Meet my high maintenance dog, Indy

My high maintenance dog just puked – for the second time tonight. I’m talking big (smelly) chunks. TMI? Maybe, but I wanted you to feel my pain. I felt bad watching Jeff clean it up – twice. It did look disgusting. Of course we’re thinking; what’s wrong with him this time? Hell if we know. This is just a string of issues we’ve had with this little red dog since bringing him home in December 2008.

I’d like you to meet Indy, our little short bus puppy.

I say that lovingly, because this little guy is my baby. And he’s such a BAAAAAABY. Indy is a highly exuberant 16-month old Vizsla who loves to play games, such as stealing your underwear or socks and playing “catch me if you can”. He’s a major attention monger, a smart ass cookie, and he’s so full of emotion that I swear he’s part human. I’m not even kidding! He’s unlike any dog I’ve ever had growing up. We love him like a child, but damn, if it isn’t one thing with him – it’s another!

This week he’s already been to the local vet school at the University of California, Davis for his allergy problems. He’s currently on a “food trial” of rabbit food and potatoes. Back in December he caught “kennel cough” from the local dog park, and before that it was eye problems, a thinning coat, a bumpy coat, and the list goes on and on.

I should mention that Indy was the “pick of his liter” among his puppy liter of seven other Vizslas. To the unknowing, that’s a big deal for people who care about that stuff, like our breeder. She wanted us to have Indy because she thought we’d be total suckers and let her turn him into a show dog. And we did.

But with all these problems Indy’s been having, we haven’t heard from her in months! So my question is; can we chop off his dingle berries now? Seriously, my dog has embarrassingly big balls. Beyond six months or so people start to judge you for not having your dog neutered. Like, “What a bad dog owner for not taking care of that! They are the reason we have so many unwanted stray dogs in this country!” So naturally, every time we introduce Indy to anyone we immediately call attention to his balls and explain that it’s not our fault that they still exist. In case you didn’t know, show dogs have to be “fully in-tact”.

Anyway, my point is; Indy is a handful and a half. He’s always got something wrong with him. He may have been the pick of his liter, but Indy definitely has the runt’s genes! But you know what; I don’t want the “show dog”. I want my little runt. High maintenance or not, this is the coolest dog I’ll ever have. And I just wanted you to meet him. He’ll be a reoccurring character in my blog story!

Oh look who it is! Somebody’s been hiding under the bed upstairs for the last hour all shameful for his barf-athon tonight. Now he wants to make amends. He just crawled up next to mama as she writes a blog about him. What a wittle sweetheart…

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{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

Aunt Cindy February 26, 2010 at 5:57 am: Jeff needs to put his foot down! You are responsible for dog barf too!
Courtney February 26, 2010 at 10:15 am: Jeff’s just so much better about getting the grime out than I am! He enjoys this kind of thing.
Melissa Drutis February 26, 2010 at 6:14 pm: Court-Being a fellow Vizsla owner (2 actually…Prior (5 yrs. and Reggie 2 yrs.) ….I completely understand….they are our babies….we knew that going in….it’s in their nature…and we love it….
Cheryl February 27, 2010 at 5:35 am: I’m not sure which is worse that Indy does – barf or crap in your home. I know they are both bad and I have sure experienced the latter (over the holidays) like 4 times. But he is the “baby” and we still love him!!

Call your vet to see what’s up – but don’t let it keep going on like that. We miss the little guy!!
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cristina February 27, 2010 at 10:31 pm: your Indy is beautiful– as a fellow doggie mama, i can totally relate– our babies are totally worth the work because we love them too much!
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Erin March 1, 2010 at 9:44 am: Courtney, cut those things off already! My sister’s dog is constantly having stomach problems and she keeps switching food to try to figure it out, but nothing works. Poor thing. I guess he just has a sensitive stomach. Funny how your breeder is MIA now….even more reason to just chop em off!