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Out of the blue late afternoon today Maxx started limping quite badly. He was still hobbling around, following us and wanting to play so I hope it's not too bad. It is Friday night and he is now in his bed in the lounge room watching the footy so we will see how he is in the morning 😥

There is a little pug that has lost the use of his back legs and has a little trolley with wheels attached to his back half. He and Maxx do not like each other but are always on lead and just have the odd grumble if they pass on a walk I wasn't there, but Steve said he was standing talking to...

We had a very good vet visit yesterday. Mr loony toons was bouncing around waiting for Nurse Caroline to dish out the treats but when it came time to go into the consultation room he sat down and wouldn't budge! Last time I remember he hesitated but this time he was not having a bar of it...

A dog who was trapped in a mine shaft for 4 days couldn't stop wagging his tail during his rescue. This is Ted. He and his sister Penny wandered off their family's property last week in Victoria, Australia. When the pair didn't return home, their family began an extensive search. Despite...

Steve is currently rebuilding our big retaining wall at the front of the property. Poor thing, very nearly 60 and out there every day with the jackhammer etc but doing a stellar job Today a man walked up to him and asked if he had seen a 7 month old yellow labrador who had escaped from a house...

Poor Maxx has had diarrhea for two days and got poor Steve up 3 times last night to run outside and also execute a nice big vomit on the carpet (why always on the carpet? There were tiles right next to it). We saw blood in both and freaked out but the vet checked the sample and said it's all...

We have put new flooring upstairs in our lounge, dining and hallway. It is beautiful and we couldn't be happier But Maxx. Hates. It. To be more specific he is scared of it. He has always had a problem with surfaces and even sometimes won't go down the last 4 steps of our inside, carpeted...

Our good friends had to put their black lab to sleep today at 11am. We all cried so much but they gave him such a wonderful life. He had leg and elbow issues from a puppy and they spent an absolute fortune but it ensured he was pain free most of the time. Their oldest son was 5 when they got...

Poor Maxx isn't well. He vomited a couple of times in the two days after we picked him up from the kennels but we put it down to transitioning from their food back to ours. He was vomit-free for the next few days but definitely lethargic. Last night he vomited twice so he's off to the vets as...

Maxx is pretty bomb-proof and confident, except every now and then he gets the heebie-jeebies about a certain surface or area - namely: 1. If he has a slip on our wooden floorboards he might refuse to walk across that area for a while. We put down mats, encourage gently and the problem will be...

We have taught Maxx to go and find his black Kong bone when it is time for a denta stick or liver treat or a chunk of carrot. We say 'fetch your bone' and off he trots to find it. We recently bought a new Kong bone as the old one was worn and it was too easy for him to extract the treat...

Steve found a hard lump tonight about the size of a grape on Maxx's right front leg about midway between his elbow and armpit. It didn't seem to bother him when we felt it but off to the vet tomorrow 😔

We failed at general recall with Maxx due to having different ideas about how to train him so he is always on lead apart from when he is at the beach at the river where there is only one exit. I have been working on an emergency recall word for well over a year. Steve knows that he will be...

I do love him. A lot. But Steve is in hospital and Maxx has moments, as always, and when I'm on my own coping with a crazy job and looking after all things house, he can really just drive me mad. Today was bark bark bark, play with me NOW, steal some stuff and run around like a crazy dog, bark...

Maxx has some small clumps of fur coming out around his legs. It's not usual for him and I wonder if it is something to do with the furminator I bought recently. I was paranoid to use it badly so all I do is about 5-10 gentle strokes around his back and sides and top of his legs while giving...

There was THE most beautiful box of flowers at my front door when I got home from the hospital tonight. They couldn't have been more well timed as poor Steve had the worst day imaginable and was utterly dejected and depressed. In 35 years I have never seen him remotely like this. Completely...

Maxx has come home from the kennels with a croaky bark. He would have been barking constantly for three weeks so it's not that surprising. The vet said it should return to normal in about a week, otherwise bring him in Has anyone experienced this before? Poor boy sounds like a chihuahua...

Happy birthday to our adorable, cheeky, norty, loving fur child :heart: His birthday present is a new Nina Ottosson game but he is currently too intent in his birthday breakfast Kong to play. Pics of this to follow Some recent photos