Well Dolce has had his feeding tube out for a week as of tonight. We were able to continue him on the food from the vet's office for a little while, but eventually he was done with it despite all the goodies we threw in there. So Brett and I took Brownie and Eldad (2 other fosters) to Petsmart to stake out the canned food section and see what they might have that would resemble human food. We purchased the following cans:
1. Blue Buffalo: Chicken Pot Pie
2. Natural Choice: Simmered Beef and Potato Stew
3. Wellness: Lamb and Sweet Potato
4. Nutro Ultra Senior: Chunks In Gravy
#1 was a hit! It smelled like vomit in my opinion (literally), but Dolce thought it was great!
#2 was another hit! He ate almost the entire little container of food! And to my delight it actually smelled like beef stew...big upgrade from vomit smelling.
#3 was a dud. He refused to eat it. It also smelled pretty awful to me.
#4 we have yet to try...but I have a bad feeding about it.
I think our next step will be to head over to the holistic dog food store just down the street and see if they have anything that can entice Dolce into eating. Other than that I am about a hop, skip and jump away from cooking him food myself. Because of Dolce's age and all the injuries he's had to overcome as well as the importance of gaining weight and continuing to maintain it, it's really important to me that Dolce is not eating empty calories. I want to make sure that everything going into his body will do more to help him than harm and to do everything I can to ensure that he lives a longer healthier life.
In other news Dolce is getting better with the hardwood floors. He's easing himself back into slowly walking down the hallway. I think he slipped around a bit too much after being bathed and that it scared him or made him think he couldn't walk on the floors without slipping. Something really scary also happened this week. I went to bed the other night and Dolce stayed up with Brett. I guess Brett put Dolce in our bed, which I think he thought would be nice for Dolce and didn't think how it could be possibly dangerous. Anyway in the middle of the night Brett rolled over and caused Dolce to fall out of the bed. I swear I have never bolted out of bed so fast in my life! Brett felt terrible, he took Dolce and sat with him in the living room holding him and checking him over and over to make sure he was okay. I was pretty much a mess thinking that we had killed Dolce...of course Dolce was upset about falling off the bed but was in no way "dead." He was actually completely awake and even eating and walking just fine...but I'm sure you can all image how much I would worry after taking such a fall especially after having jaw surgery and being so skinny. Brett took Dolce to see Dr. Adams and we were told by a vet tech that Dolce would need to have x-rays and to stay overnight, which made us even more upset. So when the vet called later in the evening and said he was fine, didn't need x-rays and could come home I tore out of Pasadena as fast as I possibly could to get over to West LA and pick up our boy! I am SO GLAD he was okay and that we were able to get him back without him having to go through the scary experience of staying at the vets office overnight. He must have been extremely relieved too because he stuck to my lap as soon as I got him into the car.
Oh and the photo on the top is of Dolce the night I brought him back from almost staying the night at the vet. We got him all tucked in and comfy into his bed that night. Brett and I have both learned a huge lesson...no Dolce on anything higher than his bed on the floor and the couch when he can be supervised.
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