Category Archives: Family and Relationships

Why We’re Best Friends With the Emergency Vet

(www.meowbarkblog.com) — Ty wasn’t even home for 12 hours before we had to rush him to the emergency vet. This dog is terrified of baby gates, so the first night he was home, we put him in my office with his e-collar on and put up a baby gate and figured he’d be just fine while we went to dinner…. Read more »

Ty Is Not Looking Forward to the Next Six Weeks

(www.meowbarkblog.com) — Ty was doing so well after his surgery that the vet sent him home a day early. Although he’s delighted to be back in the house, he’s not looking forward to spending six weeks in a crate wearing an e-collar. Good times. Leaving the Vet’s Office After Surgery Getting Settled In at Home Contents © Copyright 2008 by… Read more »

Cruciate Repair: Why Ty Won’t Be Walking Much for the Next 6 Weeks

(www.meowbarkblog.com) — Mr. Bighead started holding up his right rear leg again on Friday and still couldn’t walk on it last night, so we called the vet for an appointment first thing this morning. The diagnosis: Ty has officially torn the cruciate ligament in his right knee. And I don’t mean “torn” as in tiny tear that will heal in… Read more »

My House Is Being Surrounded by Gigantic Spiders

(www.meowbarkblog.com) — Jesse sent me a photo this weekend while I was away and scared the living daylights out of me. Why, you ask? Well take a gander at this eight-legged nightmare: It’s not exactly a tarantula, but that is a big flipping spider when it’s next to your front door. Not to mention that its daddy longlegs friends have… Read more »

I Think I Have the World’s Worst-Smelling Dogs

(www.meowbarkblog.com) — I have never met an animal that produces such toxic fumes as my three dogs. They are totally flatulence machines! Seriously, I didn’t know it was possible to fart as much as these dogs do. Ty, the bullmastiff, is the worst. He has a big head and a serious stink butt. Pickles is a close second, exacerbated by… Read more »