Nookie and Montana

[Rgeurts]

We took them to the Santa Claus parade last night. It was REALLY cold lol. Poor little Montana just doesn't have the coat that Nookie does, so we put him in a sweater and booties. He looked so adorable

[Goldfields]

Nookie just gets more handsome every day, Robyn. It's a wonder Montana didn't bite you for dressing him up like that. LOL. Joking! Red is his colour I think.

[pbpatti]

Both boys looking soooooo good! I agree with GF 'Tana looks great in red.

[patchdog]

Looking good. Love the sweater and boots. I think it would be fun to take them to a parade like that.

[hazelrunpack]

Did your handsome boys get to meet Santa Pawz? Those booties are just too cute!

[angeldogs]

Looking good in red..Handsome handsome boys

[Barkingdog]

I think Nookie is laughing at his brother. They're handsome boys.

[Rgeurts]

Thanks all! They definitely had a good time
Montana does look good in red! He's growing up to be such a handsome boy

Hazel, they got to see him on the float, but not greet him. That's ok though... they got to take a picture with him a couple weeks ago!

GF, thank you! I think he's looking very good these days. He's definitely feeling better! He still has issues, but for the most part, has come a long way. He's having issues with his teeth right now, so we're going to see a specialist on Tuesday. He broke his bottom right canine and all his teeth are ground to the dentin. He has one tooth that's cracked, but they aren't sure how deep. It may be to the dentin, or it may be to the pulp. Either way, it's going to be a lot of work, and probably very costly. But when isn't it, when it comes to him

[mastifflover]

Very handsome boys, Montana is quite the looker in red. Robyn it goes without saying if it involves the monster it is expensive. He is such a lucky boy to have the both of you.

[Goldfields]

The monster, I like that. LOL. Well, I wish you luck with Nookie's teeth, I hate to imagine what a specialist might charge for all that work. Although, I did once have a base narrow canine shifted into place with a special plate and the help of a canine dentist and looking back on that, it was money well spent and not that expensive. Sounds as if your boy is a real power chewer. Glad to hear he is doing a bit better now. Keep us posted on what he has to have done please.

[Rgeurts]

Originally Posted by mastifflover

Very handsome boys, Montana is quite the looker in red. Robyn it goes without saying if it involves the monster it is expensive. He is such a lucky boy to have the both of you.

LoL yes, it goes without saying... but we love our sweet monster, and thank you

Originally Posted by Goldfields

The monster, I like that. LOL. Well, I wish you luck with Nookie's teeth, I hate to imagine what a specialist might charge for all that work. Although, I did once have a base narrow canine shifted into place with a special plate and the help of a canine dentist and looking back on that, it was money well spent and not that expensive. Sounds as if your boy is a real power chewer. Glad to hear he is doing a bit better now. Keep us posted on what he has to have done please.

GF, he does love to chew, but they think his issues are caused by something they call Jing Syndrome in Chinese medicine or Runt Syndrome in Western medicine (though he's no runt!! lol). Dr. Karen Marsden was explaining it to me last week. She said that they often refer to that in dogs that have the issues Nookie does, and also a lot of "red" dogs due to the recessed genes, and they almost always have bad teeth. I'm sure a lot of his is, at least in part, due to the high doses of long term pred that he was on. Either way, it has to be done. I hate to think of him hurting or suffering at all. I've had toothaches and they're horrid. We *think* he may have to have at least one root canal which will start at $1600 depending on what they have to do, then the cracked tooth will probably be an extraction and they do offer crowns. So for the teeth that are ground down, that may be an option. We'll know more tomorrow evening