Since we were just reminiscing with Fluffy I thought it might be a good time to give you some updates on other visitors.  Downy spent the whole weekend at home with his mother, but had to have a red tube in his parts to help him get his yellow marking liquid out.  Finally he's going all on his own, no tubes, no mother pressing on his belly.
Reggie got to spend part of restful weekend at home with his mom, but then had to stay with some neighbors while his mom flew away.  He was having trouble seeing his way around the neighbors home so he has been staying with us now.  His neck is lots better but he's not much fun to play with.  All he likes to do is eat, and sleep and lick the pink chew toys on his skin.  He won't even share.

The case of the day was an old man poodle named Kent.  When I first saw him, I was sure that he was about to have babies.  His belly hung low to the ground and he was having trouble walking.  He was at my clinic for a "second opinion"; which means that mother had lots of papers to read and phone calls to make before she went into the room to talk, talk, talk.  Kent had been having a problem walking for awhile that now had him dragging one of his legs.  Mother had to get some black and white pictures from the humming table.  Father had to get some pictures of Kent's belly with the goo covered probe.  At the end of the day, mother spoke to Kent's parents, "His leg isn't working because of a problem with his spinal cord.  Usually this is caused by disk problems in the back, but since Kent is not painful we have to worry about either a blood clot or a tumor.  Based on the other tests, it looks like Kent could have Cushing's disease.  Cushing's disease makes the body produce extra hormones.  The hormones cause all kinds of issues, and would make his back problem more likely to be caused by a blood clot.  We can use medicine to control the Cushing's and if the back problem is from a blood clot, he should start walking better!".  I did not understand one bark of what mother was saying, but the hopeful look on everyone's face led me to believe that the next time I see Kent he could be trotting instead of dragging.  That would be nice, because I don't know how Kent is going to keep up with his babies if he can't walk.