illness, tagged , , , on July 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »

As I type.  It’s not like he’s shooting up or anything, it’s all legal.  I had to take him back to the vet today for a follow up (Sorry – no pictures… was running late leaving work and so was then late for the appointment and left the camera behind in the chaos) and they [...]

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Update on Jake…

Posted in Current, Health, Illness, tagged , , , on July 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »

I took Jake in for a check-up today to make sure that he’s healing okay from his pellet gun wound.  The hole has gotten larger, but they said that it’s due to dead tissue around the entry wound dying and coming off.  It looks like the infection is clearing up and they were able to [...]

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Jake got shot…

Posted in Current, Health, Illness, tagged , , , on July 3, 2010 | 8 Comments »

Not with a handgun, rifle, or shotgun… but by a pellet gun.  So I guess it could’ve been worse. Friday I came home for lunch and we noticed Jake was licking his side.  The Vampire Wife took a look at him and thought it was a tick.  She did the usual squealing and pleading for [...]

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Just a quick walk…

Posted in Current, Health, tagged , , , on March 2, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Nothing big going on today, except for a change in the weather.  It’s the first day that the weather’s been nice in a long time, so we took advantage of it and went for a quick walk around the neighborhood.  We actually got down the street a ways when we realized we’d forgotten the camera [...]

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The Great Food Debate…

Posted in Current, Feeding, Health, tagged , , , on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

If you talk to 100 Great Dane owners, you’ll get 100 differing opinions on what and how you should feed your Great Dane.  The opinions differ greatly, and some people are very, very adamant that the way they do it is the only way to go about it… and they’re willing to call you all [...]

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Puppy Food?

Posted in Feeding, Health, tagged , , , on February 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I know you readers hate it when I get serious (the hate mails, the letters to Congressmen, the old ladies standing on their curb shaking their fists at me) but feeding a Great Dane is a serious undertaking so I’ll be visiting this topic from time to time.  I especially find it important because thanks [...]

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The Surgery – the Final Chapter

Posted in First Six Months, Health, tagged , , on February 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »

The Cone of Shame was quite a horrific accessory for Duchess.  You know the nervous drooling thing I’ve written about before?  Well, just imagine that but now only with a nice, nifty, big bowl around the head to catch it all.  Just wonderful. Not only that, but apparently the Cone of Shame impedes all movement [...]

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An impromptu vet visit…

Posted in Current, Health, tagged , , on February 13, 2010 | 5 Comments »

I have to break away from the surgery saga for a bit (the final installment will be soon to come) due to yet another doggie medical visit today.  Actually, the problems started last night, but we didn’t get to the vet until today.   We sat down last night to dinner and about halfway through, Duchess [...]

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The Surgery Part ummm… four?

Posted in First Six Months, Health, tagged , , on February 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Again, we had another sleepless night since Duchess absolutely refused to leave her dew claw bandages alone (both the professionally done and the Bubba-fied ghetto triage method one that Dad and I had done).  However, my lovely vampire wife got up early as always on Christmas morning to fix brunch for the family… another tradition [...]

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The Surgery Part Trois…

Posted in First Six Months, Health, tagged , , on February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

We always open our Christmas presents on Christmas Eve.  It’s a family tradition that we have and one that we’ve done as long as I can remember.  Maybe my family wasn’t big on delayed gratification – I dunno.  So anyway, the Christmas Eve of ’09 we sat down to a lovely dinner that my vampire [...]

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