Check in

I apologize it's been a bit since I posted an update. We've been extremely busy here and haven't had much time to just sit down and write.

So Beautiful.

Athena is doing wonderful. We love and adore her so much. She is just a very happy dog.  She loves to watch. She loves looking out windows and loves to sit or lay in the back yard and just observe (or watch for her nemesis: any squirrel.

In all the years that we've had dogs, Athena is by far the sweetest.  She has the hub wrapped around her paw.

She and Duchess play every day, several times a day. She loves Sheba and is always trying to get her engaged in activities.

I'm trying to upload photos from my phone, but am running into issues.  

She's done with all her meds, but the prednisone. As soon as she finishes with that, she'll be able to be spayed.  



SMILE!  with Mommy

She has a VERY healthy appetite. Some of that may be due to the prednisone. 

She's gotten use to our routine and that makes me very happy.  That was one of my hopes, that she assimilate into our routine with ease.  The hub says most of the time the dogs leave him as he's getting ready to leave for work and they go to their respective spots, where they'll stay while we're away.  

Athena has taken over the ottoman in front of the office window that faces out front.   Duchess takes the bed in the office/guestroom and looks out the same windows from there. Sheba tends to sleep on the floor by the door.

 She adores our neighbor Master Chief. They both wish they weren't tied up so they could REALLY run around with each other.  It is quite adorable to watch.   I know if makes Master Chief's day since NONE of the other dogs have ever played with him.  

Next post I'll discuss how she's healing.    Thanks for checking in on her.

Mommy loves to hug me.

With Daddy & Sheba

Pooped!  Ready for bed.

A walk in the park

Hey. Thanks for coming back to check on Ms Athena.

Still going well. We've had some communication issues. We need to work on determining her "I need to go out" whine against the "I just want your attention" whine. Otherwise, she's still charming hearts.

We think we have to cut back on her eating. She loves to eat and while she doesn't look over weight, she definitely has meat on her bones.


Daddy & Athena

 We did take her and her sister Duchess out to the park for a walk. Sister Sheba can not keep up at her age and was left at home. Last year we took Duchess out all the time for walks. Now that the weather is nicer and we're getting healthy again, we're going to start up again.

Athena is just wonderful. Really she is. She's always so happy and sweet and you can't help but just want to hug her when she's around. She and Duchess are really a unit now. Athena has a good life. Her black areas seem to be 'fading'. I think now that she moves around more and there is blood flowing, it'll heal. Her back is looking good. The scabs are practically gone and now it's just skin. Yay.


Duchess, Athena & Daddy



The Girls