It's been awhile and I apologize for not posting any updates.
I'll get right to it.
Athena had some issues the past 6 months or so with her right ear. We started noticing that we couldn't rub behind her ear. She kept shaking her head and eventually it started to stink.
We took her to the vet and they didn't find an infection. Just an overabundance of wax.
We had to start cleaning her ears every other day and putting medicine in the ear. While it stopped the smell, it didn't stop her from constantly shaking her head. Her right ear no longer was standing straight up. At hear annual visit, we mentioned her ear again. They didn't see anything and told us to keep using the ear cream and clean it. Additionally the vet thought it might be a food allergy.
Thus began a change up with the food that was more of a pain then anything else. Her ear still bothered her.
Finally I took her in again and forced the issue. They found her ear infected and we got new cream and antibiotics. Four days later, poof all gone. She is no longer shaking her head. We can pet behind her ear and it stands up straight.We just switched back to their old food because the new food caused digestion issues.Duchess and Athena protested the food change, but ultimately had no choice in the matter. Now the digestion issues are all done.
The girls are in love with the new neighbor. About a month and a half ago, the neighbors adopted a new puppy. He's the CUTEST thing ever. The dogs are obsessed with this puppy. It is so cute. I'll try to snap pics the next time they visit him.
Duchess is becoming a bit more sociable at the dog park. I don't know if it's due her seeing the same dogs all the time or something else. It's nice to see.
My parents came for a visit and stayed a week. The girls loved them, especially Duchess (surprise!). I think they were both quite bummed out when they returned home. They also took to my brother when he visited a month prior to that.
We did a DNA test on the girls. We'd done one on Duchess before, but were curious if it would garner the same results. We were curious to what Athena was. I'll blog about that next time. It won't be as long in between posts I swear.
Athena is doing fantastic. Aside from weaker back legs than a dog her age would normally have, she's adapted wonderfully. She's very happy and loves her home, neighbors and friends. She lives for the dog parks, eating and Rocky (her raccoon).
