Ike takes Zeke to the Ball Game

by Peggy | Jul 14, 2014 | 0 comments

Friday was Bark in the Park at our local minor leaguebaseball park. Ike decided that it was a good time to take Zeke to his first baseball game. Here are the highlights of their night. Ike loved watching the game! Zeke was a little more restless. He enjoyed tine with...

Some days are just like this

by Peggy | Mar 5, 2014 | 0 comments

Wordless Wednesday Want more positive pet tips, good news, and special offers? Fetch my free newsletter, Pawsitively Pets. Kelly and Ike hope to see you there!

Ike Rallies!

by Peggy | Nov 4, 2013 | 0 comments

We’ve been watching Ike’s health carefully. When last we had Ike at the vet’s, he’d been losing weight, his pulse was 40 beats/minute and his red blood cells indicated that he might have leukemia. We were filled with worry, but there were still...

Ike’s a Good Boy

by Peggy | Oct 16, 2013 | 0 comments

Ike’s a good boy. He’s very quickly found a place in our home and hearts (even Kelly’s!). Last week I wrote about Ike’s slow heart rate. The vet taught me how to take his pulse and I take it every few days…sometimes it’s 50...

When your Dog Needs to Gain Weight

by Peggy | Sep 17, 2013 | 0 comments

We’ve just encountered a problem new to us…certainly not one I, myself, have ever dealt with. Ike is a dog who is too skinny. He’s a smaller-size golden retriever to begin with– when we adopted Ike he was 57lbs. But recently, we’d been...