Toy Chest - Tuesday

Today's bundle of joy is...

Frank (from Men in Black)

Wash rinse repeat

So as much as Riggs hated baths before he really hates them now.  To get him over this skin issue we have to lather him up with shampoo and it has to stay on him for 10 mins.  After we rinse him off, we lather him up with conditioner and that has to sit on him for another 10 mins before being washed off.  You should see the strange looks we get when we take Riggs for a walk around the neighborhood to keep him distracted.  All they see is a dog that looks like he ran through a car wash and is covered in suds but did not bother to rinse off.

One by one upstairs they come

Riggs use to sleep downstairs until Mama nagged and nagged Dada to let him sleep upstairs in bed with us.  All of Riggs toys (I mean stuffed animals) were downstairs in a big pile.  Well over the past several weeks Riggs has been strategically bringing one stuffed animal upstairs at a time and before I know it the bedroom is covered in stuffed animals and nylabones.

Allergy Specialist

We have tried every test our primary vet and we could think of.  Four different food trials have been tried.  Two emergency vet visits.  The itching and scratching continues.  The vet has recommend we go see an allergy specialist.  We had our initial consultation today and the specialist feels pretty confident that she knows what is going on.  She says the allergies he has are most likely environmental and not due to food.  Currently Riggs skin is fighting off a bacteria infection due to the allergies and that needs to be cleaned up before they can do any type of allergy tests to find out what he is allergic to specifically.  So more medications, sprays, shampoo & conditioner to get his skin infection under control.  Total bill today : $452.33.

Riggs the pig?

Halloween has arrived.  If any of you remember from last year, Riggs was dressed as a devil.  This year Mama dressed the poor guy as a pig.  You can tell from the photos that Riggs does not enjoy dress up like Mama does.

Toy Chest - Tuesday

Halloween is right around the corner so we got Riggs a new stuffed animal.

Casper the ghost

Rush to the emergency vet – Take two

Sigh.  Riggs had another severe allergic reaction tonight and had to be rushed to the emergency vet.  No vaccine shots were given so we have no clue what it was that caused the reaction this time.  Same symptoms as last time, rubbing his muzzle and snout, throwing up, really pale tongue.  Vet pretty much did the same treatment as last time.  This is even more frustrating now.  At least the first severe allergic reaction could possibly have been tied back to the vaccine shots but this time who knows what caused the issue.