Tuesday 3 March 2015

Little Greyhound Ailments


Heidi has been a little in the wars of late. She had a lame front leg for a week, sometimes this just happens when she has ran while cold/stiff or perhaps she jumped out of the car boot in a funny way. Anyway, we kept her from running and it is pretty much back to normal. Last week she was sick in the early hours, bringing up bile along with quite a large stone. Two days later, the same but with a smaller stone (jagged), and two days later, bile in the morning again along with another jagged bit. She also developed quite a large lump on her back hip a few days ago.

We took her to the vet today to get checked out and they said that dogs can carry stones around in their stomach and they will bring them up in their own time - if she is eating and toileting fine, she is likely ok. The vet stuck a needle into the lump and said that it is likely from a knock. Heidi is pretty much skin and bone and so any lump is going to show. We'll keep an eye on it though.

And on other things - she is 10 years old now!

Sunday 11 January 2015

Out Walking


She has a goofy tooth at the front due to not having an upper fang.

Friday 19 December 2014

Dog Found Her Christmas Present!

Heidi went into my handbag when my back was turned and pulled out her toy that was supposed to be hidden and then wrapped for Christmas. She likes furry things that squeak, or just furry things. She loves this! She plays with it alot, so I don't mind, and I have a pack of treats to wrap for her.


Monday 1 December 2014

Ear Tattoos

So I have got around to looking up Heidi's ear tattoos online, and I have found out she was born in 2005, which makes her two years older than the rescue's estimate. So, she is nine!

Irish dogs have tattoos in both ears, two letters in the right, and three in the left. The first letter, which is D, is the year of whelp, which turns out to be 2005.

Dec 1st