Sunday, August 10, 2014
Visiting Mike In September
As many people know, Mike has been staying at his mother's in NJ,
working a part time tech job. I have been here in New Orleans. We
haven't seen each other since we left Minnesota almost a year ago now.
The good news is nearly the full year to the day, I will be flying into
NY to see him finally. Come Sept 19th I'll be in NJ and staying for two
weeks. It's not a long time, but it's better than not being able to see
him at all. We've missed each other terribly. So excited and looking
forward to seeing him.
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Psoriasis, Socializing
Saw a dermatologist today. It was confirmed, I do have psoriasis. Being
an autoimmune skin disease, there is a good chance other stuff might be
going on, even if it's not showing in the bloodwork. He wrote several
prescriptions for different prescription creams and one for an oral antibiotic to
try, but I have to wait because together the damned things cost $400.
Met some really nice people while grocery shopping and waiting for prescriptions. They were interested to know about Ember and service dogs because both the mother and the daughter have medical issues involving mobility problems, and the daughter is in a manual wheelchair and could use help to regain independence. They also shared interests in stones and jewelry, and the son shares similar spiritual views, so we stood around talking forever and shopped together while chatting, until her blood sugar got wonky and Ember started alerting to both of us feeling ill ( was time for my meds and I had some dizzy spells ), which they thought was amazingly awesome.
Also had a kindergarten teacher and her son stop us and politely ask if I wouldn't mind explaining what a service dog was and how different kinds helped people, so I gladly did. She thanked me and said she would share the information with her classes to help the children understand working dogs have important jobs. :) I gave her a card with some info to check out.
Overall a decent day. Progress one step at a time.
Met some really nice people while grocery shopping and waiting for prescriptions. They were interested to know about Ember and service dogs because both the mother and the daughter have medical issues involving mobility problems, and the daughter is in a manual wheelchair and could use help to regain independence. They also shared interests in stones and jewelry, and the son shares similar spiritual views, so we stood around talking forever and shopped together while chatting, until her blood sugar got wonky and Ember started alerting to both of us feeling ill ( was time for my meds and I had some dizzy spells ), which they thought was amazingly awesome.
Also had a kindergarten teacher and her son stop us and politely ask if I wouldn't mind explaining what a service dog was and how different kinds helped people, so I gladly did. She thanked me and said she would share the information with her classes to help the children understand working dogs have important jobs. :) I gave her a card with some info to check out.
Overall a decent day. Progress one step at a time.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Orange Objects
I think Journey has this thing against orange objects. First it was the
neighbor's orange-reddish garden hose. Then the traffic cone. Today it
was Homer buckets at Home Depot.
Monday, August 4, 2014
Journey got "get it" !
Aaiiiieeee tooo excited and beaming not to post this update now. I can
cheat a little, because Journey made 8 months old today. We have been
working on the basic behavior shaping for him to retrieve objects for
me, but he proved he is further along than I thought.
Journey picked up his first item out in public today and handed it back to me when I asked!!
Granted, it was a dog toy, but it's the first time he's done it while we have been out shopping and not home. It wasn't one he was playing with either, it was one I accidentally knocked off the rack!!
It fell and I muttered figuring I'd have to somehow raise it where I could reach the tag, but I decided to ask him first. In the past he has picked stuff up but then tosses, drops, or nudges it and flumps on the ground, causing me or Ember to have to get it anyway.
Today he sprawled next to it and nudged it and I was about to resort to collect it myself, but something told me to try one more time. So I asked again. He grabbed it, stood up, and held it till I took it and told him to give it to me, tail wagging the whole time!
He got a huge jackpot and some weird stares from shoppers trying to figure out why I raised such a commotion.
We also met some nice people today and spoke with them about service dogs.
Here is a picture of Ember and Journey. Journey has a tongue to rival that of Gene Simmons from KISS.
Journey picked up his first item out in public today and handed it back to me when I asked!!
Granted, it was a dog toy, but it's the first time he's done it while we have been out shopping and not home. It wasn't one he was playing with either, it was one I accidentally knocked off the rack!!
It fell and I muttered figuring I'd have to somehow raise it where I could reach the tag, but I decided to ask him first. In the past he has picked stuff up but then tosses, drops, or nudges it and flumps on the ground, causing me or Ember to have to get it anyway.
Today he sprawled next to it and nudged it and I was about to resort to collect it myself, but something told me to try one more time. So I asked again. He grabbed it, stood up, and held it till I took it and told him to give it to me, tail wagging the whole time!
He got a huge jackpot and some weird stares from shoppers trying to figure out why I raised such a commotion.
We also met some nice people today and spoke with them about service dogs.
Here is a picture of Ember and Journey. Journey has a tongue to rival that of Gene Simmons from KISS.
Puppy Progress - 6 Months and 7 Months
Things have been crazy busy with one thing after another going on here
the past two months, so I haven't had a lot of time to sit and write
much of anything in detail. Just to make notes here or there of things I
wanted to write about.
Training is going real well. This post will include a recap on how Journey did during 6 months of age and during 7 months of age.
6 Months
Journey is too smart for his own good, and he's in the age range of testing boundaries. I imagine it is something like what the "terrible twos and threes" must be like for toddlers combined with independence of teenagers, where in both cases a sort of "selective hearing" develops.
When responding to commands he knows ( sit, down, etc. ) there is a brief delay. It's probably less than 10sec worth, like his brain skipped a beat on processing as he's deciding if he wants to do it or not. It's amusing to me because I have seen it in client's dogs, but with Ember she is so biddable and eager to please, plus she oftentimes tries to anticipate what I want next, she's already doing something before I have the word fully out of mouth, or with my hand signals.
Journey is an intelligent little Alsatian, so I have to mix up training to keep it interesting for him so he doesn't get bored with it. He's highly food motivated, but not as strongly toy motivated at the moment. That could be because I don't tend to keep a lot of toys with squeakers because Ember used to destroy them too fast and the squeaking can drive you nuts. When Journey joined the family, I did purchase various toys that have squeakers to help with training.
At first I wanted to use them for proofing distractions, figuring he'd be enticed by the squeaking. My worry was while working with him in public until he is more solid on everything, I didn't want people thinking it was "funny" to try and purposefully distract him with squeak toys or things making similar noise...... which yes, I have had happen with Ember when she was in working service dog gear, both at pet stores, and at Walmart. People are thoughtless sometimes.
Much to my delight, he isn't too interested simply by hearing the sound, though he will acknowledge it. He isn't overly eager to interact with it unless you get right up to him with it and encourage him to play. We'll see how well that continues as I use various toys with squeakers while trying to encourage certain prey drive qualities.
Another amusement is his lack of traction on most slick surfaces. We have all tile at my aunt's house with only a handful of rugs. Since Journey first started to grow larger, its a challenge for him to keep his legs under him. It turned into a joke with training because getting him into the "down" position was the easiest thing ever, and he tends to prefer it. Which made it easier with some training because he was less likely to break position from a down than he would have from a sit.
He's been so lanky and growing so fast, I think that is partly why his traction is off. So we practice sitting a lot more than he probably likes, trying to get him to that point of not slipping on smooth floors, since most stores have... smooth floors! It's a work in progress.
We have been working with shaping behaviors he'll use for service work since we first started training with the basics. Learning the foundations for fetching objects, holding them, giving them when asked, or taking them from me when I offer, to help build when we move on to objects that are not dog toys or chew things. He's already gotten used to lots of different textures from the beginning, so I don't think it will be too difficult. With his puppy teeth gone I just need to teach him to handle these things with a soft mouth. We have also been working on balance and bracing positions, teaching him how to stand and hold a certain position when I ask and point or make a hand signal.
The final highlight is that he finally lifted his leg! At the end of 5 months he had started to develop his marking bladder and his testicles were dropping, and soon after when he went to do his business instead of the typical full squat, one leg lifted a few inches. He doesn't do it all the time, but he's started doing it more and more frequently.
= = =
7 Months
So many exciting things happened. The first time Journey took the intermittent class in it was a really small class, and both the dogs were small dogs and were over a year old, so he didn't get as much in the sense of socialization as I was hoping for. They let us retake the class, and we did so with a different trainer. By waiting a little longer we got lucky with a much larger class full of various sized dogs with various temperaments, including one that ended up being fear-reactive. It made things very interesting! And it was an amazing learning experience for Journey.
In the previous class the weeks prior, he'd been more inclined to be a puppy and would get excited and playful on leash, and if a strange dog barked and pulled toward him, he'd attempt to do the same, which is normal. Thankfully I could get him to refocus on me and with a lot of "leave it" work, he grew out of that phase.
We got more practice in with the new class, him learning to ignore the distractions of the other dogs pulling at leash, sniffing at him while I asked him to focus on me and ignore them, and ignoring the barking of one and some reactive outbursts from the other. I was so proud of how well he took to it. After the initial group meetup for the first class being so exciting with strange new people and dogs, by the end of the second class he was doing remarkably well with keeping his attention on me when I asked him to ignore whatever was happening at any given time with the other dogs.
The class trainer tried to demo with him because he was more advanced than the other dogs in class, since he had already taken it, and for the fact I have been training with him since he was a tiny pup, and he wanted to keep his focus on me and at first tried to ignore her. Which is brilliant, because I don't want him to listen to just anyone trying to come up and give him a command unless I give him permission or turn him over to someone else to handle.
My reason for this goes back to the whole problem I have had at points while out working with Ember and Journey both for public access stuff, and people trying to distract them by calling to them, making barking noises at them, and even trying to tell them to "come here" or "sit" and other stuff. Most of the time it is kids or teens who have done it, but I have caught adults in the act as well. What makes it worse is when they try, and the dog ignores them... so they try harder! Really people?
I normally turn and address them and give them a polite but stern talking to about why they shouldn't do that ever again if a dog is working. They could risk getting the dog or handler injured by distracting them, and be liable for it. When they are old enough to know better, most of them are embarrassed and apologize. I'd rather educate them than yell at them, but some people really try ever last ounce of patience I have on a given day.
We practiced more with distance and duration. He's pretty solid with it at home, and is getting better about it in public. We have been working on heel work from the base form you learn when you first take the class. He still gets ahead of himself at points but does well on loose leash for the most part without pulling. It's like with most dogs, they move faster than we do and he gets impatient and walks a little faster. So I simply stop or turn about and reposition him before continuing. I am hoping to start building on skills for much more advanced heeling techniques.
Training is going real well. This post will include a recap on how Journey did during 6 months of age and during 7 months of age.
6 Months
Journey is too smart for his own good, and he's in the age range of testing boundaries. I imagine it is something like what the "terrible twos and threes" must be like for toddlers combined with independence of teenagers, where in both cases a sort of "selective hearing" develops.
When responding to commands he knows ( sit, down, etc. ) there is a brief delay. It's probably less than 10sec worth, like his brain skipped a beat on processing as he's deciding if he wants to do it or not. It's amusing to me because I have seen it in client's dogs, but with Ember she is so biddable and eager to please, plus she oftentimes tries to anticipate what I want next, she's already doing something before I have the word fully out of mouth, or with my hand signals.
Journey is an intelligent little Alsatian, so I have to mix up training to keep it interesting for him so he doesn't get bored with it. He's highly food motivated, but not as strongly toy motivated at the moment. That could be because I don't tend to keep a lot of toys with squeakers because Ember used to destroy them too fast and the squeaking can drive you nuts. When Journey joined the family, I did purchase various toys that have squeakers to help with training.
At first I wanted to use them for proofing distractions, figuring he'd be enticed by the squeaking. My worry was while working with him in public until he is more solid on everything, I didn't want people thinking it was "funny" to try and purposefully distract him with squeak toys or things making similar noise...... which yes, I have had happen with Ember when she was in working service dog gear, both at pet stores, and at Walmart. People are thoughtless sometimes.
Much to my delight, he isn't too interested simply by hearing the sound, though he will acknowledge it. He isn't overly eager to interact with it unless you get right up to him with it and encourage him to play. We'll see how well that continues as I use various toys with squeakers while trying to encourage certain prey drive qualities.
Another amusement is his lack of traction on most slick surfaces. We have all tile at my aunt's house with only a handful of rugs. Since Journey first started to grow larger, its a challenge for him to keep his legs under him. It turned into a joke with training because getting him into the "down" position was the easiest thing ever, and he tends to prefer it. Which made it easier with some training because he was less likely to break position from a down than he would have from a sit.
He's been so lanky and growing so fast, I think that is partly why his traction is off. So we practice sitting a lot more than he probably likes, trying to get him to that point of not slipping on smooth floors, since most stores have... smooth floors! It's a work in progress.
We have been working with shaping behaviors he'll use for service work since we first started training with the basics. Learning the foundations for fetching objects, holding them, giving them when asked, or taking them from me when I offer, to help build when we move on to objects that are not dog toys or chew things. He's already gotten used to lots of different textures from the beginning, so I don't think it will be too difficult. With his puppy teeth gone I just need to teach him to handle these things with a soft mouth. We have also been working on balance and bracing positions, teaching him how to stand and hold a certain position when I ask and point or make a hand signal.
The final highlight is that he finally lifted his leg! At the end of 5 months he had started to develop his marking bladder and his testicles were dropping, and soon after when he went to do his business instead of the typical full squat, one leg lifted a few inches. He doesn't do it all the time, but he's started doing it more and more frequently.
= = =
7 Months
So many exciting things happened. The first time Journey took the intermittent class in it was a really small class, and both the dogs were small dogs and were over a year old, so he didn't get as much in the sense of socialization as I was hoping for. They let us retake the class, and we did so with a different trainer. By waiting a little longer we got lucky with a much larger class full of various sized dogs with various temperaments, including one that ended up being fear-reactive. It made things very interesting! And it was an amazing learning experience for Journey.
In the previous class the weeks prior, he'd been more inclined to be a puppy and would get excited and playful on leash, and if a strange dog barked and pulled toward him, he'd attempt to do the same, which is normal. Thankfully I could get him to refocus on me and with a lot of "leave it" work, he grew out of that phase.
We got more practice in with the new class, him learning to ignore the distractions of the other dogs pulling at leash, sniffing at him while I asked him to focus on me and ignore them, and ignoring the barking of one and some reactive outbursts from the other. I was so proud of how well he took to it. After the initial group meetup for the first class being so exciting with strange new people and dogs, by the end of the second class he was doing remarkably well with keeping his attention on me when I asked him to ignore whatever was happening at any given time with the other dogs.
The class trainer tried to demo with him because he was more advanced than the other dogs in class, since he had already taken it, and for the fact I have been training with him since he was a tiny pup, and he wanted to keep his focus on me and at first tried to ignore her. Which is brilliant, because I don't want him to listen to just anyone trying to come up and give him a command unless I give him permission or turn him over to someone else to handle.
My reason for this goes back to the whole problem I have had at points while out working with Ember and Journey both for public access stuff, and people trying to distract them by calling to them, making barking noises at them, and even trying to tell them to "come here" or "sit" and other stuff. Most of the time it is kids or teens who have done it, but I have caught adults in the act as well. What makes it worse is when they try, and the dog ignores them... so they try harder! Really people?
I normally turn and address them and give them a polite but stern talking to about why they shouldn't do that ever again if a dog is working. They could risk getting the dog or handler injured by distracting them, and be liable for it. When they are old enough to know better, most of them are embarrassed and apologize. I'd rather educate them than yell at them, but some people really try ever last ounce of patience I have on a given day.
We practiced more with distance and duration. He's pretty solid with it at home, and is getting better about it in public. We have been working on heel work from the base form you learn when you first take the class. He still gets ahead of himself at points but does well on loose leash for the most part without pulling. It's like with most dogs, they move faster than we do and he gets impatient and walks a little faster. So I simply stop or turn about and reposition him before continuing. I am hoping to start building on skills for much more advanced heeling techniques.
Friday, July 25, 2014
New Rheumatologist
Monday was much better with this new Rheumatologist. It was like a night
and day difference compared to the jerk one I saw. This new doctor was
considerate and awesome, and so were all the staff.
He actually asked if I had ever applied for disability. He's the first who ever has. It made me feel like I was dreaming. I explained I would have but had gone through so much hell and so many doctors who were reluctant to help with it, that I needed one to support me during the process, and jokingly said by all means he could if he wanted ( most of them have just laughed it off in the past and didn't take it seriously.. wanted me to "wait and see if it got better.." even after dealing with this for over 8yrs )....
He nodded while looking at the paperwork and said "Sure, I'd be happy to".
It took me by surprise, like... did I just hear him right?
He did a full body exam and looked over all the paperwork I brought and asked relevant questions as we went along. He definitely thinks I have severe Fibromyalgia, and he agrees he feels something else is going on causing the other stuff. What, he's not sure. Which I am okay with, because like he said "you can't diagnose something like this in less than an hour". But it was a night and day difference compared to the last guy I saw who blew me off.
One thing I that kinda made me iffy, is that he doesn't believe in seronegative autoimmune stuff. He's one of those doctors of the belief you either have it or do not, but he also said "who is he to argue with Mayo Clinic or any other doctor". So maybe he is willing to be open minded in the event nothing else can be found... I have all the other symptoms, and even showing him a pic I took of a face rash he was like "huh.. that does look a lot like a lupus rash".
Like many doctors who have opened up to the possibility have said "If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...."
During my next visit I plan to bring in some articles I have come across online about seronegative stuff. I am hoping after reading some of them, he might be more willing to consider it possible. In the meantime, I am still keeping my ears open for anyone in the area who is openly accepting of it. As with many other things, the South is behind the curve medically speaking, so it is possible he hasn't seen or heard enough convincing research or talked with other doctors who have clinically treated people for it despite their bloodwork coming back negative, if they persisted with all other symptoms long term.
Funny enough, this guy's office is literally right across the street from the old hospital my mother worked for yeaaars ago, before Katrina. It was weird being back there and seeing how much it all changed.
I actually didn't need a referral for this guy. I called their office when I found it listed online. The doctor I wanted to see had retired, so I saw this guy instead. And amazingly, I got this appt a week out from asking for it. It was a smaller clinic, everyone there staff and all was amazingly nice.
The new doctor is amazing in comparison and seems like he genuinely wants to help figure all this out. He's also helped me find a new general practitioner, which I was also still waiting on with the last clinic since I moved back down here. I have referrals and need to get more testing, but one day with him got me further than months of waiting with the other place.
We'll see what happens.
He actually asked if I had ever applied for disability. He's the first who ever has. It made me feel like I was dreaming. I explained I would have but had gone through so much hell and so many doctors who were reluctant to help with it, that I needed one to support me during the process, and jokingly said by all means he could if he wanted ( most of them have just laughed it off in the past and didn't take it seriously.. wanted me to "wait and see if it got better.." even after dealing with this for over 8yrs )....
He nodded while looking at the paperwork and said "Sure, I'd be happy to".
It took me by surprise, like... did I just hear him right?
He did a full body exam and looked over all the paperwork I brought and asked relevant questions as we went along. He definitely thinks I have severe Fibromyalgia, and he agrees he feels something else is going on causing the other stuff. What, he's not sure. Which I am okay with, because like he said "you can't diagnose something like this in less than an hour". But it was a night and day difference compared to the last guy I saw who blew me off.
One thing I that kinda made me iffy, is that he doesn't believe in seronegative autoimmune stuff. He's one of those doctors of the belief you either have it or do not, but he also said "who is he to argue with Mayo Clinic or any other doctor". So maybe he is willing to be open minded in the event nothing else can be found... I have all the other symptoms, and even showing him a pic I took of a face rash he was like "huh.. that does look a lot like a lupus rash".
Like many doctors who have opened up to the possibility have said "If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...."
During my next visit I plan to bring in some articles I have come across online about seronegative stuff. I am hoping after reading some of them, he might be more willing to consider it possible. In the meantime, I am still keeping my ears open for anyone in the area who is openly accepting of it. As with many other things, the South is behind the curve medically speaking, so it is possible he hasn't seen or heard enough convincing research or talked with other doctors who have clinically treated people for it despite their bloodwork coming back negative, if they persisted with all other symptoms long term.
Funny enough, this guy's office is literally right across the street from the old hospital my mother worked for yeaaars ago, before Katrina. It was weird being back there and seeing how much it all changed.
I actually didn't need a referral for this guy. I called their office when I found it listed online. The doctor I wanted to see had retired, so I saw this guy instead. And amazingly, I got this appt a week out from asking for it. It was a smaller clinic, everyone there staff and all was amazingly nice.
The new doctor is amazing in comparison and seems like he genuinely wants to help figure all this out. He's also helped me find a new general practitioner, which I was also still waiting on with the last clinic since I moved back down here. I have referrals and need to get more testing, but one day with him got me further than months of waiting with the other place.
We'll see what happens.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Abridged Update
I have been busy since my last lengthy update trying to catch up on
everything I hadn't been able to do while my wrist was bothering me,
including a ton of art and design related things.
So far, my wrist has been holding up pretty good. I am still being careful and taking plenty of breaks, and wearing the brace when I do anything with items weighing more than a few pounds. It's so wonderful to be able to sculpt again and make things.
Last week our power went out for several hours in the evening on a night I had planned to sculpt and work online. Rather than sit in the dark and do nothing, I decided to amuse myself by attempting to sculpt... in the dark!
I tried to record a little here and there with my smartphone, but it's not the best quality since there was not any light except my LED lantern, and only a small portion of what I did because I had limited battery. If it came out okay, I will process and upload it at some point.
Last we left off with medical updates, I was waiting to hear back on the bloodwork. I waited for over a month, calling and waiting to hear back from them, playing phone tag. Finally get told they *only* ran the ANA... after telling me it would be a more detailed test. Between the doctor and the lab order, it got screwed up and they only ran the one, with the results being exactly like they were every other time - weak negative, which everyone considers as "negative". When I expressed my displeasure about the messup, the nurse was short and rude with me, and told me she'd have to call me back after she checked. Which, she never did.
Their incompetence was infuriating, and after all the trouble I had with that hospital chain between the security guard giving me a hard time over Ember, ER meh, run-around with trying to get a referral and waiting months, blunders from their clinics and total disregard by one of their jaded specialists, I will be filing complaints and won't be using them for anything in the future unless I have absolutely no choice. I honestly expected more from them, as big a name as they carry.
I saw a new Rheumatologist on Monday who was amazingly better by far than the jerk I first saw. I've written a separate post to share info on how that went.
Wasabi had to go to the vet last week. He's had a lump on his belly that I thought was a nipple, but then it got a little larger and I kept an eye on it and he didn't seem bothered by it. Then it got bigger again where it could really be felt and was inflamed, so I scraped together the last $100 Mike and I had and took him to the vet. The lump is in fact one of his little nipples and it was inflamed and angry. So they gave him an injection kinda like they did for my wrist ( ouch poor boy! ) and gave me an expensive cream to put on it and waiting to see how he does. It hasn't changed much so far. I have a feeling I might have to take him back in. Which is going to cost more money. :/ I just hope it's nothing serious.
Otherwise things have been as okay as they can be. Dog training stuff is going well. I have a separate update for that as well. Have a ton of creative stuff to finish and take pictures of, and ideas to bring to life, so stay tuned!
So far, my wrist has been holding up pretty good. I am still being careful and taking plenty of breaks, and wearing the brace when I do anything with items weighing more than a few pounds. It's so wonderful to be able to sculpt again and make things.
Last week our power went out for several hours in the evening on a night I had planned to sculpt and work online. Rather than sit in the dark and do nothing, I decided to amuse myself by attempting to sculpt... in the dark!
I tried to record a little here and there with my smartphone, but it's not the best quality since there was not any light except my LED lantern, and only a small portion of what I did because I had limited battery. If it came out okay, I will process and upload it at some point.
Last we left off with medical updates, I was waiting to hear back on the bloodwork. I waited for over a month, calling and waiting to hear back from them, playing phone tag. Finally get told they *only* ran the ANA... after telling me it would be a more detailed test. Between the doctor and the lab order, it got screwed up and they only ran the one, with the results being exactly like they were every other time - weak negative, which everyone considers as "negative". When I expressed my displeasure about the messup, the nurse was short and rude with me, and told me she'd have to call me back after she checked. Which, she never did.
Their incompetence was infuriating, and after all the trouble I had with that hospital chain between the security guard giving me a hard time over Ember, ER meh, run-around with trying to get a referral and waiting months, blunders from their clinics and total disregard by one of their jaded specialists, I will be filing complaints and won't be using them for anything in the future unless I have absolutely no choice. I honestly expected more from them, as big a name as they carry.
I saw a new Rheumatologist on Monday who was amazingly better by far than the jerk I first saw. I've written a separate post to share info on how that went.
Wasabi had to go to the vet last week. He's had a lump on his belly that I thought was a nipple, but then it got a little larger and I kept an eye on it and he didn't seem bothered by it. Then it got bigger again where it could really be felt and was inflamed, so I scraped together the last $100 Mike and I had and took him to the vet. The lump is in fact one of his little nipples and it was inflamed and angry. So they gave him an injection kinda like they did for my wrist ( ouch poor boy! ) and gave me an expensive cream to put on it and waiting to see how he does. It hasn't changed much so far. I have a feeling I might have to take him back in. Which is going to cost more money. :/ I just hope it's nothing serious.
Otherwise things have been as okay as they can be. Dog training stuff is going well. I have a separate update for that as well. Have a ton of creative stuff to finish and take pictures of, and ideas to bring to life, so stay tuned!
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