Archive for May, 2008
Sniffles Update: Sad News
22 May 2008Most of you have been keeping up with Sniffles and the challenges he’s faced. To bring everyone up to date, Sniffles has been at NRVC for over 2 weeks now. His original hurdle was to gain an appetite so that he could get enough weight on him to undergo treatment for the heartworms. […]
Having a Dog Around the House Is Good For the Immune System
12 May 2008Here is an interesting article that suggests that having a dog around the house may protect children from developing allergies later in life. Click here to read the article
“Just why this should be is unclear but scientists believe youngsters may get beneficial early exposure to germs carried into the house on the animal’s fur, […]
Sniffles Update: Heartworm treatment on hold
12 May 2008Sniffles has really not been feeling well at all over the last week. He had a brief respite at the lake with his foster mom last weekend. He returned to NRVC on last Monday. Last week, he stayed at NRVC because he just wouldn’t eat. The kind folks at NRVC gave […]
Sniffles Update: Sprung from the Vet but will begin Heartworm Treatment
3 May 2008Sniffles improved enough over the last couple of days so he was released back to his lap of luxury at his Foster Mom’s house. While at the vet, Dr. Shepherd found some blood levels out of whack and this may be contributing to Sniffles feeling poorly. Dr. Shepherd believes that the abnormal levels […]
Sniffles Update: Doing better
1 May 2008Sniffles is still at NRVC. Jody visited him yesterday and he is eating and has gained 2 lb. Yesterday they had to wake him to get him to go out and kind of shake him up to eat. So the boy has some issues yet to be discovered. More test results are […]
