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Paw Prints, the adventures of Nokie Bear & Loba The daily adventures of my rescued pups: Nokie Bear the gentle giant & Loba the blackie

We walked, well meandered, this morning and now I’m getting the stare down from my handsome boy. 💕
21/09/2024

We walked, well meandered, this morning and now I’m getting the stare down from my handsome boy. 💕

Calling all prayer warriors: for Nokie Bear. I took Nokie Bear in for his annual exam yesterday. They found swollen lymp...
20/09/2024

Calling all prayer warriors: for Nokie Bear.

I took Nokie Bear in for his annual exam yesterday. They found swollen lymph nodes. Vet suspects lymphoma based on his medical history, so she did a needle aspiration of cells and sent them in for testing. We’ll have the results in 3-5 days. I’m numb. Been hugging, crying & praying over my boy. Will you stand with me for Nokie Bear?

Loba & i sitting outside while Nokie Bear had his rehab treatment (laser, underwater treadmill, etc). Nokie is Mr Drama ...
18/09/2024

Loba & i sitting outside while Nokie Bear had his rehab treatment (laser, underwater treadmill, etc). Nokie is Mr Drama anyways and worse when his pack his nearby.

Loba & i were watching people/dog coming & going to their appointments. 💕🐾

Nokie bear getting his first acupuncture treatment. He even had needles in his toes. Ekk. He was very calm and tolerated...
18/09/2024

Nokie bear getting his first acupuncture treatment. He even had needles in his toes. Ekk. He was very calm and tolerated it well.

Nokie Bear had his re-eval today at rehab. The vet said overall he’s doing good. His legs/lumbar spine is strong, he has...
18/09/2024

Nokie Bear had his re-eval today at rehab. The vet said overall he’s doing good. His legs/lumbar spine is strong, he has minimal muscle loss, and he has no neurological deficits (she doubts he has degenerative myopathy but agrees with doing the dna test).

The plan is to increase his rehab visits to every other week, add acupuncture on those visits, keep doing the short walks (ok to do multiple short walks/day) and resume the home exercises. We may consider adding chinese herbs but want to see how to acupuncture goes first.

I love the security of the harness while loading him in the suv. It’s so easy to hold both handles and guide him up or down the ramp.

Sporting his new “help em up harness” 💕

The plan for walks this morning was for loba to go alone with the dog walker, but Nokie Bear wasn’t having that. So.. i ...
17/09/2024

The plan for walks this morning was for loba to go alone with the dog walker, but Nokie Bear wasn’t having that.

So.. i sent both of them on Nokie’s abbreviated 20 minute walk.

The walker, Stephen, brought Nokie back & tried to leave with Loba, but she didn’t want to go. She was staring through the screen door wondering why she was outside & Nokie was inside and she was being led away. She was resisting. Finally, he was able to pull her away.

Nokie was glued to the door, staring outside looking for her. It was a glorious reunion when Loba returned. Sigh. So much for separate walks.

Good morning!!
17/09/2024

Good morning!!

How is that comfortable? Silly boy
16/09/2024

How is that comfortable? Silly boy

My nursemaids last night
16/09/2024

My nursemaids last night

15/09/2024

What do you think he wants?

Nokie Bear starting walking again on Thursday night, just the short block though he wanted to keep going. He stubbornly ...
14/09/2024

Nokie Bear starting walking again on Thursday night, just the short block though he wanted to keep going. He stubbornly pulled to stay on the trail, but i wouldn’t let him. Overall he was thrilled to be out. He & Loba loved sniffing the bushes along the way. We specifically went the route with the most public bushes.

Enjoying dinner post walk.

Nokie Bear is now (occasionally) incontinent of stool in the morning. My new routine is to get up early in the morning w...
08/09/2024

Nokie Bear is now (occasionally) incontinent of stool in the morning. My new routine is to get up early in the morning when he starts talking to take him outside. He is capable of going outside himself but he doesn’t. I’ll take him outside to avoid the present that i stepped in this morning. It’s ok tho, i have ruggables.

Otherwise, he’s alert & happy. He watches everything i do & follows me from room to room. He’s very curious.

He still struggles getting up & down from the floor but he can do it. I ordered the help em up harness.

Tonight i cooked up a big pot of chicken; boy was he excited. I’ve ordered the dna test kit for denerative myopathy.

Nokie Bear’s regular rehab appointment is on 9/18.

I apologize in advance if i’m slow to respond to texts, etc. my focus is on Nokie Bear & Loba, and my family. My mom lives in folsom now too! If you need to reach me, i will respond. 💕 thanks again for the love & support

If she were any closer it’d be in my lap! I’m not sure what’s up with all this “be right next to mom” business.
07/09/2024

If she were any closer it’d be in my lap! I’m not sure what’s up with all this “be right next to mom” business.

Nokie bear is doing much better. We’re doing mini walks in the yard daily; he insists on it. If i’m out of sight for mor...
07/09/2024

Nokie bear is doing much better. We’re doing mini walks in the yard daily; he insists on it. If i’m out of sight for more than a few minutes, the dog patrol follows me. They were waiting outside the bathroom. He’s much more attentative and still super loving.

Little bear has the primo office spot today; right next to my chair. 💕
03/09/2024

Little bear has the primo office spot today; right next to my chair. 💕

Thanks everyone for the love & support 💕of Nokie Bear “little bear”. He had a good day. He’s eating & drinking again. He...
03/09/2024

Thanks everyone for the love & support 💕of Nokie Bear “little bear”. He had a good day. He’s eating & drinking again. He’s moving much better, similar, but slower than pre-9/1/24. We’ve had a lazy day.

He had his dinner, then we went outside for a short game of snuffing in the grass. We cheated & i threw his treats really close to him. I made Loba work for hers. 😂

Edit: we are back. Diagnosis is either degenerative arthritis or degenerative myopathy. Will need a neurology consult to...
01/09/2024

Edit: we are back. Diagnosis is either degenerative arthritis or degenerative myopathy. Will need a neurology consult to confirm.

He’s still a little groggy from the meds, but he’s exbiting some signs that dogs do when they know their time is near. He’s been clingy lately, he stares at me like he’s looking deep into my soul, he smiles like he laughing when i talk to him & say his nickname “little bear” and he seeks isolation by the back gate or alongside the side of the house in the sun; places he goes to hide from loud noises.

I don’t want to prolong his pain or let his suffer needlessly, so i’ll be watching him for quality of life. Hopefully he’ll pull through, but if not, i have to let him go, so i’m preparing for that.

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Requesting your prayers & positive thoughts for Mr Nokie Bear. He’s getting some tests done this afternoon. He collapsed after our 1 mile walk at Beale’s Point this morning.

He refused to go up the dog ramp into the car. His hind end collapsed, then his body je**ed almost like a seizure and he fell over and urinated on himself. I moved the ramp over to give him room & help him get comfortable. I flagged a guy down to help me lift him into the car, then took him to the ER.

He has a history of heat related collapse in 2019 when hiking. He’s currently being treated for hip dysplasia & arthritis with an extensive regimen.

They’re going to do a workup to try to find out why he collapsed. Labs, xrays, iv sedation & narcotics for pain control. She’s concerned about heat related collapse & progressive degenerative myelopathy.

Vet recommended increasing dog rehab & adding acupuncture

We had the talk about CPR/resuscitation if he should code during the tests from the iv meds… i’m not ready to let him go unless he’s unsalvageable. 😢 The thing is, his behavior has changed recently, he’s much more loving towards me. Historically he’s always been aloof, but now he come directly to me for affection & snuggles. It’s like he’s letting me know he loves me & is thanking me for adopting him. It’s said that a dog’s behavior changes when they know their time to pass is near. I just want to be able to have the time to give him a good goodbye.

31/08/2024

Facebook/Meta is now forcing pages to run ads. I may possibly shut down my page & switch over to IG as a result. I hate Facebook ads.

So happy post puppachino’s 💕
30/08/2024

So happy post puppachino’s 💕

30/08/2024

Homemade puppachino’s for the win!

My silly girl 💕🐾
30/08/2024

My silly girl 💕🐾

Last night; i just love these legs!
28/08/2024

Last night; i just love these legs!

I felt eyes; looked up to see my handsome boy staring at me
27/08/2024

I felt eyes; looked up to see my handsome boy staring at me

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Memory from 7/31/2019. Our dog sitter Carla McKay walking my dogs.
Memory from 7/31/2019. Our dog sitter Carla McKay walking my dogs.

Memory from 7/31/2019. Our dog sitter, Carla McKay, narrating the walk with the dogs

Saturday afternoon snakes
Saturday afternoon snakes

Saturday; hot afternoon fun

Crunchy

😂I forgot the correct command word but loba knew to wait till she got the right word. Smart girl. It’s been forever since we did these drills; she loves it. Then we did bleachers.

🐍fun on a rainy afternoon; Loba stole Nokie’s 🐍

Packwalk at Kemp Park with ARK9. Nokie Bear did great! Even did the recall practice. Every day is a blessing. ❤️

Sharing a bowl of greek yogurt. I put a small amount on each side of the bowl hoping they’d share. They did till the end when loba pushed nokie aside. Such a 🐷. I had to pull her away since she’d already had a separate cup. 😂

Loba went to folsom lake!

Listening to santa sirens again… and on que 😂😂

We went to a couple of packwalks this weekend. The dogs really didn’t enjoy getting rained on. Nor being held by the CHP so i could take their pictures. But they did great with all the distractions & had no reactivity!

Getting our morning walk on! Got up in the dark, finished with the sunrise.

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