Doberkids

The Mighty Pippin

I stated yesterday that Pippin over-estimates her limitations and animal prowess, which leads her to have her own shelf in the medicine cabinet filled with Pippin bandages, antibiotic creams, anti-inflammatories, and the like.

Here is an example of Pippin’s over-inflated self-image at work. It’s as if she thinks she’s a super Dobie. She is body slamming Annie as Annie is coming in for a landing as she jumps off the table. The light bulb over Pippin’s head isn’t too bright about things like this!

Pippin body slams everyone. She body slams Luigi, and he’s the biggest kid on the block. Lucky for her, he’s tolerant. Ollie’s not so tolerant, and Pippin found out yesterday that Aussies do not appreciate body slamming. It’s not even in their vocabulary. But jumping out from under a body slammer and nipping the snoot belonging to said slammer is!

Pippin chooses to relax in one of the spots voted most like to get trampled while sun bathing.

She’s a pip!

Helen

Annie, Pippin, Taylor

21

Apr

2008

Help For Baby’s Arthritic Back – A Follow-Up

Helen

This is a follow-up to the post “Baby’s Arthritic Back.”

Baby has been on Platinum Performance Plus since March 5. She is on 3 tablespoons in the morning and 3 tablespoons at night. That’s a therapeutic dosage, not the maintenance dosage recommended on the label. The folks at Platinum Performance prescribed the higher dosage for her Divaness.

What is more impressive is they called me several weeks after I received the order to ask me how Baby was doing on it. I don’t know any other company that stands behind their supplement products like that. Baby was on Arthrimaxx for 3 months and before that, OTC glucosamine. Nothing helped until Platinum Performance Plus.

And how is Baby doing?

– – – Before – – – – – After – –

Baby is able to move a lot better and without yelping-out-loud pain. Before Platinum Performance Plus, jumping on the bed at night was a big ordeal. I oftentimes had to help her up, and lifting a 65-pound Diva is not so easy, especially trying not to hurt any spots on her that were sensitive. Now, she jumps right up on the bed.

Baby loves playing with Luna. She’s always at it when Luna is up to the game.

Along with her Platinum Performance Plus, Baby Diva Puss lies in the sun to soak in the heat everyday, weather permitting.

Interestingly, Pippin, who came from the shelter 4 years ago with a bum front leg, had hurt it playing like the feisty rascal she is recently. The vets told me that Pippin was a good candidate for arthritis. It is setting in. After the pain from body slamming someone the wrong way, she yelped when she turned around in her bed at night. So I started her on Platinum Performance Plus – therapeutic dosage – too. She’s been on it for 3 weeks now, and the nightly yelping has stopped. She is moving better, but due to her feisty personality, she can’t help but get into trouble almost daily as she continues to ignore her limitations. Here she is taking on the duty of sniffing a new place.

Since taking the Platinum Performance Plus, Pippin’s happy and more pain free than she’s been since the arthritis in her leg’s started to take over.

We at Fort Doberdale highly recommend Platinum Performance Plus for arthritic dogs. It’s also an exceptional daily supplement. They also have supplements for most any pet – dog, cat, horse, exotics, and people, too. Click here to go to their website: Platinum Performance

Helen

Baby, Pippin

Taylor’s New Room

Helen

This was what Taylor’s crate looked like up until this morning.

Last night, I forgot to latch Taylor’s crate before bed. Evidently, she figured this out, and got busy relocating her household to a preferred spot in the house – the Dobie sofa. Taylor used all crevices of the Dobie sofa to stuff her belongings into. Taylor’s belongings used to be shared belongings amongst the FDSP.

We are working on teaching Taylor some new rules, but for now, we humor her. She was spayed by a shelter a week ago today with a full belly of puppies. She may be using the toys as a replacement for her litter. Here she is adding one of Leissl’s favorites to her collection.

This is what Taylor looked like when I stood by her crate and told her to go in her room, which she has been doing for a week up until now. Now her room has changed locations, it seems.

“I am in my room.”

This is what Taylor’s crate looked like this morning. I pulled her green blankey out to wash and put down a new one, but none of the toys were disturbed…