Archive for the Makeeta Category
Haven’t updated Makeeta in a while. We originally got Sherman because Moon won’t play, and Makeeta really needed someone (somedog?) that would. The first week or 10 days after we got Sherman, Makeeta was someone standoff-ish towards him, almost as if she were pouting. Now they’re good buddies, and they play a fair amount. It’s interesting to watch them at play, since Sherman will readily roll-over in submission position (expose his belly), where Makeeta doesn’t ever go submissive. But to watch the two of them the rest of the time, you’d think Sherman was alpha. It’s a little hard to call at this point, but I think while Makeeta may let him think he’s in charge, they both know she is.
Lordy, I feel toebegone
Stopped by the vet to check on her foot. Looks really good, and she’s let it completely alone. When her foot was unwrapped, it looked really strange. The foot is completely shaved, and there’s this missing toe… She’s supposed to have a re-check next Thursday, so hopefully we’ll get a picture of it then.
Makeeta has surgery to remove one of her toes. She’s had this on-going problem for about 9 months of licking on it. We tried 3 different antibiotics, had a culture (which came back inconclusive), X-rayed it, etc. Sometimes she’d leave it alone for a week or two, and then go to town on it. She had been wearing a sock to help keep her from licking it, but sometimes she’d just totally destroy the sock. So finally we decided the best option was to remove the toe. We do know that the infection was pretty well set in there. We should be getting biopsy results back in the next few weeks. Put an e-collar on her for the evening, that didn’t go well. Major dog freak-out.