Happy Birthday Lucas

Good news..Lukies arm is healed yay!   His birthday was last friday…hes 6 years old!!   He got 2 new toys-(named them “puppy” and “basketball”), more food, treats, new toothbrush and toothpaste and poop bags.  He even got to go to petsmart!  He was too excited when he got his toys, especially when he saw “puppy”! lol  its been forever since he got a new toy!!!

birthday gifts

squeaking…he was actually starting to get mad with it!  ahh i love toys that boggle his mind!

who got the milk carton out of the trash?  he looks very guilty…

October Update

It’s been over 6 months since his second surgery.  We moved back up to Indianapolis for the semester, which I got him on a good routine.  His ‘leg locking’ stage has ended, which I’m very glad.  He’s been on Reconcile (prozac) for his separation anxiety for about 5 months now.  We figured we would try the generic brand since it was cheaper; $15 for a 30-month supply over the $60 for a month supply.  I noticed it wasn’t made for a dog to take, wasn’t flavored or chewable like the regular brand.  I had to put it in cheese while he would out smart me but sucking on the cheese and spit out the pill.   It would end up taking hours for him to just swallow it.  After a week on generic, he was running around crazy, it was like he was going through prozac withdraws…he was just so hyper.  Last Monday night (another holiday-go figure) I came back from dinner, and he was just so excited to see me, like he hasn’t seen me in a year.  He started running around like crazy.  I asked him if he needed to go outside, and he even got more excited and ran faster.  It scared me so much cause he hasn’t acted like this for over 6 months (since before his surgery or before Prozac I should say) I finally got the leash on him and took him for a walk, we usually go around the block but he stopped half way and he didn’t want to go anymore.  I picked him up and carried him home.  I put him down and he started walking but couldn’t walk on his right arm.  I thought there might be something in his paw since he was walking just fine outside.  I could tell by his eyes and the way he was looking at me when i was examining his arm that he hurt himself.  I called my parents before they got too far from my place and told them to come back.  Of course it was after 6 pm and all vets are closed.  We called the hospital where lucas got his surgery from and they had us come in.  after an hr…he was walking on it, so the doctor knew his arm wasnt broken if he can walk on it.  the doc said he must have pulled a muscle in his shoulder.  He got a shot of morphine that night….whoa, a handicap dachshund on morphine is not a good match.  He started seeing things, and was scared of any fast movement.  He walked drunkly, which scared me to death.  I had to put his ‘red legs’ back on him cause his hind legs were so weak!  I couldn’t sleep a wink that night, thinking it was something more serious then just a pulled muscle.  By morning, he was back to normal, ate peed pooped, and we drove an hr away to get the regular brand of Prozac.  No more generic!!  Generic=fake.  All week hes been sleeping and resting.  Doctor gave us rimadyl to give him twice a day for a week.  I’m just so thankful that hes okay.  This incident has made me realize that he will have to be on doggie prozac for the rest of his life.  It has calmed him down a lot and can proudly say he’s halfway normal when hes on Prozac.  His birthday is next Friday the 23th…everyone is coming to celebrate it next weekend.  6 years old!  His birthday is always very special.  Maybe he will even get a new toy since he hasn’t gotten a new one this whole year!!  (I don’t let him play with many, since he likes to ‘kill’ them and shake them to death…its just an accident waiting to happen)

that’s his ‘hurt’ arm.