Puppy, parks and pads

I bought this really cool looking collar for the puppy. See isnt it cool?

But look what happens when your dog gets wet?

What the heck?  What company makes a collar that bleeds when it gets wet???  Ugh.  I cant find another Martingale collar that fits her except this brand.   I didnt want to have to order on line but I might have to.

Miley has been doing well.  She has been miserable with the foot wrap thing on. She was being mean and nasty to the other dogs.  She would go hide in my room.  It hasnt been draining so I took it off. But if she goes outside we put a boot on her foot. Well she doesnt like that either. So now she has decided not to come to me. Ugh! Im the evil boot lady.  She is such a sensitive soul.  When you see her run agility you probably dont think that but she really is and I think that is some of our problem. And that she doesnt like to come in close.   Anyway her foot thing was really shallow. It looks more like if your dog has  torn their pad when running on new turf.   It was really swollen Wednesday but Thursday it looked much better.

The puppy is doing well and Miley actually played with her yesterday.  Yea!!  Guiness still hasnt wanted anything to do with her and will lift his lip if she comes up to him when he is lying down.  She the to lie down and sleep with him and he got up and left.  Poor puppy.  
Ive been walking the puppy at the park and she was growling and barking at people. People walking,running, riding bikes, groups of people, and single people.  What the heck??? I know what socialization this dog has gotten and I dont know why she was doing that.  So I woke up the other morning and it his me, the head halter collar.  I put that on when walking her, which she hated, but she didnt bark or growl at anyone.  Then the next day I took her to our club. I got there 45 minutes before  the class got there. It took her a while to warm up but then she seemed fine.  It was weird , the more dogs and people that came in, the more comfortable she seemed.   She didnt bark or growl at anyone.  On the way home I stopped at another park.  There was a running club there and she had no problems.  (No head halter used either).  Lots of people where there and she has no problems.

This picture was taken at the park. It looks like blue skys but we had been having thunderstorms.  There was a break in the storms and we stopped at  the park.

I thought I would load the last few pictures at work but thats not happening.  So I post dog pictures later.

Surgery

Miley surgery went well.  She had glass in her foot. The doctor xrayed it again after she was done to make sure she got it all. She said she removed 6 pieces which she thinks was one piece that fell apart. She said she didnt have to really make an incision. That once Miley was asleep the area just opened and she just followed the tract.  No sutures but her pad will have to heal  on its own. Trying to keep miley from chewing the bandage off has been hard. I finally put the cone on her head. Now she is really unhappy.

The puppy pulled one of her ear tapes off, so I removed the other one.  Today her  ears started standing up , so I put ear weight on them. They may need a little more on them.

Oh yea. The new puppy name is Java.  Im pretty sure will keep that one.

Surprise!!!

Yup, I got a new puppy.  I was planning on getting a puppy from this breeder next year. But the person who was suppose to get this puppy wanted one that was going to be about 13 inches.  This puppy is going to be 14.5 or 15 inches.  Thats ok with me.  A 13 inch dog jump heights are irritating to me. Miley jumps 12 in AKC,  14 in ISC and 16 in USDAA.  I dont jump her at 16 so she is in preferred in USDAA. But its sooo irritating.  This puppy will just be at 16 in everything.  She is 13 weeks old.  I havent picked a name yet.  Some of my top names have been  Quiz, Rev and Snap.  But I still dont know. 
I took her to the river and she loves water!!  WhooHoo, I have a sheltie that loves water!

None of my dogs will play with her yet. I think Miley is getting close to playing.

Miley is still limping.  Still only on uneven surfaces.  So on Wednesday I took her back to my local vet.  He completely disagreed with me about the splinter in her foot.  He felt like it was her elbow. I let him take xrays of her elbows and feet. It was normal.  I really feel like it was her foot that was bothering her. How can you take flying leaps off furniture without any problems. Then walk down the street and starts hobbling. Ugh!!  So I made another appointment at the rehab vet. I went last night.  She checked Miley well.  I had no idea how far a dog's leg can be pulled back.  It looked like that would be painful but Miley didnt seem to care.  She didnt care about anything she did to her.  So I told her I really feel like there is something in her foot.  It still drains if you press on it.  That is just not normal.  So she said she would like to do a dental xray of her pad to see if it showed anything.  Well here you go.

 sorry about my flash.   This is a upside down picture of her pad. You can see the bone of her toe on the left and then you see that white stuff on the right. That white stuff shouldnt be there. The picture quality from my phone wasnt good but the white stuff looks like the same density as her bone.  The vet feels confident that something is in there.  She doesnt feel that its a calcification on her pad. Sometimes dogs get hard calcification's on their pads but she doesnt feel that on Mileys. She is sure that this is something in the pad and not to deep.  Miley has to be sedated to have her pad looked at. She was hoping she could do it Saturday ,  today, but she was booked.  So she squeezed Miley in for Monday morning.  I sure hope they find whats in there.  And I hope this doesnt effect Miley going to their office. She is freaked out at my local vets office and I think it is because of having Prvo as a puppy and then later being spayed. She associates bad things with that office.