Woofs and Whiskers Pet Care Services

06/07/2025

Merida is thoroughly unimpressed. Life with senior dogs . While I knew she had a little lump on her toe (senior retrievers get all sorts of lumps usually fatty lumps), but during the week I was away it grew exponentially nearly doubling in size and she has been licking at it so she has ulcerated it. Unfortunately it has me worried as fast-growing lumps are never good and the only time I've ever seen a lump like that have to be removed unfortunately it means removing the entire toe. It is on one of her weight-bearing toes so that's going to be unfortunate for her. We are currently doing wound care. Soaking in Epsom salts and scrubbing with chlorhexidine. She's on antibiotics and gabapentin and we have feelers out for a surgical consult for at least a biopsy, but possibly the lump removal. Ricky has two more chemo treatments left and insisted on being included in the picture because everything's about him. If it's not one thing it's another.😥

03/17/2025

It's that time of year again. Even Meri was grabbing the brush to tell me it was time. Tried to save auntie some work. We did pretty good for round one. I'm sure we'll have to do it again before the spring is here.

02/28/2025

Well, it's been a busy month or so. Since Ricky's first trip to the , he has had 3 more trips back. Unfortunately in the ultrasound on the first trip, we found a mass in his stomach, some nodules on his liver and some early evidence of kidney disease. On follow-up trips we did an endoscopy to biopsy the mass and some ultrasound guided aspirates of the nodules in his liver. The mass unfortunately turned out to be cancerous so we took the aspirates to make sure that it had not spread. Yesterday we met with the oncologist to come up with a plan of action. He felt that given the location of the mass and his general overall health that he would be a good candidate to surgically remove the mass and move forward with some chemo and medications afterwards. He went to consult with the surgery team to get scheduling information and quotes and came back to tell me that they had a cancellation yesterday afternoon and they could do the surgery right away. Definitely not the way I thought that trip would go. They were able to get the mass out cleanly, did take a biopsy of the liver just to be safe as well as a couple other points of interest. He was pretty uncomfortable recovering from surgery so they kept a really close eye on him overnight to get on top of his pain. They were able to wean him off the really heavy-duty drugs this morning into the afternoon and he has made the trip home this evening with me. For the second time in his life, the kitchen is set up as his Hospital Ward. The last time being his knee surgery over 5 years ago. He is pretty zonked and miserable, but he's on the good drugs and the incision looks good. He has had a bit to eat this evening but definitely not his normal appetite. Not really expecting that though so not too worried. Now we just let him recover, try to keep him from climbing the counters and we will check back in with his team in a couple of weeks to make plans going forward.

01/17/2025

Ricky was a little sleepy after his ultrasound at . The staff were amazing and were so thorough in our attempt to find some answers. Not the results we were expecting unfortunately and he gets to go back in a couple of weeks for more testing. He's a trooper though and is back to his normal plucky self today. Thank you so much to my clients for their flexibility and allowing me to get him down there on such short notice. You are all the very best! ❤️❤️❤️

01/14/2025

Merida thoroughly enjoyed her manual therapy session with Dr Jones at today. We are so thankful for the staff on the rehab team that keep her comfortable in her senior years.

12/30/2024

Merida and I are at a local referral hospital today trying to figure out why my retriever doesn't want to eat. She's currently enjoying her sedation after her ultrasound, but we haven't been able to find anything yet. So frustrating. 🤔😮‍💨

12/24/2024

Merida and I wish all of our furry friends and their families a wonderful holiday season. May you dream of sugar plums and get lots of treats from Santa🎄🎅🎁💕🐕🐈‍⬛

12/23/2024

So much fun in the snow ❄️

07/10/2024

Cuddles are definitely the hardest part of the job.

06/03/2024

With a broken heart I must again beg for help from anyone who may have room for these two shy sweethearts. I was called early Saturday morning and informed that the owner of two of our pack walk dogs (Lexi and Buddy's mom) had unexpectedly passed away. I have been informed that the dogs are going to live with family, but are looking to rehome the cats. Please pass this on to anyone who may be looking for a companion. It would be nice to keep them together as they are quite bonded. They are use to dogs and a senior owner, but not children. Please let me know if you have any questions and thanks again for your help!

03/14/2024

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02/27/2024

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