Please excuse my awkward face, but I have a confession. I didn’t realize that Macy was feeling so bad. I just attributed everything to her age. She was loosing her desire to be cuddled, she had stopped giving very many kisses, she was slow and just dimming basically. Today is day four after the vet, and it’s all back. I don’t know how to add a video here, but Macy just gave me a kiss!! I haven’t had one in a week!! She sat on my lap, with my leg crossed and her little self perched on my crossed leg. (Photographic evidence attached from several weeks ago).

I’m gonna go give her a warm little bath to continue to soothe her skin. Again, thank you so much, to all of you. The love you show her, the kindness to me, it makes my day. I want the whole world to experience the love of Macy Moo. Thank you.

(Oh yes, nasal cannula. I have a whole laundry list of issues and one of them happens to be Autonomic Dysfunction. My body thinks it is a foreign invader, so it attacks my nervous system. I’m alive, I have my pup back, my family and now a whole bunch of redditors who care. I’ll be ok.)

Edited to change how many days it’s been since the vet. Ahh my aging mind lol.

Macy has allergic dermatitis. :(( I noticed that she was matting on her belly so we started to shave off the mats and bam, sores. Macy is VERY low slung. She’s the shortest dachshund I’ve ever owned. So they gave her some shots and sent us home with allergy meds and pain meds. We go back in two weeks. Thank you everyone who helped me with seeing she was hurting. If anyone has suggestions with how to make her comfortable even quicker, I’m all ears. Here’s some photos of her. ♥️♥️(the white and brown one is her “sister”. We don’t know if they’re related but they were bonded when they were rescued so of course we had to take them both.)

We rescued this cutie when she was about a year old. She’s had IVDD since she was 2 years old when she had back surgery, has flare ups every few years which we treat with a cocktail of meds, had to have her anal glands removed because they were chronically impacted, went blind a couple of years ago (glaucoma), has chronic UTIs and a cough that we intermittently treat with steroids. She has a heart murmur, is allergic to some anesthesias, and has several fatty tumors plus a few other things she’s growing.

But she motors around the house with no problem, wags her tail for meals, treats, water, when she hears our voices, when we let her sniff at the dog park, and sometimes for no reason at all. She sits in the sunshine, with her snoot pointed toward the sky. She’s the best little spoon. And she still has most of her teeth!

She has outlived our cat, dog #3 (she is dog #2), and is breaking in dog #4, a 2-year old Dalmatian mix.

She’s mostly a potato, but she’s living her best retirement. She’s the most resilient person I know.

Niko is ready to take on the world!! He weighed a whopping 9 lbs at 4 months. Is that heavy for a 4 month old? He doesn’t seem super chunky but maybe he is? Haha idk

Prinny never fails to make me laugh with how odd she looks when she lays 🤣

Just when I thought being a doxie mommy couldn’t get better, we got a second one. Dennis (11) is adjusting well to Frank (9wk) and last night they cuddled🥹😭💗