You haven't really lived until you've put almost $9,000 on your credit card at the emergency vet, but that's just what I did at ...

Yesterday I came home from work to find four happy dogs... and a bottle of ibuprofen in the middle of my living room, with the pills clearly...

Typical conversation this week: "So, my dog has a broken rib." "What?? Which one?" "Which one do you think?...

I took Maisy in for a just-being-super-cautious bladder ultrasound on Monday. It’s been six months since her huge bladder stones (and subseq...

I recently discovered that Maisy's supposed poodle half is as close to confirmed as one can get without a DNA test. I know this because ...

The hard thing with a new dog is that you don't know when something's wrong, because you don't know what their normal looks l...

In the last week or two, I've noticed that Maisy seems... off. She's just slightly stiff. She needs to take a break halfway up the s...

Dear Maisy, You have been an exemplary dog for nearly 7 years, and I have never before needed to write a letter of warning to you. Even th...

I’m amazed at how well Maisy is doing… and feeling bad because it’s (now) obvious that Maisy was not feeling well for quite awhile. Over the...

Both Maisy and I received great news this week! ( Finally. Last month was hard.) Maisy's Health Maisy on her 7th birthday earlier ...

Cross your fingers, knock on some wood, put a rabbit foot on your key chain… anything to prevent me from jinxing things here, because I thi...

On Wednesday afternoon, we got the results of Maisy's spinal tap and adjusted her medications. One of the things we did was increase he...

The results of Maisy's spinal tap came back today and... I don't know. It's not bad news, really, but it's not exactly good ...

A lot of this has been shared on Facebook already, but I need to write about it some more because that's how I deal with stressful stuf...

Maisy had a spinal tap this afternoon. The procedure itself went very well (she had a slightly low BP during anesthesia, but meds took care...

We had a completely normal weekend. I taught on Saturday, and then hung out with Maisy while I did some last-minute studying for my CPDT ex...

I'm in the home stretch for the exam. I take the exam on Monday, so with less than a week to go and three sections left to review, well....

I have asthma. This causes my airway to swell and narrow, making it more difficult for oxygen to reach my lungs. In turn, I become short of ...

On Saturday, Maisy went to the emergency vet because there was blood in her urine. Assuming it was a UTI, but wanting to be sure, the vet a...

We interrupt your regularly scheduled series of blog posts on dog body language to bring you this important health update. My parents are ...