You know you are facing something serious when your puppy is in ICU before you’ve even checked in at the front desk of the vet clinic. We’d barely walked into the front doors of the Veterinary Referral Clinic when a passing tech took one look at Ema and shrieked “Get that collar off of that […]
I had a really, really long day, but I promise a full Ema update tomorrow*, along with all of the grisly anatomical details. For now, how about a happy photo? It’s Pumpkin Princess Ema, saying “Enuf wit the camera – get me outta here, lady!”. * unless I get a sudden “we can do the […]
I have a long, hard story about what we learned at today’s appointment with Ema. The short story? It’s fixable – expensive, but fixable. At the moment, however, I’m just not up to writing about it – not yet. For now, I’m just going to give you a pictorial on Ema’s appointment with Veterinary Cardiologist, […]
A very quick update after Ema’s veterinary appointment — Of course it couldn’t just be as simple as an elongated soft palate issue, although there is that to contend with. My vet did a thorough listen to Ema’s heart, although it was hard to do so through her heavy breathing sounds. She determined that there’s […]
On the weekend, Eva Skaloud, ECFBC and FBV volunteer, drove 17 hours round trip from London to Montreal to pick up our newest foster Frenchie, Little Miss No Name. Turns out she does (or did) have a name, if “Earlina” can be counted as a name, but Eva quickly re named her “Ema”. We knew […]