Somebody needs to stop me....Now!

ok so now i want these!

Oh and these!

http://www.kurtgeiger.com/online-shop/19094-carvela-aardvark

they are totally perfect for work! and its payday monday ;)

Been Away & New Shoes!

i cant believe i havent posted here since march so much has happened...

i got a new job working for an internet sports company, Alex and Jo had their baby little Summer Mai!

Also i just wanted to show off my new Carvela shoes so gorgeous!!

I Can't Respond to Any More Emails Today, Something Has Crashed on My Computer

haha i love this pic

got it on an email today (i didnt take it)

ooOoOoOo its Windy!

arrgghhh i cant sleep its too windy outside - i hate the wind!

I cant believe its only 5 days till Crufts - i am too excited, got a few chores between now and then though :(

Mothers day Sunday and i seriously dont think my mum deserves her card and flowers this year she seizes every opportunity to make life difficult for Neil and I at the moment and i swear shes trying to come between us :( At least we are having dinner at Neils mum and dad's :)

Gotta take mum to the hospital (again!) on Monday that will be 6 different appointments this year (so far) and im sure theres more to come!

Went to photography on Tues night and didnt learn much was a bit p'd off, the first 5 weeks were fab, but the last 2 weeks have been pants, cant have it all i guess

Going out with Ian and Lou Saturday to a new pub/restaurant so that should be fun and a change from the Indian

- ive just read this back and i sound sooo ungrateful, im not just irritated i guess - ahh well only 5 days to Crufts!

Neil Doesn't Believe Me...

But there was an earthquake last night!!! about 5 to one in the morning, i was sitting at my desk and the whole room shuddered for about 10 seconds very weird - it was all very quiet and still outside before and after, i didnt know what had happened until i went onto TalkPhotography and they were all talking about it lol - neil just laughed at me when i woke him up - MEN!

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008nyae.php

Today....

well today was okay, had a late vets appointment with Amanda to get Twig's vaccs done feel like we've got to know her quite well over the past few weeks and shes said we dont have to go back for a month eeek im gonna worry, at least with her checking her knee each week she has allayed my worries a bit - Twig's not using her leg much still and is back on the Rimadyl altho Amanda seems happy with her progress so i guess im expecting too much??- now with Crufts looming im worried about leaving her with my mum for 2 days. Apart from T to worry about theres my mum *Big Sigh* uugggh and my car MOT tomorrow

Patella Luxation

Nearly 3 weeks ago Twig had a operation to correct a condition whereby her knee was dislocating, only occasionally, but me and my vet decided that it had got to the point where she was going to benefit from the surgery

I thought id write a bit about this for anyone else who might be going through the same or for anyone whos looking to buy a toy breed and can be passed down, dogs with a patella luxation should never be bred from, and in my opinion if you are considering breeding your toy dog you should have your bitch and dog tested for this condition.

I first noticed this happen when she was about 6 months old, and my vet referred us to a specialist and they graded the knee as 1 (there are 4 grades, with 4 being the most serious) at that time there was no benefit to be gained by having the surgery which involved making a groove in her femur so the patella could sit in the correct place, but early this year i noticed her limping a little more often and back to the vets we went, her leg was subsequently graded as a 2 and we were advised surgery would now be an option which we could do now or anytime in the next year or so for it to be successful.

So i opted for now, and it was really hard leaving her to be taken to the orthopaedic vet in London by my vet as he was supposed to come to my practise but couldn't at the last minute.
The first few days home were quite distressing and i really did wonder more than once if i made the right choice to put her through this, my vets were great and kept ringing up to check on her and answering all the questions i had. After 2 days we went into the vets to get her dressing changed and so they could check her, 10 days after and her incision had completely healed, and now we are on weekly appointments to check her progress - they expect her recovery to take 6-8 weeks.

For the rest of her life Twig will be on Chrondroitin and Glucosamine Joint supplements and they still expect her to get arthritis in her affected leg just later in life than if she hadnt had the operation.

I noticed there was a letter in this weeks Our Dogs about a chihuahua breeder that knowingly has PL in her lines and continues to breed [:(] i would love to see the KC bring in some sort of compulsory testing for this condition - hopefully it would save alot of pain and money for the dogs and people who buy puppies from these people

My vets awarded Twig a "Braveheart" award for being such a brave patient, and they have her pic on the wall with a description of her condition, and she got a medal and a certificate