Archives for May 2020

By Fall Sophie’s life and my life revolved around lots of medical tests. Each was designed to diagnose the cause of her progressive hind end weakness, but in our case, they only ruled out the conditions she didn’t have. They call that, diagnosis by elimination. It was a frustrating time. No matter what we did, …

Once Sophie recovered from Distemper, our family went into an adjustment period with the new puppy. That meant lots of changes in our life. I don’t know how you feel about change, but I’m not a big fan. I prefer the status quo where I can be in control. But we can’t hold back life …

All of my dogs have come from rescue groups and city shelters. I never had one come down with Distemper until I adopted Sophie. In the U.S. canine distemper is usually seen in puppies that come from overcrowded rescues and not-so-reputable pet shops. That’s due to the fact that one of the first vaccinations young …

I don’t know how your family makes the decision to add a new pet, but the story of how Sophie joined our family started with a bet at a baseball game. We were vacationing in Chicago and decided to take in a game at Wrigley Field.  My husband made the wager in an attempt to …