Pumpkin...

Ok, so I have kind of an unusual prayer request guys. On monday night my puppy pumpkin got out of her pen, and whenever the puppies get out, we just lift them over the gate because its really hard to keep opening the gate because its really messed up and we have to keep it locked, so its easier to just put the puppies over it. So I was putting her over, and its only like a 2-3ft drop maximum and she just started yelping. So I opened the gate as fast as I could and she was holding one of her back legs in the air, she wouldn't use it at all. So I put her in the shed for the night and my mom said we would take her to the humane society in the morning(it was like 7 at night, so nothing was open). We're trying to get rid of her anyway, because I can't really train her and emma at the same time. Espescially because they're both needy. And so we actually ended up taking her to the vet(which is something we almost never do with animals because of the money), and she had an x-ray where they discovered that the growth plate in her knee got dislocated/broken/whatever you wanna call it and the best option is to keep her crated for 2 weeks. Then if its not better after that, she would have to have surgery to pin her growth plate back to her bone and stuff which would be around $7-800. Obviously we don't have that kinda money just laying around to be used on a dog we're not sure we want anyway. So we're keeping her crated and she has some medication for pain and to keep inflamation down. The bad thing about her feeling better is that she'll wanna use her leg, and the more she uses her leg, the worse it'll get. So hopefully she'll be ok. My mom says that that leg will probably be shorter than the rest of them even if it does heal. So I guess just pray that we have wisdom in what treatment(s) to do, and wisdom for the vets. Thanks guys. Oh yeah, and now I have a $100 vet bill to pay. Hurray! not.

New stuff...

We went to houston yesterday to see my great-grandpa. We only got to see him for a couple hours though because it was a one-day trip. Family camp starts on thursday!!! I'm sooo excited! Which reminds me that I need to call the hammonds to find out how i'm getting to their house because i'm going with them :) The puppies have been sick this last week :( First strider got sick, and my mom thought it was parvo/distemper which are dieseases that can occur in puppies and they can be fatal. But last sunday he didn't wanna eat or really move even(which is weird for him, since he's always eating, lol). So my dad went to the feed store to get the vaccines for the puppies and I vaccinated all of them, which was scary, but about 1/3 cheaper. And then on thursday he was like all better and eating things again. Then my puppy got sick on friday, and she isn't totally better yet, but we have puppy formula that I make her eat some of every few hours so she keeps her strength up. She should be better tomorrow or tuesday. We're pretty sure that they ate plastic that blew into our yard during really high winds a couple weeks ago. So I cleaned their pen the best I could. Hopefully they will all get better, and learn their lesson. Or I should just keep their pen clean :)

Here are my babies! The top is of all 7 of my dogs' babies. And the one underneath that is my new puppy Pumpkin juice! Then the last one is of my dog Emma after whelping(its what the birth is called)with her new babies! Thanks for looking.....