Bulldog Hospital!

Spouse noticed some labored breathing in wee Hazel last week, and he took her to Dove Lewis to have her checked out and she was diagnosed with puppy Pneumonia! She had to spend the night in a lil'puppy oxygen tent, and game back home with a piteously shaved foreleg from where her IV was installed.

When Chico was asked if he missed his sister/roommate, he commented that it was nice having the lion's share of the bed to himself, and remained fairly unsympathetic. When he had to accompany her to the vet's to get her checkup, he was visibly shaken and kept repeating "They took my balls...my balls...they took them."

She's back home now, feeling better and being spoiled with mashed potatoes by her dad. The kind folks at Dove Lewis have comped her stay in exchange for a good word on this internationally read blog. I have heard tell that Donna Karan has her chocolate Labs on a plane to Portland for a checkup already. This is of course a lie, but it is a lie that makes me feel better about my little girl's healthcare costs.