Alayne got this shot of Dexter sleeping in a patch of sunshine in the spare room next to our offices. His body position doesn't look very comfortable to me, but it was obviously comfortable enough for him — and he was no doubt toasty warm!  

Just a quick update on the little tyke — the photo is from last week, when he was out on the back deck during that warm spell for a change of scenery one day. He is recovering well from his eye surgery, and has quite the daily routine of multiple eye drops from morning to…

Alayne took this photo on a recent morning after we had let the dogs back in. Blind Willie had managed to find the cot in the solarium at one end of the dog room and made himself at home. The problem was that this is blind and deaf Spinner's spot — and she was not…

Our blind Husky Mitch was patient No. 3 for our veterinary ophthalmologist, Dr. Sarah Hoy, last week. His eyes had become uncomfortable the previous week and I had started treating them with some topical medications, but after initial improvement I began to lose ground again. So I thought it was time for Mitch to see…

As I had mentioned in earlier posts, I took Wilbur to see our veterinary ophthalmologist last week as well. Although we knew from our primary care vet's initial exam with our Tono-Pen that Wilbur does not currently have glaucoma, we still wanted a definitive diagnosis of what was going on with his eyes, especially with…

I went to pick up Billy on Friday from the veterinary ophthalmologist in Burlington, Vermont. Billy's surgery on Thursday to remove his eyes had gone fine, but on Friday morning Dr. Sarah Hoy and her techs became a little concerned about how he was doing. He was more listless than they expected, even considering the…