{"id":1956,"date":"2021-02-23T19:18:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T00:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/129.213.27.132\/?p=1956"},"modified":"2021-02-23T19:18:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T00:18:32","slug":"update-on-all-the-furbabies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/13dogfarm.com\/?p=1956","title":{"rendered":"Update on All the Furbabies"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve had a few folks asking about Herc and how his recovery is going.\u00a0 So, instead of the Christmas blog being next, I decided a furbaby update was more important. Tomorrow Herc heads to Knoxville for his bandage removal and his first of four chemo treatments.\u00a0 We are praying that he handles the treatments well.\u00a0 As of yet, he has not eaten any actual dog food.\u00a0 However, Al bought a rather large roast and has been feeding him chunks of it each morning.\u00a0 It’s the only way to hide his medicine, too.\u00a0 He is currently taking an anti-inflammatory and a pain pill.\u00a0 We have reduced the pain meds in half and he seems to be tolerating that dosage.\u00a0 \u00a0He’s alert and moving around pretty comfortably.\u00a0 \"\"\"\"\u00a0 He jumps up on the couch and bed with ease.\u00a0 We had a small set back about a week ago.\u00a0 We have attributed it to him trying to overdo it. He seems to be doing great now.\u00a0 From what others have told us a setback is very normal.\u00a0 He’s figuring it out.\u00a0 I think we stress more than he does though.\u00a0 We try and keep it cool but, damn, it’s hard when you think he is going to topple over or fall off the couch.\u00a0 So, I guess we’re learning, too. In addition to the tall food and water bowl stand Al made, we’ve added rubber stair treads to the steps (there are 14) to and from the basement. We have added a gate and steps (there are 5) to the back of the left side of the cabin. \"\" \"\" \"\" Rubber stairs treads will be added to these steps as well. We needed to do this project anyway so, it went from number 1250 on the list of projects to do to number 1.\u00a0 As soon as the ground dries up Al will grade and smooth it then, lay some gravel. Herc will move from the basement to the main floor and back again using this new route.\u00a0 It’s less strenuous for him and less scary for us. We also purchased a new harness.\u00a0 We believe it will give him better stability and give us a better sense of control. \"\" Al joined a forum of people with tripod dogs and it has been such a tremendous help to us.\u00a0 Al will blog on Thursday and let everyone know how his doctors appointment and chemo went.<\/p>\n

Now, Teenie on the other hand, has been very vigilant at protecting the cabin with her\u00a0brother under the weather.\u00a0\"\"\u00a0She gives him a wide berth and handles alllllll the barking.<\/p>\n

The labs, well, they are labs.\u00a0 They keep the perimeter safe and sound ALL NIGHT LONG.\u00a0 They do work hard for us. Then, they become solar labs during the day.\u00a0 Sleeping almost anywhere soaking up the warm rays of the sun.<\/p>\n

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The kittens are loving their freedom.\u00a0 Sort of.\u00a0 They spend their outdoor time mostly at the front door or the front windows crying for me to come and play.\u00a0 \u00a0\"\"\u00a0\u00a0\"\"\"\" \u00a0\"\" \"\" \u00a0 They are still learning. They will be eight months old March 1st.\u00a0 Still young but, I believe they will figure out that this freedom is a good thing.\u00a0 Heck, Tag killed a field mouse today right in front of my eyes.\u00a0 Like, why Lord, must you let me see these things?\u00a0 I’m getting tougher with this whole circle of life thing.<\/p>\n

Your continued prayers for Herc are so much appreciated.\u00a0 I travel to Georgia for a few days tomorrow.\u00a0 And, as promised, Christmas and December are coming up.\u00a0 December was a very busy month!<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n

Elisa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve had a few folks asking about Herc and how his recovery is going.\u00a0 So, instead of the Christmas blog being next, I decided a furbaby update was more important. Tomorrow Herc heads to Knoxville for his bandage removal and his first of four chemo treatments.\u00a0 We are praying that he handles the treatments well.\u00a0 … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/13dogfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/13dogfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/13dogfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/13dogfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/13dogfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/13dogfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1975,"href":"https:\/\/13dogfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956\/revisions\/1975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/13dogfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/13dogfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/13dogfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}