My latest trips to the vets

Tear stains

I haven't been myself over the past few months, well most of this year to be honest. As you know I was swimming quite a bit earlier this year and I got an ear infection. The hoomans stopped me from going swimming and started squirting something in my ears every day! Then my eyes started getting tear stains underneath. With my white coat the stains showed up and made me look ugly. Only thing was the hoomans were now squirting in my ears and my eyes, I was getting no peace, morning and night!

I had to go back to the vets every couple of weeks for a check up and the hoomans had the smart idea of booking me into a doggy fat club as they thought I was too big. I must admit I have been very tired lately and can't really be bothered with much. I don't play as much as I used to, sometimes can't be bothered to go for a walk, even can't be bothered with my pals in the Dene.

So they took me to see the fat nurse (she wasn't really fat, she just looked after fat dogs) every couple of weeks. She would put me on the scales and measure my belly then she would talk to the hoomans, I couldn't hear everything but it generally involved me having less and less food, no treats and no fun! On my third visit to the fat nurse, I stepped on the scales and to everyone's horror had lost no weight, in fact had put a little on! I had been starving for 4 or 5 weeks, had no treats and had even been jogging and had lost no weight! What was wrong with me?

I went in to see the vet and she stuck a needle in me and took some red juice from me and she was telling the hoomans that she would send it away for testing. A few days later my Hooman Mum got a phone call and the vet said that my test had shown that I had something called an under active thyroid. So this was the reason I was not losing weight, it was also linked to my ear and eye infection! The vet gave me some tablets, that I have to take forever, that will start to help me.

Playful again

Two weeks later and I'm playing with my toys again, happy to go for walks and starting to lose weight, the vet said I might lose 10% of my weight in the next few weeks! I feel much better and my eyes and ears are clearing up too.

So if you're a doggy reading this and you feel the same as I felt, ask your hooman to take you for a blood test and get you checked over. You will feel much better for it and I think they may do as well.

Merry Christmas to all my pals.