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We had a beautiful day Saturday for Trick-or-Treating. I dressed Rocky up as "Knute Rocky" (Yuk,yuk!) The pants wouldn't stay on but he loved wearing the shirt! We sat on the porch and he was sooooooooooo good with the kids!! Even when they would run into the yard or reach out to him quickly, he never growled or even barked!!! He loved the attention and he looked so handsome in his football jersey!!

I read on another post that Jaimie's mom is sick and she has been taking care of her. I thought we could all send our hugs, Kisses and prayers for Jabear and her mom!!!
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I'm wondering how Ang is today? Is she still in the hospital? Anyone hear?

I am heartbroken. I did a really stupid thing and although I deserve it please don't yell- I'm mad enough at myself. I'm starting this thread mostly to educate because I made a big mistake.  Monday night sometime during the night Rocky found a baggie w/ Ibuprophen in it and ate some. I wasn't sure how much was in there but I didn't think it was that much. He seemed ok and I knew that if a human took what I thought he might have gotten (8-10 200mg tabs) that they would be ok. Well last night he urinated 2 times in our room (he never pees in the house) and he was soooo thirsty. He had 2 more accidents so when I came home from work I thought maybe he had a bladder infection(forgetting about him eating the IB) Well after I talked the vet into letting my dad pick up an antibiotic for me tomorrow and I started to remember -- To make a long story short. Rocky is in an emergency hospital for IV fluids and monitoring. His kidney values were elevated. I had called the Pet Poison hotline for help. This may cost up to $2000 and money is not the issue, my stupidity for waiting has cost much more. The vet thinks that the damage should reverse itself but I wanted to warn everyone how dangerous ibuprophen is to pets, they can't metabolize it like humans. (long term abuse in humans does cause damage also)  Please pray for Rocky

My daughter keeps giving me furbaby grandkids to love so when I need a skinbaby fix I steal my neighbor's kids that are like grandkids to us. Rocky just loves them too. Last night Alaina wanted to show us her new boots! We took advantage of the situation to get some new pics!!

We took Rocky to the river this past weekend. At first he was not so sure. Then he took a plunge and wanted out!!! We then found a better, calmer point in the river and he liked it much better.  When he went back that evening, he showed us why they call it the "doggie paddle". Unfortunately, I stayed home for the 2nd adventure so no pics of him in deeper.  This is the Youghegheny River which is shallow and calm and a nice place to introduce a dog to the water.

My husband is a real computer geek so he helps me out with alot of stuff I don't know. If you have gotten a red "x" where you thought you posted a picture for your avatar or any picture, it's probably because you never shrunk the pic and it's too big.(byte-wise)
Here's a super easy way to shrink them.  After you have downloaded your pics put your pointer over the picture you want and right click on your mouse. A box of choices will open, go down to "send to" and pick "mail recipient" This will automatically bring up a box that asks you if you want to make your picture "smaller", choose yes. Then email it to yourself.  Open the email and right click on the picture in the email and now choose "save as" and send it to your desktop or a folder that you know you can find. (I know you're thinking - she said this is easy? ) Now when you post and you have the browse box there, browse until you find it and now that it is smaller, it will post quickly and no more red "x's". Now, if you have no idea what I'm talking about, find a 10 year old kid - they know more than any adult I know about computers!!!!