Tinkerbelle the Wobble Dog

13/01/2025

Tink's breathing was a bit laboured this morning so we rushed back up to our regular vet. She spent the day on oxygen and fluids, and has come home with a few more medicines to help manage her discomfort as she fights the aspiration pneumonia. It may be a couple of weeks until she is back to her usual sassy self, but we're really hopeful she's turned the corner and will only improve from here. She's eating and drinking, she's had a p**p, and her lungs are definitely improving.

It's been a horrendous few days, we really thought we might lose her there for a minute. Huge thank you to our amazing vet team/s for looking after our baby Belle so well. Here is Lady Muck herself enjoying having her Daddy carry her everywhere today. We'll know she's feeling better when she starts yelling when she wants something, and we take too long to figure out what it is.

Exhausted but super grateful to have all my babies home safe tonight.

12/01/2025

Tinks is home! She is still very tired and her breathing isn't 100% but she's keeping food and water down so she's well enough to be nursed here at home. She's SUPER hydrated so leaking urine, but that does mean that she got to try out her FABULOUS new diaper design, created for us by and I think the duckies are helping to cheer her up (they're definitely helping Momma who feels like she's been run over by a train). She's not out of the woods but she's got excellent Meds on board for the pneumonia and her repeat scans don't show an obstruction, so while she hasn't p**ped yet we're very hopeful there won't be one far away! Thank you for all the love and healing vibes for our precious princess, it means the world to us that so many people know how special and amazing she is too. 💜💜💜

11/01/2025

Tinkerbelle update: baby girl is staying the night at the after hours vet so she can continue IV fluids, anti nausea and pain meds. She has had a little bout of respiratory distress, and despite sounding clear the bit of her lungs they could see on her abdomen xrays show aspiration pneumonia, so she's also been started on antibiotics. She's not allowed to eat, but is keeping water down now which is an improvement. The aim is to repeat xrays first thing (and add a thoracic series to thoroughly check her lungs). The object on Xray at her appointment yesterday isn't there on this afternoon's scan, so really hoping that means the fluids are helping push it on out. They sent the films to a specialist - I haven't got the report yet but they told me over the phone that her mega colon we've been managing for the last couple of years has resolved which is a big win. They did, however note a hernia between her abdomen and chest cavity (pyloric-something?). Not sure if this is preexisting or new, but it does add an even larger layer of risk to abdominal surgery as it's likely her lungs will collapse when they open her abdomen, so we are just hoping like hell we don't have to go there.

As he said himself, you can't put a price on the smile of Daddy's little princess, but why do huge unexpected bills always appear right when other huge bills have just been paid or are due? 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Phone is on loud overnight, but hopefully our girl will be well enough to come home tomorrow... It's very weird that she's not here.

(I also didn't factor in how hard it would be going back into the referral center for the first time since we lost Briggle. Had a big cry in the car park. I still miss him so much it physically hurts.)

Thank you all for the love, please keep it coming, she's not out of the woods yet!

11/01/2025

Healing vibes and prayers up for our bestest wobble girl please, she is currently battling an abdominal blockage and not very well. She is currently at Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital getting fluids as she can't keep anything down. Once she's rehydrated they will do another set of scans - and hopefully the object will be moving on it's way by then because surgery for bowel obstruction is very risky - and even more so for our Tinks whose complications from her 'normal' condition have been steadily stacking over the last couple of years. Pretty worried...

28/07/2024

Daddy and Alfie has a great time getting grubby at the Dirty Dog Challenge! Momma and Gus-bus went and cheered them on and ate snacks. Alfie was even recognised by one of our lovely followers which made his day! Huge thanks to all of the amazing sponsors that made the event so great, especially the Fundraising for Impounded Dogs team and our friend Kellie from . Angus really loved his massage while we were waiting for Daddy and Alfie to get back!

17/07/2024

Only real ones know that there are two types of table dog, and they both have a song 🎵

11/07/2024

Angus-Bus really enjoyed hanging with our fabulous vet team, he's obviously not holding a grudge 🤣🤣 as when I went to pick him up he was too busy having cuddles. He acquiesced to a 20min nap when we got home, then went straight back to raising hell. Keeping him amused while he healing is going to be tough!

11/07/2024

Angus-Bus is off to be desexed today! He still gets a little bit car-sick, but because he had no breakfast there were no pukes this morning- just some A+ grade slobber slingers!

04/07/2024

Sorry for lack of updates, it's winter here in New Zealand, so we're pretty much doing this....

10/06/2024

Momma got this really cool as new sunbed just for Pickle! He's feeling pretty spesh.

10/06/2024

Toot toot! 🚌 The big blue Angus-Bus aced his vet visit, they're really happy with how his skin has healed from the mange AND he grown out of his heart murmur 🎉🥰 huge thanks to for everything they do, and for making sure Angus and his siblings got the forever home they deserved! We love him and his squishy face so much 🩵

25/05/2024

It's been a very stressful week after the neighbour's cows decided to bust through the boundary fence. We've had tractors and contractors here pulling out the old fence and putting in a new one. Lots of weird sounds and new shapes to upset the order in Bindi's safe space, so she's been quite upset. Everyone has been confused about why we can't go out in the yard. Momma is exhausted from removing so many loads of rubbish and chopped down trees. Thankfully the new fence is now up, and it's cow proof. Not quite dog proof, that's tomorrow's job. But for now we're stoked to have our yard back, even if it is in small supervised doses. And Bindi is starting to relax a bit again now they're aren't so many strange people doing strange things in her space. Bless that girl, she's lovely.

25/05/2024

24/05/2024

Angus is studying really hard for his weighted-blanket exam. Hoping to get 11/10.

16/05/2024

How many doggos can YOU fit on your lap?

15/05/2024

'Did we just become best friends?!'
'YUP!'
Pickle has decided that having a little brother is THE BEST THING. Which is good, because Angus thinks he's THE COOLEST EVER.

14/05/2024

Stack-a-bullies! Might have trouble doing this in a few months time though... these boyos are going to be big! (Also there are actually three doggos in these pictures. Stormii is inside Momma's hoodie 🤣🤪.)

12/05/2024

Please give the biggest warm welcome to our newest lil brother Angus! He's a 3 month old American staffy who was surrendered (with two siblings) to the pound by his breeder because they hadn't managed to sell him before the next lot of puppies arrived 🙄. He has mange, but it won't take long to get his skin back to 100% velvet hippo. When Momma went to meet the pups the others ran around exploring but Angus climbed straight into Momma's lap and snuggled in. Waikato Pound Pups commented 'and THAT'S how a dog chooses a person'- and who are we to argue with a pup who knows his mind so well?! We can't save them all, but heck, what's one more?