On April 29, 2020, AJ got into his first serious dog fight. Although, to be honest, it wasn’t much of a fight. We had just arrived at the park, AJ was still on leash, and another dog ran over and attacked him. AJ wound up with stitches over his eye and a few puncture wounds. …
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AJ 2020
It’s been quite a year, hasn’t it? One thing we’ve heard throughout this year is how lucky the dogs have it. All of a sudden their people are home with them: All. The. Time. This is a great thing for dogs. People are also spending more time outside, which means more dog walks. And pet …
Dew Claws Again
Yesterday, after almost two weeks recovering from his accident, A.J. got to run off leash. After chasing squirrels around the park (well away from the road), I hooked the leash on and took him home. But before we left, I noticed he was bleeding from his dew claw. He has ripped off his dew claw …
A Very Scary Story
Because this story is so terrifying, I’m going to give away the end: A.J. is fine. Now we can begin. Monday Afternoon. It had been a very wet day. I was working at home, spending the day with my laptop on my lap and A.J. at my feet, the perfect working conditions. Late in the …
Staples
Well, he did it again. My little daredevil got himself into something and wound up in the vet’s office. A few days ago we were eating dinner and I notice A.J. twisting himself all up trying to get at something on his back. I assumed he just had an itch or a little bug or …
Eye Drops
Three weeks into the new year and we found ourselves in the vet’s office once again. After a beautiful week of snow, it was finally starting to melt. The off-leash park where A.J. likes to run had turned into a lake as rain came down and a foot of snow started to melt. What little …
Cut to the Quick
June was another eventful month for A.J. He started the month with a fun swim in the river, and ended the month with his head in a cone. That’s A.J. As I mentioned in our last post, we took A.J. to an off-leash park on the river and he had a blast running, swimming, and …
Sore Paws
A.J. was not a good boy this morning. And, as sometimes happens when A.J. is not a good boy, he wound up spending some time with his veterinarian this afternoon. Instead of going for our morning walk I took A.J. to the park where he could run off-leash. It was a beautiful, sunny morning. …
AJ the Springer 