And he barks normally too.  hawhawhawhawhawhawhawhawhawhaw!


purple Mari



At 06:35 PM 2/11/2008, you wrote:
>Virgie and Hoshie made it last night and Doc came over and checked her out
>thoroughly.  Hoshie I mean; not Virgie.  Anyhow, Doc is pretty certain that
>Hoshie has some leg and joint problems which he believes can easily be
>treated using anti-inflammatories.  He believes a couple of vertebras are
>also out so tomorrow the animal chiropractor he uses, and we have used many
>times with one of our dogs with amazing results, is coming to see what she
>thinks.  Doc believes she has at least two more good years of use, Hoshie I
>am referring to now and not Virgie, and unless the animal neurologist finds
>something else, or if he wants to do more testing before he agrees with
>Doc's findings or not, it would appear what Hosie has is very treatable.
>Doc is positive, based upon the x-rays and records Virgie brought with her,
>that Hoshie in no way has a brain tumor but he still thinks the neurologist
>should look Hoshie over to see if he agrees with Doc's findings, blood work,
>and diagnosis.  Virgie's son is coming to Denver in a few days for a
>business meeting so she'll get to visit with her son.  He lives in New
>Mexico so he isn't far away.  Virgie is staying at my son's home behind our
>house so she is only about 75 feet from our back door and can come over by
>walking down the driveway any time she wants.  Everett and Donna have an
>extra room upstairs in their house for Virgie and Hoshie.  Anyhow, your
>continued prayers for Hoshie would be appreciated but at first glance, the
>report seems good overall.  Those of you with guide dogs know just how
>stressful something like this is so pray for Virgie, too.  Her plane trip
>yesterday was a nightmare, almost, and Hoshie ended up being forced to walk
>a very long distance in Washington DC thanks to the airline assistant who
>made Virgie miss her next plane.  They will be hear long enough for Doc to
>see if his diagnosis and treatment is on target.  Our little dog, Skip, has
>been worked on by the chiropractor many times and he improves overnight,
>generally, with just a single treatment.  I was very very skeptical about
>the chiropractor but when I saw what she did for Skip, we call her every so
>often to come and work on him because his little back goes out very easily.
>There was a time when Skip got so bad at first, he couldn't hardly walk,  so
>We took him to a couple of other vets and finally, since we had just met
>Doctor Cahill, we called him to come and put Skip to sleep because his back
>legs simply were not working and he was falling and looked so pathetic.  He
>treated him totally differently.  Plus, I was afraid he was in terrible
>pain, too.  Doc refused to put him to sleep because he said he could treat
>him and sure enough, he came out of it and the chiropractic treatments also
>played a major role in his recovery.  He runs and jumps and walks normally
>now.
>
>Phil.
>
>
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