Our Henry Scare

My Henry. My sweet Henry. 

I will try to keep this as non-graphic as possible. 

Yesterday morning around 9:45, Henry made an odd wheezing sound. He did it once and went back to sleep. Didn't think anything of it. 

I go and ride and made a target run, and come back to Henry making the wheezing again, this time much harder and louder. Cue the freak out. 

From the time I got home and finished my shower after my ride, he had thrown up 6 times. I could not get ready fast enough, called Matt at work (who of course is slammed and can't leave for another 2 hours) as I am racing with Henry to the emergency vet. Wheezing + vomit = no good. 

Matt met us there as soon as he got off (by then I had been there for almost 2 hours waiting for the doctor). It took a while for the vet to figure out what was wrong, and realized that he had gotten a case of kennel cough (I had him vaccinated for this but apparently it isn't always 100% effective) and it was now causing him stress. Poor guy. 

4 hours later, 2 medicines and an RX for a third and we headed home. 

Today he is doing great and more "himself". We had a few wheezing episodes but nothing to the extent of yesterday thank goodness. 

Love that sweet face. 

Man, I love my animals very much. I'm so glad he's ok. Definitely a "low" of this weekend but as long as he's ok that's all that matters. 

H is for Henry

When Matt and I redid our master, I hung our initials over our bed. I got them at Michaels and painted them using a sample size of valspar paint from Lowes. (Definitely recommend for small paint projects!)

So I went back to Michaels and got an H (smaller then our letters), painted it with - gold-like color I already had (the previous sellers left a ton of stuff!) and hung it over Henry's bed in our room. 

I think he likes it ;) it adds another personal touch to our bedroom. 

H is for Henry!

Henry got a squirrel.

The title says it all. We let Henry out to do his routine business and he came back with a squirrel. He ate the whole thing. In basically two chomps. 

After snapping a photo I called the emergency vet who said to leave him alone and if he acts funny/won't eat, etc etc bring him in. All is fine thank goodness. 

Crazy dog. 

Big Thank You!

Thank you to my friends at Smartpak for my Henry bracelet! Now I have both animals on my wrist :) Smartpak,you guys rock! Www.smartpakequine.com

Don't forget to check out Smartpak for all of your horse or dog needs! They have cute apparel too even for non riders. 

What a great way to start my weekend! TGIF. 

The many faces of Henry

H and I have enjoyed having a dog again. Both of us tragically lost our dogs right around our wedding 2 years ago and it took a whole for us to heal. Both of us lost our dogs due to freak accidents. Anyway, Henry is such a good dog and we love him to death. His faces crack me up. He definitely shows emotion. I hope he makes you smile like he does us :)

Meet Henry!

So on Thursday H and I decided to add Henry to our family. Henry was found by my coworker (I will spare details of his past) but she was unable to keep him due to having 3 other dogs. Henry is boxer/pit bull/vizsla. He is almost 3 years old and loves tennis balls, chasing birds and hanging out in the garage while H works :)