Rest in Peace

Penny had a bad run-in with some of Arizona's more unfriendly wildlife. Probably a coyote or mountain lion. He had to be put down on Saturday, December 6th, 2008.

March 12, 2007 – December 6th, 2008.

They grow up so fast...

Femoral Head Ostectomy for Dummies

Ok, so this is how a normal dog's thigh bone connects to the hip sockets :

In surgery, they cut off this part:

Which leaves it looking like this:

While the result doesn't seem like it would work, they tell us it does. Apparently, "soft tissue" in the hip socket area will form a false joint.

Surgery to Fix Leg

Penny's right leg has not been in good shape for the past 8 or so months. After a third (digital!) x-ray, they were finally able to find the cause. Basically, at the point where his thigh bone connects to the hip bone, the growth plate was somehow injured. They also found some arthritis in the area. Anyway, he had surgery yesterday that will hopefully fix it.

Dog Beach, San Diego

When we went to San Diego last weekend, we took Penny to Dog Beach. He got to run around and play with all the other dogs (off leash!!!).

"Bubba" just got out of jail

New Pics!

We took some new pics of Penny over the weekend. Sunbeams are great for photography.

On a completely different note, when we got Penny, he was a scrawny little 3-pound dog. Almost a year later and he's now a scrawny little 9-pound dog!

Spoiled Penny...

This is how Penny gets to go for cold, winter
walks to look at Christmas lights. Lucky Dog!

Good Laugh!

Occasionally, Jon or I say
something funny and Penny
gets a big laugh. :-)

Raise you paw!

<--All those who have been chased by Penny, raise you paw!!!

-->Penny likes to chase poor Buddha. He thinks cats taste good.