Well, I'm happy to say Dakota has made it through his parvo treatment, and is doing better than ever. He seems to be at least, because he's doubled in size. o.o




Thanks to everyone who showed their support, this woof is doing awesome now ^^

I just got a new puppy a few weeks ago. He's part Wolf and Malamute. Arriving here, he was 4 months old, and already about 40 lbs. I've named him Dakota (Despite being told that for wolf-dogs, it's like naming him Fido), the name stuck. He's proven to be a great dog so far, and get's along great with our 2 year old German Shepard / bull mastif mix, Max. In only the short time he's been here, he's really grown on me, and has adapted very well to his new surroundings, everyone here just loves him.

Dakota has gotten very sick over the last few days however. He would not eat, and vomited several times a day since late friday. He became persistantly weaker and obviously showing signs he was getting worse over the weekend. After a visit to the vet today, he tested positive for the Parvo Virus. He's in quarantine now, and receiving treatment. The vet has given him a fair chance of survival, noting that it can be pretty serious. It's been somewhat tough on both my mate and I, but wer'e trying to remain positive and wish for the best.

Here's a low-res image, as my digital camera broke recently.



So the next few evenings are going to be kinda hard, but wer'e trying to keep our spirits up in hopes that he comes home in good health.

Yesterday I had gotten up at my normal time, and called into work to see what our status was.  I work a job that involves alot of driving, and I knew the storm was coming, which sometimes we call off due to weather. 

So I get up to warm up my car, which is company owned, and after waiting over an hour, there's no heat. I scraped as much ice off the windows as I could, yet as I was driving, it tirelessly kept freezing instantly onto the windshield which I had to keep scraping, every few blocks.

In the process of making it to the shop, which is only around 6 miles away, I had already slid around 180 degrees past a stop sign adjacent to the highway here, across the median. Then only a few miles after regathering my momentum, slid sideways down a hill and into a curb.  Finally I made it to the shop, and picked up the Tahoe, which has 4 wheel drive, yet as you might know, 4 wheel drive is great in a low traction situation, except when it comes to stopping. I got lucky so many times...

Very slowly I made it as far as the top of an overpass in the city, almost first in line as the highway was shut down completely. None of us were able to move for over two and a half hours after that. It was almost a surreal experience, people were outside talking to each other, watching as they were trying to clear the roads. Some of us were conversing and joking around, one trucker commented  "It's time to bring out the hibatchi and lawnchairs..." Then, no sooner than the sandtruck had arrived to cover the roads, it ended up sliding sideways into some poor lady in a white car. I don't mind admitting, it was kinda entertaining watching as one officer fell flat on his tail three times just trying to cross the road and get to the accident. I caught a pic on my cell-phone..



So I finally made it where I was going, about 4 hours after I left. To go to one client, who was afraid she might have a virus on her computer.

-.-

I'd made it home not long after that, since the highways were sanded. But only to arrive back at the shop, with no heat considering noone was there, to freeze my tail off as I try to clear an almost half inch layer of ice off my windows, again... Later that evening my boss had called, apologizing that he didn't realize the roads were that bad. However I had just gathered by his tone that he was thankfull I haden't wrecked his precious Tahoe.

que sera sera...

Just wanted to stop and wish everyone a Very Happy Answer Your Cat's Question Day   =^..^=

Isn't he adorable!!  He looks like he's enjoying the fresh snow in his natural habitat. This is my new partial designed and made through a joint effort between Klickitat and Matrices. I can't wait to take him out suiting!