LOOK AT THIS SMILE!! Is he a happy pup, or what?
Mickey is doing great--he eats like there is no tomorrow, and has been walking for long distances with Murphy & Megan (my bichons). He checks on Molly at times, but when she refuses to eat her breakfast or dinner and I have offered it to her for the fourth time and she refuses, he is only to happy to eat it for her. Unfortunately, this will not help her to build up her body and defenses. I believe his mouth is healing well--he seems to put more pressure on it, or at least did until his antibiotics ran out last night. When he first came here, I could barely get close to his mouth to give his antibiotic with cheese--by yesterday, he was biting it off my finger. He has also allowed me to get closer to his mouth, although when I tried to wipe it off (he hasn't learned neatness without teeth yet), he threw his head one way then the other, trying to avoid my touch--I guess he still remembers his hurting teeth.
He has the most gorgeous trot that I have ever seen--one of these days I will get my act together and video his gait for you to see. He reminds me of a stallion, trotting oh, so proud. I'm working on helping him learn not to bark, and not to mark if he is out of the ex-pen. But he walks every bit as far as my 8 and 9 year-old dogs without tiring. What a boy!!
Molly is still not eating like she had earlier in the week, and tonight she refused to take her pills--very, very odd for her since she previously had scarfed down her pill (a CAPSULE!) simply by coating it with Easy Cheese. This morning I had to place it into her mouth and she was not happy about that; tonight she refused to take it at all. So, I emptied the contents of the capsule into 2 cc of water and tried to give it with the syringe. Poor baby--she threw her head back and the liquid drooled out of her mouth. Her breathing is very wet and labored.
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