Mike's Doghouse

So, if you remember from a previous post, Mike’s age is in question. It is possible he is younger than we thought. Normally, this isn’t a big deal, but if he is younger than previously assumed, he rec’d his rabies vaccine too soon and it will need to be repeated. I don’t know if other vaccinations will also need to be redone.

Tonight, while waiting for something to download, I did a search for images of puppy and adult teeth. Not for the squeamish! I managed to find an excellent set of images and explanations on, get this, a Rottweiler site!

Donnerberg Rottweilers in California has a great page of teeth info. The photos are great and include puppy teeth, adult teeth, and various stages in between. These photos will help me to keep an eye on Mike’s teeth. I looked at them this afternoon and I don’t see that much of a difference since last week at the vet’s.

In the morning, I have to collect a urine sample and during the day, collect a fecal sample. Oh goody. Oh joy. In the afternoon, we take another of our dogs, PopCorn, in to the vet’s to get two masses removed from her foot. She’s had a mass from this foot removed before and we knew it would grow back. It did, and brought a friend. PopCorn just had a cancerous tumor (and her spleen) removed two weeks ago. It is a slow-growing cancer, extremely rare, and since this means she’ll be with us at least another year or two, we figure it would be best to make her comfortable. When we take her in (she gets carsick so we always take her in the day before), we’ll give them Mike’s contribution to our growing bill there.