Rushed to the emergency vet!

What a horrible stressful day today.  Riggs had to be rushed to the emergency vet tonight.  Earlier today was Riggs' yearly shots.  So we took him to his regular vet and dropped him off.  Unfortunately, we think our vet got a little behind and did not give him his shots till close to the end of the day.  We came to pick him up right as they were closing.  We were heading back to the car and could tell there was definitely something wrong with him.  Riggs started to throw up, his tongue got really pale and he was rubbing his face hardcore.  We could tell his muzzle and snout was all swollen.  Riggs was having a severe allergic reaction to his shots.  The vet was closed and told us we needed to take him to an afterhours facility (what the hell!).  We rushed over there, the poor guy was itching so bad and you could tell he was really nauseous.  The emergency vet gave Riggs a shot of a strong concentration of Benadryl and a steroid shot.  After about 30 mins, he looked much better.  Poor guy was wiped out and slept the whole rest of the night.

Nylabones

While Riggs is obsessed with his stuffed animals still, he loves Nylabones.  He will spend a good hour chewing on that thing.  It is really good for his teeth to keep them clean so we are thrilled he loves them.  Now if we can just get him to quit expecting us to hold it for him while he chews it.

Left, pause, back, right, up, back left again

We never taught Riggs to walk beside us which makes taking him for a walk to be a challenge.  This is how a walk with Riggs typically goes.

• Mama is to the left of me and Riggs is up ahead to the right of me
• Riggs then cuts across from right to left causing the leash rope to cross in front of Mama's path
• Riggs then pauses to sniff something or proceeds to walk behind Mama
• The leash rope is now across Mama and behind her
• Then I walk in front of Mama and back around her to untangle the leash rope
• Riggs will then head back up ahead of us to the right and start the process all over again.

Nosey butt

You may find this hard to believe Riggs but not everything is for you.  Anytime we come back from the store, pull something out of the bag and get the scissors out the drawer to cut the tag or ties off of something, Riggs gets all excited and assumes it is something new for him.  Oh boy you all excited?  Yes I got a brand new blender just for you.  Ummmm no buddy.

Good luck putting something on the ground to assemble.  Riggs is right up in your face standing in the way sniffing & licking everything.  Mooooove!

Watching Mama attempt to wrap presents is a treat.  Riggs is right there standing on the wrapping paper.  I am just here to help Mama.

Toy Chest - Tuesday

Let's see today we have Pedro the porcupine.

Pedro

Indiana Jones is going to whip you

Every once and a blue moon Riggs will sit and watch what is going on the TV.  Today I was playing some Indiana Jones game on the Wii and Riggs was all into watching what was going on, so I figured I would have a little fun with him.

Riggs would move up to the TV screen and I would pull out Indy’s whip and crack it.  Riggs would immediately jump back and bark at the TV.  After a little while he would build up the courage to go back to the TV and “snap!”  You are soooo easy to tease Riggs and provide pure entertainment.  Where was the dang camera when I needed it.

Are you sure we don't own a "scaredy" cat? (Part 3)

Riggs continues to show patterns of being more of a cat than a dog.  First he hates the water, second he sheds a ton and now third he is scared of anything that is out of place or he has never seen before.  Oh no look out for that big green mean trash can on the side of the road.  Protect me for that pillow sitting in the corner of the room.  Yikes! What is that but a wind chime in the tree.  What to do with you, I just do not know.