Showing posts with label dachsund. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dachsund. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Chloe had IVDD surgery.



Hello blog world. It has been a long while! But I wanted to share Chloes story. She had surgery recently on February 24Th. It happened very fast. We came home from work one day, and she was walking fine. I let her outside and she ran out, and suddenly I saw her legs go out to the side under her. She was unable to walk with her hind legs and was whimpering a lot. We brought her over to the vet, they said she needed an Xray, and gave her some muscle relaxers. They said to call if her legs started dragging completely. She was able to walk that night, but with little pressure on her legs. But by the next morning and later that night, her legs were completely dragging. When I told the vet the next morning they said I needed to take her to Coral Springs Animal Hospital. She had a herniated disc. She had to have surgery on her spine. Her legs still had deep pain, although they were dragging. They said the fact that she still had deep pain was good, because it meant she would be able to walk again after surgery. The surgeon said she did really well and she was lucky the herniated disc was in one area so it was a smooth surgery. I had heard of Invertable Disc Disease before, but I never thought it would happen to my Chloe. She is only four years old, turning five next month. But they said it happens mostly to dachshunds ages 3-5 years old. We have to be very careful with her, and she can no longer jump onto things. She is doing soooo well after surgery. She had surgery on Friday and was able to come home Sunday night. We made a sling for her to help her walk in the back yard, to go potty. And by Tuesday we started to see her move her back legs back and forth. She is now walking very well, under strict supervision. She still needs lots of rest. But she is a miracle pup. I am so proud of her. She is walking on rugs and in the grass outside very well. She had a very quick recovery after her surgery. It will still be about two months before things are back to normal. But I am so thankful we were able to help my Chloe. With out having surgery she would not have been able to use her back legs again, and she could have risked hurting her spine more. It was so hard to see her in pain, I had to do anything I could to help her.

This was me and Daisy at the Walk for Animals.
Walking for Chloe! :)
I will be listing some paintings to try and raise some money towards Chloes surgery. I have neglected my Etsy shop for quite some time!

Thanks for taking the time to read Chloes story!!
Lots of love! :) <3

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

A few new things..

Hello! This weekend I painted some new paintings and I sewed an apron! Well please don't judge it to carefully! I have never sewn anything before, and wish I could sew! I wanted to make an apron for change at art shows or supplies! So here it is! Oh and I did cheat and use a hand held sewing machine. And I will be better some day, hopefully!

And Chloe says hi!

Have a wonderful week! :)

Monday, June 1, 2009

Ziggy and some Chloe photos!

Hello everyone! Happy Monday! I love Ziggy in case you didn't know! I sold 3 paintings on Etsy today, all to the same person, but I am excited! And sad to see them go! I am celebrating with some more cute photos of Chloe from our trip last weekend! I am in a dachshund treasury for our Etsy Dachshund team too! Hope everyone has a great week! :)

Friday, March 27, 2009

Hello Friday ♥

Hey everyone! Happy Friday! This week went by really fast! Sorry I haven't posted in a few days! I have been painting! I also made my first business cards last weekend! I'm pretty excited about them! I am in a dachshund team treasury right now, thanks to Sassysashadoxie! :) Well there are a few new paintings in my Etsy shop! I hope you like them! Have a great weekend! ♥

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Jars of Cute Love!!!

Today I found out that my doxies are on Jars of Cute!! I am so excited. Jars of Cute is a very cute site! I love to visit it! If you haven't yet make sure you do! They feature stylish cute design, style and accesories. It is a website full of unique items! I love to look at the section "random cute things" and they even have "Cute Gift Guides for Him or Her". They picked my Long Doxie with flower and a zoomed in picture of Retro Flower Doxie with bird paintings! Well check out the blog post about my doxies! And the awesome website Jars of Cute! And I hope everyone had a great weekend!! ♥ ♥

Friday, March 13, 2009

New Doxie Paintings! ♥

Happy Friday!! Today I painted some new pictures outside. Also Chloe took a break from digging holes everywhere in the yard and played in the pool. It was cute. She likes the shallow step and pawing at the water. I will put some more pics on my flikr! Also you can find these cute doxies in my etsy shop soon! ♥

Have a great weekend!!! ♥

Friday, March 6, 2009

Aren't you happier...

When your dancing?
I know I am! And I think Chloe is too.

It's almost the weekend! And I hope you dance sometime. I will dance on Saturday because my friends Linda and Mike are getting married! ♥

I made the shell chime behind Chloe for my mom!
(This is at my parents house on my lil sisters awesome fort!)


Enjoy your weekend! ♥