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It has been an interesting year…

Almost a year since we brought Monty home from Gerdy’s Rescue. He was left behind by his previous owner who moved to Ireland and could not take him. I had been browsing Gerdy’s website for months looking at potential dogs and I asked Tracey her thoughts on him. We picked him up in February. He is a clumsy giant and we have had him down to New Brunswick a couple of times already and this summer to Nova Scotia. He really loves the water…

We recently had trouble with him early in December, stomach torsion, where his stomach got twisted over on itself and he was in serious discomfort. We had to take him to the animal hospital (DMV in Montreal) where we were told he needed emergency surgery to correct the twist. His deep and narrow chested body style is prone to this problem. Being very late at night, we had little option but to perform the operation. The DMV have really great people but they are exist to gauge and profit at the expense of animal lovers. The bill for this adventure was over $3300.00…

He recovered pretty quickly and we were able to take him home within about 3 days stay at the hospital where he recovered pretty well.  The bugger managed to keep pulling out his staples over the course of several weeks but he finally had them all removed (intended) last weekend. We have had him offleash and running in his favorite place a couple of times this past week, at an undeveloped empty field near our home. He was at one of the local dog parks, a second favorite place where he got to mingle and meet more new friends again…

His third favorite place, our bed, where he spends the nights cuddled between Tracey and myself…

Merry Christmas everybody, and have a Happy New Year!