If you want a friend in Washington…

get a dog. – Harry S. Truman Politics has been called a dog eat dog enterprise, but even the hungriest of mutts would probably steer clear of some of the offal dished out by some pols these days. While President Obama(above with Bo) probably has an edge on his challenger thanks to the whole dog…

Pixie’s Recovery or The 3-Day Buzz

So this is a bit (or very much) late. Pixie spent the night at ACCES. The docs consider 30mg/kg of body weight dangerous levels of phenobarbitol for dogs. Ms. Buttercup was pegging the needle at 64mg/kg. So, in addition to feeding her charcoal and inducing vomiting, they tried a relatively new treatment which injected lipids(fat) into…

Pixie’s Recovery or The 3-Day Buzz

So this is a bit (or very much) late. Pixie spent the night at ACCES. The docs consider 30mg/kg of body weight dangerous levels of phenobarbitol for dogs. Ms. Buttercup was pegging the needle at 64mg/kg. So, in addition to feeding her charcoal and inducing vomiting, they tried a relatively new treatment which injected lipids(fat) into…

Another visit to ACCES

So here I am again at ACCES, our local emergency vet. Pixie has always been “food motivated ” but on e she was put on prednisone and phenobarbital she became a first class predator in the house. She has eaten everything from tile spacers to entire shoes. This time she ate her entire month’s supply…