Jealousy

Early this morning Lizzie was rather mean to Billy Bob.

Ever since we adopted Lizzie, Billy Bob and Joey's relationship has been really weak. Joey spends most of his time with Lizzie (she gives him baths) and when Billy Bob tries to be affectionate to Joey he usually walks away.

This morning was rare because Joey did not walk away. He was laying down on the floor and Billy Bob came over, laid down with joey at an angle, and was being really nice to Joey and was giving him some love. Then, Lizzie spotted them and quickly came over and got in between them. Billy Bob then walked away. At The Nut House, we feel really bad for Billy Bob. All he wants is to love Joey and be friends with him like old times.

Joey Update #3

Joey is back home! He came home Thursday after a full day at the animal clinic. They did a bunch of x-rays and the nurses said he slept the whole time. It turns out that he has a bunch of torn ligaments around his knees. So there is not much holding his legs together. He also has lost a ton of muscle mass in his legs. They think that the leg problems led to the arthritis. I am not sure where we go from here with him, but I will continue to update the blog with info about Joey's health. Please send your good thoughts in his direction.

Joey Update #2

Joey was taken to the animal clinic this morning. He will be getting an x-ray today. According to Sue he walked off "very happy" with the nurses.

It does not make sense to me (John) why an x-ray takes all day. Sue will be picking him up later this afternoon. The rumors and rumblings around The Nut House are pointing to some lies from Sue. The rumor here is that there is no x-ray, but that Sue has taken Joey to the big backyard in the sky. Only time will tell. We shall see if she picks him up this afternoon.

Joey Update

We called the vet to tell him that Joey has not been making any progress with his arthritis and asked him if there is something more we should be doing for Joey's arthritis. He said that we should get an x-ray of his leg to see if Joey has something in the leg. He said that One time he had a dog that he treated for arthritis for many months who, like Joey, made no progress. The dog got an x-ray and they found out the dog had a sewing needle in his leg!! So early tomorrow morning Sue will be taking Joey to a animal clinic somewhere so Joey can get an x-ray. Lets hope that through this we can get a final definitive answer as to why Joey is making so progress. Of course, I will continue to give updates about Joey's health on this blog.

Joey

Joey is a little crazy right now. He is crying constantly and it is driving us (especially me, John) crazy! At first we were very sympathetic towards him because we assumed he was in pain because of his bad leg and his arthritis and all that. We were wrong. While part of his crying I am sure is due to that, most of it is not. I am starting to think he is crying just to make us crazy (and to get treats). A lot of the time, a solution for the crying will be to let him go outside. Once he goes outside he comes straight back to the door and expects a treat, or else he will not come inside. Also, if I give him a treat when he is crying, he stops crying. It is crazy.

We are taking him to the vet just in case we are wrong and have been ignoring his pain. In which case I will shower him with treats and post a very long apology on here.