Rikki The Wonder Dog

10/22/2023

Lying in the sun. It's a dog's life.

08/29/2023

Rikki sleeping with eyes open as usual.

06/04/2023

Cruising South with my owner......

05/01/2023

Fast asleep -with their eyes wide open

10/28/2021

Fast asleep...... but with her eyes open.

09/11/2021

Ricky's first "stick your head out the window" chance in Tennessee.

02/16/2021

Sleeping with my usual modesty.

12/24/2020

Well, I had my bath today. I'm smelling wonderful now, and I get to chase the ball to dry off. I'm looking good!

11/09/2020

I've got a new friend in Tennessee!

11/09/2020

If I can't drive I'm going to sleep!

Ricky. I'm chilling on the road trip.

11/01/2020

Ricky. I'm chilling on the road trip.

10/28/2020

Okay I've had a bath. Now I'm all clean and soft and smelling good, and I can't rub this smell off me fast enough.

10/28/2020

I just got brushed. There's enough hair to make a whole nother me!. Now I'm off to get a bath.

08/11/2020

Well, it's been 7 & 1/2 weeks since Rikki hurt her toe and needed surgery. While she is much better she is still not 100%. After two weeks of healing,, when it was almost healed, her toe got infected. So..... another 10 days of antibiotics and no running. Then we would start walking her again, slowly. As soon as we started running a little (her, not me :), she would start bleeding. Back to the vet eventually because now her nails needed clipping. (Sidebar, she is way too hyper to get her nails clipped. She had to be sedated. Never had to clip her nails in the past. Her hard running always wore her nails down naturally). Vet said no running for another couple of week. So I've just started running her again, -lightly.
I thought all was fine. She's a little out of shape, but loved it and seemed to have no problems with the paw. Until we got home and now I see it's bleeding again. Just a little, but Darn! Back to slow walks I guess.
Never thought it would take this long to heal.

06/21/2020

Poor Rikki had minor surgery today. She stopped quick on the road surface yesterday and ripped open her toenail on her front left paw. It turns out this can be a serious injury for a dog. It can easily lead to infection, fungus, etc. I didn't see any visible injury at the time. Thought maybe she got a burr in her paw. But when she was still limping the next day, and worse, I took another look. I could see her outside nail was split. I googled it and found it could be serious. I took her to the vet and they had to sedate her. Then they removed much of her nail, all the damaged part. It's like removing much of your fingernail. They gave her a painkiller shot to work for about a day, but poor Rikki is still feeling the effects of the sedative and the painkiller. She can't run or get her paw wet for 2 weeks. It will also be very painful tomorrow.
Unfortunately it's an injury that's tough to avoid with a high energy breed like a Border Aussie. Too bad they can't run on grass all the time.
Anyway, the point is, if your dog is limping and you can't see a problem, check the nails. If there is a smashed, split, or damaged nail it could be serious. See the vet.

02/28/2020

It’s going to get cold tonight.

02/22/2020

Rikki has a new friend visiting: Dillan. They like to go through this boxing match routine for about 10 minutes at a time. 

02/20/2020

Relaxing at last..........

01/22/2020

It’s getting cold in Southwest Florida.....

12/20/2019

Shhhhhhhh.....

11/11/2019

It’s been a long weekend, good to relax with my mistress. 

10/18/2019

Get the ball! Get the ball! Get the ball ball ball! Get it! Get it! Get it!!

10/18/2019

I made some new friends tonight at the church Christmas play rehearsal!

08/24/2019

Just hangin’ in the yard.

08/12/2019

It’s been a long day......

08/04/2019

Hey! I’m trying to relax here!

06/23/2019

Hey! I’m trying to sleep here!

04/05/2019

How I end my day.

03/04/2019

It’s been a long day.

12/26/2018

Boy Christmas is tiring. But I had a lot of fun, and made a lot of friends. Merry Christmas to everybody.