Vet visit for both babies yesterday. It was originally scheduled for Izzy to get her rabies and other shots. We want to take her to the groomers, but her rabies vaccine had expired. Maple Bar was due for her shots also.
But over the last few days, Izzy has lost three teeth! So we talked to the vet about that also. The vet said there isn't anything we can do about her teeth, other than switch her to wet food and only soft treats. It's just part of her aging. We were really sad. One of her FAVORITE treats are these dinosaur shaped chew treats. It takes her 5-10 minutes to eat them and she is completely focused and obsessed the whole time.
I was checking wet food to order some from Amazon or Walmart and now I'm even more bummed. OMG, it's so much more expensive than dry! Supposedly, dogs are supposed to eat 1 oz. of wet food for every 1 lb. they weigh. She's a smaller medium sized dog and only 23 lbs. But that's still about two 12 oz. cans a day. Seems like a lot of food, so we'll see. She's a self feeder who eats about 1-1 1/2 cups of dry food each day, which is less than average for a dog her size.
But on the bright side, the vet said she is in very good health considering her age (14 years). She's developed cataracts and we didn't think there was anything that could be done about that. But the vet said it is not very advanced and wrote us an eye drop prescription that will help slow it down further. That was really good news.
This was the first time we put Maple Bar in a carrier. She doesn't mind being in the carrier. But is VERY unhappy when the carrier is moving, either by car or being carried in it. She's often pretty vocal anyway, but has a soft voice. My H said it was the loudest he had ever heard her. He also got her calming drugs for the very long drive, when we move later this year. He said she was surprisingly calm with the vet. Usually she's nervous around new people. She's still a youngster, so her health is fine.
Oh Izzy! My little old lady.
