Zara Update 12/18/2022

Zara has been doing pretty well all things considered. Did another round of clavamox not too long ago to get rid of yet another bladder infection/UTI.

She's a bit under weight right now, because she's been very very picky about food. I think she weighed in at around 24.8lbs at her last vet visit. We have to cycle through foods because she gets bored of them, so we have cycled back to Just Food For Dogs and Royal Canin Urinary SO. We have also started feeding her a hotdog when we have hotdogs, or a small steak when we have steak or porkchops and she gets a burger when we make burgers. Which honestly is just about once a week (burgers are delicious), hopefully the extra protein helps with getting her weight back. 

I think we have finally figured out what was causing the rashes and itchiness also, so I think last month was the last cytopoint shot she'll need for a while. We removed wheat from her diet since she'd get rashes and really itchy every time we went back into feeding her some of the Just Food For Dogs, so we narrowed it down to the turkey and whole wheat noodles.

Activity wise she's been super energetic, we have been playing a lot and doing puzzles and going for walks. Yesterday we did a 4 mile hike, next week we are aiming for 6 miles again. She absolutely loves getting out to the trail, and she doesn't mind the dogs there so it isn't a big deal if we run into off leash dogs, we still prevent the dogs from getting super close because she gets very nervous.

As for her mobility, she's pretty shaky but we are trying to keep her as mobile as possible with the walks and the playtime. I think it's getting a bit harder for her to balance but she does a good job of adapting to her decreasing balancing.

And now some Zara pictures!

Breakfast this morning
Yesterday post hike, still ready to go!
Snuggled up at night, it's been chilly here!
A couple weeks ago it was raining out and she doesn't like the rain, hence the right ear being folded the wrong direction 




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