Hey - it's BEAUTIFUL, SOFT, FLUFFY, GORGEOUS Zoe here!  I am such a diva - I learned it from Sophie.  Today I went to Petco and a nice girl named Megan worked on me - fluff and buff!  I am so soft and clean and pretty.  I was a VERY GOOD GIRL too.  Thanks Megan!

On Friday, FM and I took Lucy 09-259 to my vet because she was feeling really itchy and bad.  While I entertained the staff (Dr. Hansen says I just crack her up!) - Dr. Hansen took care of poor Lucy.  Lucy wasn't sure she wanted to be there but now she's really glad she did.  She feels SO much better!!
On Saturday Lucy and I went to the Chuck and Don's RAGOM event in Elk River.  I got to see my former foster mom Denise!  HI DENISE!  She said I look so much better (and I hadn't even been fluffed and buffed yet).  I was really sick when she had me and now I'm all better.  She said it was a big difference.  I was really happy to see all the people there - lots of kids petted me and remarked how cute and soft I was.  I also got to see some other dogs but I was kind of snarky (barky) at some of the other dogs.  Lucy was much better behaved in that area than I was but I minded my FM when she told me to knock off the attitude.
FM is including some new photos (finally).  Her favorite is the one of me riding in the car.  I ALWAYS ride up on the console between the seats.  Best place to watch the world go by!
My favorite is the photo of the new fluffed and buffed me!
So we have all had a busy weekend so now Lucy and I are sacked out sleeping (Sophie is always napping so that's nothing new for her).  Have a great Sunday!

Hi, Zoe here again.

Whew - it's been a long week.  This keeping quiet stuff is hard - boring too.  But I've had some visitors this week so that has made it interesting.  My FM's daughter Stacy and her friend Jeff came over to see me.  Like they say - to know me is to love me.  I'm sending pictures of me getting a lot of attention (as it should be).  Sophie gets a little jealous sometimes so then she goes off and "meditates" some more.  HA HA.

Today the "grandsons" came back.  I guess I kind of like them better the second time around.  They were pretty nice to me too.  But we discovered I don't like people to rush by me running around having fun.  I tend to bark and give chase.  I'm not supposed to do that so we had to have calm play or else I had to go back to FM's room and rest.  There are some more photos of me with my buddies. 

I have been sleeping in my crate when FM is gone and at night when everyone else is in bed.  Otherwise I get bored and wander around jumping up and down off the bed all night.  Makes FM crazy so when she says it's bedtime I go right to my room and get in my crate.  Not a peep out of me - I AM SO GOOD!  Sometimes I'm a bit of a joker - I'll head for the door of the crate and at the last minute I miss the door and go around to the side.  Then I peek back around at FM to see if she really means it.  She just gives me "the look" and in I go. She doesn't even have to say anything.  So I just say - "Just Kidding" and go right in.  I'm so "stinking cute!"

Oh - and guess what I found the other night in the dark???  We were walking and I had my nose to the ground and all of a sudden I jump back and up about a foot off the ground.  FM laughs and goes "What's wrong with you?"  Pretty soon I'm sniffing and I do it again. And again and again.  I think FM thought I was having a seizure.  Finally she gets her cell phone out and uses it like a flashlight to see what I'm after.  It was a TOAD.  It kept jumping at me and I would jump back.  It was kind of funny and FM was laughing and laughing.  Think we woke up the neighbors.  HA HA.

I'm doing my best to get better and I feel pretty good so far.  Kisses and thanks to Melissa for sponsoring me and helping me to get better.  Maybe I'll get to see you and give you kisses in person!

See ya everybody! 

FM here.  I wanted to update you on my little friend Zoe.  She was treated for her heartworm disease yesterday and today.  And after seeing what she went through, I will ALWAYS make sure that my dogs have heartworm preventative and are tested every year.  So I'm making little Zoe the RAGOM poster dog for heartworm prevention.

For those of you who don't know what these dogs go through, they are given two injections - one on one day and one the next - in the deep muscles of their back (see the photo of Zoe with her two shaved patches taken this evening).  The substance in these injections is toxic to the heartworm adults but also painful for the dog.  Zoe was also given several doses of morphine to blunt the pain and also Rimadyl.  As you can see by the other photos she is pretty out of it.  The first day she recovered fairly well but today she threw up several times at the vets and had to also have antinausea drugs.  She now must be kept totally quiet for 6 WEEKS (note - weeks not days). She can only get up to go potty and eat.  Otherwise she must not do anything to elevate her blood pressure.  As the exterminated adult worms are reabsorbed into her body and eliminated, they can also act like a blood clot.  In other words, the cure can also kill the dog.  In four weeks she has to go back for another shot that will kill the microfilea (the larve).  After that, we wait for 4 MONTHS to see if she is all cured.  It's a long haul for the animal that really did nothing to deserve it.  SO PLEASE - get your dogs tested and on the heartworm preventative.

The people at the vet clinic are all in love with her.  They are lining up to adopt her.  Yesterday and today when I came to pick her up they were all out there to say goodbye to her.  They told me they were all taking turns checking on her, petting her and trying to make her feel better.  Thanks so much to all the wonderful staff at Rockford Road Animal Hospital!

She was the perfect patient and she didn't even need a cone (Chad thought she would chew out her IV catheter but she fooled him and didn't even touch it).  She is a pretty wonderful and remarkable dog.  When the drugs wear off I'm sure she'll be sending sloppy kisses to everyone.  Watch for more updates during her recuperation.  

Also, if anyone is looking for a dog to sponsor - Zoe will love you forever.