Introducing…..Annie!

She is a pointer/dalmation mix, we think.  Annie joined our family very unexpectedly.  She came from a home that left her tied up outside no matter what the weather.  When she came to live with us her ribs and hip bones were sticking out and she had a terrible cough.  The cough turned out to be bronchitis.  The first day she was out in the yard after getting over the bronchitis she got out, got hit by a car, and broke her leg.  While still in a cast, she got sick again.  Of course, it happened on a Saturday night  when the regular vet’s office was closed, so off we went to the emergency vet clinic.  Thirty-six hours and $1,000 later I picked her up and took her to her regular vet’s office with her IV bag still attached to her leg.  Two weeks later she was back at the vet because she started losing her hair.  The vet explained that all dogs have a type of mites on their skin that normally don’t bother them.  When their immune systems are under stress, the mites attack and cause mange. 

Flash to the present.  It’s been seven months since she came to live with us and she is healthy(knock on wood) and spoiled rotten.  These days she spends her time chewing shoes, rugs, furniture, blankets, and clothes.  During breaks from chewing she digs up the yard and “plays” with the cats.  As you can see in the picture, we don’t have a lot of grass left. 

Annie is such a part of our family now that it seems as though we have always had her.  I can’t imagine our house without her.  I can say this today because it’s been a good day–nothing chewed up beyond repair.  There are some days when all I can think is WHY, WHY, WHY did I agree to this.  I must be REALLY crazy.

Most days it’s just the usual.  Dog, cats, boys, dirt, shredded furniture, torn up trash bags, blood, stitches.  You know, another day in Mayberry.

Well, it’s almost 8:30 and my children are being a little too good.  I had better go do little checking before Sheriff Taylor stops by.

See you tomorrow, Violet

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