Meet Abbey!!

Gosh.

Ok. Don't laugh but I really hate giving up on this blog. 

I let the month of May come & go, and still signed up for another month. I was supposed to be out of here by the end of May and...well. 

Anyway....some exciting news and some not so exciting news. I adopted a dog!!! She's only 6 months old, her name is Abbey (as in Abbey Road. Go figure.)  

The not so exciting news, is news related to this dog. I've only had her a couple of weeks and already she is facing her first medical disaster. It seems the drama with me and dogs never ends.  I got Abbey from the Michigan Humane Society a couple of weeks ago. Naturally, in that kind of environment, a dog is likely to catch a case of kennel cough---which Abbey did.  But, this health condition became a major concern over the past couple of days, as the cough seems to have escalated into something else.  That 'something else' is called Distemper.

Abbey was tested for it today. The results will be back some time on Monday. Apparently, whoever had this dog before I did, didn't keep up with Abbey's vaccines and booster shots.  She had her first Distemper booster just a couple of weeks ago---which may have been too late.  For those not familiar with Distemper, it affects a lot of things with a dog's health but, most specifically, the nervous system and the brain.  In other words, if you don't catch the disease soon enough, a dog with Distemper would not live too long. 

This really isn't something I even want to think about after just putting Sadie down in April. I refuse to be a nutcase with this and will just wait until Monday to find out what's going on with Abbey. If she does in fact have Distemper, hopefully it will be caught in time before any of the devastating effects take hold of her bitty body. She did get  Round One of a series of shots today as the vet is 99.9% certain that Abbey has it (based on Abbey's symptoms and the overall condition).  

You know, it's funny.  Not really.  But someone I know recently told me that I go overboard with dogs and their health issues---they were referring to my dog Sadie. This person told me that I'm too quick to give my money away to vets and I would be better off just leaving the dog alone and the dog would just eventually get over their "issues".  That has to be the most dumbest advice I ever got from a friend---well, take that back. Not really a friend because no friend of mine would be that stupid.  Sadie had cancer, which is more than just an 'issue'.  Abbey might very well have Distemper---which is more than just an 'issue'.

Screw these people and their dumbass advice. They usually are the same kinds of pet owners who have a house full of animals and wouldn't spend a dime keeping them in good health. The same kind of people who would probably just let their animals suffer and die at home. Another form of animal abuse in my opinion---no matter how they try to doctor it up with their dumbass advice and telling me what to do with my dog. 

Oh. I almost forgot.  That's a picture of Abbey---the first day, on our way home from the Humane Society.  Yea. Not the greatest photo---taken with my cell phone.

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