Way to close!!!

Last night it was particularly cold in our lower family room. We plugged in a heater. It didn't reach our feet when sitting on the couch, so we plugged in an extension cord. Our family started watching a movie, and the dogs were sitting around on the floor chewing on their bones. I have never had any problems with my dogs chewing on anything but their bones, so I never once felt I had to watch them, because this is a normal pastime at our house.
SURPRISE!
My dear little Isis who is over a year old now, yelped and started screaming like a child. The other dogs started chasing her growling and nipping at her. We jumped up, turned on the light and tried to catch the dogs. We were able to get them put in their kennels, and caught Isis to find out what happened. She was shaking uncontrollably, and wouldn't open her mouth. My son noticed that the heater was no longer on, and lo and behold she had chewed on the extension cord!!!

Frightened, I wrapped her up in my jacket. I didn't want her to go into shock. So I had my oldest daughter look online to find out more about electrical shock in dogs. This was late Sunday night and our closest emergency vet was over an hour away. I tried to open her mouth to see if she had an burns, but she wouldn't let me open it. I of course thought the worst. My oldest daughter came back downstairs and told me that we needed to watch for coughing (they can get liquid in thier lungs and drown) and also to watch for shock. I had my son go and get some cheese, to see if she would try to eat it, I figured that was one way to check on her mouth. She readily ate it, actually scarfed it. I started laughing at her because of her comical look, she wanted more! We then tried to see if she would drink water. She did. She shook like she had been outside in sub degree temperatures for about 30-45 min. I held her close and we listened to her lungs all night. She was fine. In the picture, I showed her the cord and asked her if she remembered what she had done, she yipped and ran away from it. I of course had to laugh. MAYBE she learned her lesson. I know I did!!

More puppy photos! (Day 11)

Can't you just smell the puppy breath? LOL!


Puppy #1...Ebe


Puppy #2...Nefertiti


Puppy #3... Help!! No Name Yet!!
(I do LOVE the name Isis, but our other dog is named Isis)

Cleo and babies are doing great! Look at how cute they are!

Butterfly Princess

I found this picture and it reminds me of my daughter.
Butterfly wings and all!

Name Contest!

We have three beautiful girls, one black/white (looks like she might be tri, with brown over the eyes) and two sable or mahogany. They are all three gorgeous. And yes I am bias, but I love my dogs!!! Anyhow, I have thought of two names, I love Egyptian names, and have therefore chose "Ebe" which means Wonderful, and "Nefertiti" which means Beautiful One. I need one more beautiful name for my babies, so I am asking for help. If you have a Egyptian name, please email me as I haven't thought of any name twists yet. And I need one more name, or I might just throw those ones out if you all can come up with a better one!! I have three $10 Petsmart Gift Cards I will give to the winners. I will post all the names on the blog that I recieve, and we can all vote on the best three names. I will keep the contest open until Jan 15th. Tell your friends, this could be fun! :). Here are the girls pictures, I wanted to put them in a little christmas sock that Santa brought for them, but their tummies are just too fat, kinda like Santa himself!! LOL. So instead I laid them on the bigger stockings. I look forward to hearing from you!

Updates

Sorry I haven't been updating on a daily basis. The little boy got the fading puppy syndrome last week and we had to attend to him 24/7. Sadly, even after all the care we gave him, we lost him on Sunday. It has been a hard week for us, as after you care for a little one round the clock you get emotionally attached to them.

Then with Christmas looming, I had to put on my Santa hat and get busy for Christmas for my 4 youngsters. Kenzie 15, Dakota 12, Skylar 9, and Sierra 5 were in full swing for decorating, cookie baking, shopping and making sure every last thing was ready for Santa. My two oldest were my elves and did a great job of helping Santa get all presents wrapped. We also adopted an older lady who lost her husband last month and shoveled her driveway each day. So, needless to say, the additional activities took over my time this last week.

Last night we had a huge blizzard, and the dogs wanted to go play in the snow. Here is Isis having a blast in the snow, and I like how the camera caught the snow falling.

Day three

Update on the little boy. The little boy was smaller than the girls when he was born, but wasn't gaining weight and he was severely dehydrated when I checked him this afternoon. I rushed him and mom to the vet, so he could have subQ fluids administered and also the vet tube fed him. He perked up and has been doing better. His sisters are twice his size, and was being pushed aside so he couldn't eat. So now he has his own box, own heating pad, and needs to be tube fed every 2 hours. Sweet little guy, he is so small! In the picture he is in my daughters hands, so you know how small he is!! He only weighs .5oz! It will be a long night, but I will do anything for my babies!