My Little Crestie

Continuing Belly Ache Issues

It had been ongoing/intermittent for a couple weeks. Momma was frustrated that I still wasnt better....but not at me she said she loves me. She would lie to lil ol me. Anyhow when we were outside momma saw Poppy frow up. There had been some nasty frow ups in the house but it was unsure who did it....cause we didn't wanna be seen on the spy cams so we hid. But now it was clear it was Poppers. Momma got upset and scrambled her brains trying to figure out what was going on now with 2 sick pups. Then something clicked....me and pop were on the same food. So maybe the food. Then she realized it has been sitting in the window in a clear cereal keeper. And the food could have gone rancid in the sun/heat. We never lived with windows before so it was never a problem. See this was from a few weeks ago. Who would have known?!!??!

So she began a deep dive into talking with purina who is reviewing my medical chart and seeing if they can help recoup some costs. Still waiting on that. (update: denied) We threw the small portion of food out that we had left of the PPP and got a new bag.

Then we got new food ordered and a small bag to see how I did with properly stored kibble. Thank dog for curbside pickup and instock stores. Momma grabbed it at lunch.

YUM!

Itchy

Ball

Lets check this out!

It passed the test it was yummy and that evening my tummy did ok. And actually for a couple days did ok.

Later that evening the kibble keeper was delivered.

Coras food (which was kept out of the window/sunlight) and the new food fit like a glove.

Air tight, food safe, and ready to go.

Things were ok for a couple days, then the bad poops came back again and worse. They are very intermitten but getting worse each bout and momma worries. I try and tell her I can make it. Im ok. But she knows deep down I dont feel great. Thursday the 28th I pooped 4 times while momma was at work. She then made another appointment 5-30 for a recheck at SCVH. They might need to run more tests. Update: When we reached out the the urgent care for the appt they also recommended a low fat food but it was by rx and 80$ for 10 pounds. A budget killer. So momma switched me to Coras low fat food and added pumpkin (she had always heard pumpkin firms a dog right up) to my meals while we waited for the appointment time and ive been good ever since. So good in fact we cancelled that recheck appointment. Poppy continued on the new properly stored small bag of PPP and she hasn't had any more issues. When it was done she swiched over to the low fat hills science diet with us.

There was one more bout that momma would rather forget...but anyhow its part of our story. When we neared the end of Coras low fat kibble momma wanted to try a low fat kibble with more calories to get us fuller. So we tried Nulo. Looked good. First bowl was mixed old and then transitioned over slowly. Well it didn't agree with cora and she had a bad poops all over the floor like everywhere. Momma felt so guilty she cried.

She ordered a new bag of Hills and vowed never to feed anything but hills from now on. Pet Supplies Plus was so sweet and made sure we got the food within an hour via uber delivery. thanks yall! We all got pumpkin for a week.

As we neared the end of the can of pumpkin momma weaned me off of it and so far so good as of July 2026. Ive never felt better. Momma did notice cora and I looking a little lean with the low fat food as its lower in calories. So she added some low fat canned food from hills (she learned her lesson) as a topper and enticer to eat. Coras not big on eating extra kibble but wet food, boy she loves it and well me too! Who wouldn't. BOL So its a nice change of pace and chilled wet food on a hot afternoon for suppers its a perfect combo. Poops are still good. And we lived happily ever after.

And the day we started the new bag of hills this was posted to Hill's social media. We giggled. and seriously hills we would love these.

Lil Pop Co

Vaccination Day p.2 Pup Cup Edition

Another quick nap later...

I awoke to my PUP CUP!

Good good girls get pup cups after the vet.

Delicious!

Then I got to go solo to Doggy Nanny's house! Best day ever. Minus the pokie.

Cora

Cora's Yearly Vaccinations P.1

Momma took the day off work. Groomed me, clipped my nails and bathed me. I was no timpressed.

Outside I did feel bonita with the sun beating down on my clean skin.

I wanna go but I dont wanna get pokies.

Poppy said she got a pup cup when she went for her vaccines. Can I get one?

Ok bet.

Photo time.

Hot.

Nervous

Anxious.

Mother really...finger over the lense.

Raspberries.

Thinking of my pup cup.

Im done.

We arrived at CPV.

Mother hold me I scared.

There were two boxers, a chihuahua, and a doberman. All WAY bigger than me!

I got weighed. I am a svelte 4.9 lb. Down from 6 this time last year. The dogtor and tech were worried. They quizzed mother. Worried I lost such a significant amount in one year. Momma said with the new yard (me escaping the yard for adventures), and the new tvs (windows) I had been a lot more active. So Yea. They said my weight was ok. And if more active that kind of weight loss was ok.

Official Vaccination photo. Mother was proud I had my ears up. Thank you mother.

We watched videos.

Learned about snap tests.

And about fleas, ticks and heartworms.

Then they came in stole me from mother, took my bloods and returned me. I clung to her shoulder.

The pokie was in my neck....

I am so sad!

Then Dr. Lehman came in, did my exam, went over my meds, and administered my vaccines. She said I looked good over all, meds for anxiety can remain same, I will need a dental soon, and no bloodwork is needed till i need a refill of meds or the dental. I got my kennel cough vaccine and started my lepto series. With going to more outdoor places and living in town with more animals it was better to be vaccinated and safe.