Vet Visit

Ever since Morey's "sick day" back in May, he has had other days where he just hasn't seemed right. He will walk with his head really low and pant even when it isn't hot out. He seemed to experience these symptoms more after exercising so I decided to take him to the vet to get checked out.

 The vet office had a sign welcoming all the animals who had appointments that day. Morey always likes the vet until we get into the exam room and then he becomes clingy. He is still cooperative and the vet tech said he is the best dog she had worked with that day.

The vet checked Morey over and asked me lots of questions. She said that she couldn't find anything problematic and thought he might have had a soft tissue injury in his neck that he was aggravating when he exercised. She recommended putting him on exercise restriction for a week or so and see if that helped. She also prescribed him some pain meds if he needed them. She said if he continues to show symptoms they will do x-rays but she wanted to start out conservatively which I appreciated.

Since it has been raining so much it wasn't hard at first to restrict Morey's exercise. After a few days though I could tell he was starting to get antsy. One night he brought me his squeaky toy and started tossing it at me- wanting me to throw it for him. I handed it back to him and he tossed it around, squeaking it ferociously. That seemed to take the edge of his restlessness but I could tell he wanted to do more than just squeak the toy.

We had to miss agility class but luckily I had taped the Purina Incredible Dog Challege, which is Nationals for sports including agility, dock diving, flying disc and Jack Russell Hurdle Racing. Instead of doing agility, Morey enjoyed watching the dogs competing. Hopefully he learned something by watching the champions run through the course!

So far, Morey has felt fine so we have added a few ball tosses back into our routine. It has gotten hot in the past week so he can only chase it a few times anyway before he gets too hot. Even with this activity he is feeling fine so we will slowly increase his activity over the next few weeks and see how he does. Hopefully he is all recovered and ready to go back to his normal activity!