A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths.

Boone had an exam at a new vet I'm trying out. The vet was wonderful with him! Nobody gave much care to his muzzle, they all just said how cute he was and tried to be his buddy which Boone really wanted nothing to do with. He was a frozen rock. I put him up on the table for the vet and the whole time he kept talking to him and petting him, telling him what a good boy he was that he didn't need to be afraid anymore as I wouldn't let anyone hurt him. Since he wanted to do blood before his neuter they asked if I wanted to just do it today and I said sure. To cause Booney less stress the techs came into the exam room and did it instead of taking him to the back. He did VERY well, he's usually a drama queen about needles (takes after his mama heh) but he didn't udder a sound.

Vet came back and asked if I wanted to take him to the back room so they could get a weight on him to avoid Boone getting upset. He did wonderful, stood on it like a champ instead of trying to bounce off. 34kgs! The clinic cat was not impressed by him though. Got the results back and they said everything looked fairly good with his blood test, some level was high I can't remember which exactly... his serum levels? But they said its really nothing to worry about and the vet advised they redo his blood the day of he neuter to make sure everything is OK. After finding out all the health problems Drifter had because the vet neither advised and we never asked for things like blood tests which might have warned us about these things sooner I was more then OK with them doing another test for Boone. So he goes in for the big snip snip this Tuesday at 8am. The vet said he usually liked them to stay overnight to make sure they came around OK but with Boone and his anxiety that I could come collect him later in the day so he didn't get too worked up.

Drifter's been great lately in the past two weeks he hasn't had a seizure. I can't help but wonder if it has anything to do with the amount of exercise he's getting now. I take him and Boone for 1 1/2 - 2 hour walks every day or every other day and when I don't Drifter tends to have a seizure. He's also loosing weight and has a bit of a waistline again! Though his stomach worries me, the vet said he might have fluid in his abdomen since he didn't have the cough of congestive heart failure there is a good chance he has no fluid around his heart but apparently there is another form where they get fluid in their abdomens. He's loosing weight but still has they jello like stomach pouch that sways and sags. I hate that I don't have the money for his medical bills and my parents won't spend large amounts on a dog his age. The vet still wants to do an ultrasound to look at his heart, liver and this fluid but to do that they have to knock him out and Drifter tends to stop breathing when he gets knocked out. But the main thing is he's still happy and still himself so thus far his nasty heart murmur, liver problems, seizures and arthritis aren't bothering him. Which makes me feel a tad better.