Moopers

Mooper Pooper (a.k.a Mela) had to go to the vet today.  As the dogs get older they have been having all kinds of crazy growths.  You may remember a couple of the more memorable growths - Ikaika's cancerous testicular tumor and Mela's elbow tumor that the doctor thought was likely cancerous, but was just fiberglass (?!).  Well, another particularly odd growth has appeared on Mela's face, under her eye, and it is getting huge and squishy.  Ray just brought her in and the vet said,

"FIRST we'll deal with the growth...

THEN we'll deal with her teeth...

THEN we'll deal with her weight."

Ray said, "I know, I know and I know."  Apparently her teeth are really awful and her breath is extra stinky (I could have told you that).  Her teeth have have been bad since we adopted her 6 years ago - much worse than Ikaika's.  And (duh) she is overweight.  They are already on elderly-dog-diet-food and we even give them less than the recommended amount.  We could certainly walk them more, though Roscoe can walk much faster than them these days.  I feel like a dog owner failure.  They are well loved and spoiled in a lot of ways, but our attention is spread thin these days and Mela is not a squeaky wheel.  (Ikaika on the other hand...)  They biopsied the growth and the vet was surprised that it was so "cell-y" because it wasn't what she was expecting.  We find out the results on Tuesday.  Let's hope it is just some more fiberglass or another freakish-but-benign ailment.

I love them dogs.