Name that puppy!

Any suggestions for the new puppy's name? We had a hard time with Jinx, since up until him we had a nice alphabetical order thing going:

J - Jason
K - Kristie
L - Luna

We were hoping to name Jinx something with an M, but that never happened.

The new puppy can't catch a break

As we discovered last night, the new puppy not only has mange, but she also has tape worms. Again, this is treatable, so we will get her healthy as quickly as we can.

New puppy

So the new puppy is a ~7 week old female yellow lab. She was brought into the hospital where I work earlier this week, and transferred to the local shelter by animal control. I made sure to give them my contact information if there were any concerns about her being euthanized. On my examination of her, she is thin, and has a skin problem that looks like mange. They called this morning saying she is "at risk", implying that she will be euthanized due to her presumed mange (a treatable infection with mites).

Of course, we went and picked her up this afternoon... started treatment for the mites. She is isolated in the office away from the other dogs for now (since this type of mite is contagious). Now that Jinx is finally a relatively easy, well-behaved puppy, we have our hands full with another. We need to find a new foster home ASAP since she is contagious, and 3 dogs is a little too much!

Jinx update: he is still limping and his right front leg is visibly shorter than the other. He has an appointment tomorrow morning to see Dr. Kerpsack.

Jinx is losing teeth!

We found the canine, but the other 3 teeth he has lost are missing.

bad dogs on the couch

sooo cute, but sooo naughty sleeping on the couch!

Being a good puppy!

Overall, Jinx is a really great, easy-going puppy... nothing like Luna was when she was a puppy. She still doesn't know the meaning of the word "nap". Just a little bit of playtime and attention and he calms right down for a nap. He'll even play alone with his toys and entertain himself (when Luna isn't trying to play with him).

Clearly he hasn't figured out that his bed IS big enough to sleep in...

House Training

So Jinx has been a average to maybe above average puppy at his house breaking skills. Typically he will do all his business outside if we watch him very closely, utilize the crate, and go outside preemptively every 2 hours or so. Today he actually whined at the door for the first time!

He's now over 22 pounds! Keeping up with Luna fairly well and going on regular walks in the neighborhood.

Jinx still has quite the limp in his right front leg. I took another couple of radiographs to see how the fracture was healing - and it looks great! Unfortunately, one of his growth plates appears abnormal. He is also painful if that area is pressed on firmly. I'm suspecting hypertrophic osteodystrophy, but would like to discuss this with the surgeon who took care of his fracture... he just wanted one more medical issue to be added to his list!

19.8 pounds!

Growing fast, and finally filling out too. It's all that exercise Luna gives him chasing him around and tackling him.

Playtime is all the time

These two are nuts together! At least no one has gotten hurt yet despite all the tumbles and rough-housing. I apologize for the blurry picture, another reason to upgrade the phone :-)

Growing up quickly

Jinx got his first set of vaccines today. He and Luna have been running circles in the living room for the past 10 minutes, so apparently the vaccines haven't slowed him down yet.

The debate is still on when (and IF) Jinx is ready for his new home. He is such a sweet (although, not the brightest) little puppy, that we have considered him joining the Adrian family. Luna is still on the fence about it - built in playmate 24 hours is pretty awesome, but sharing toys, beds, treats, and her people... that's another story.

Oh that warm sun!

Best Buds

99% of the day they are playing together and getting into trouble. That other 1%, well, that is for being calm and cute.

Relaxed.... For a moment