Fly high powderpuff

Earlier this week we noticed Lyric seemed to have more than abnormal amount of snoring and upper respiratory noise but attributed it to her allergies or whatever causes her to snore in the first place. One night she also had a weird hacking fit. Wednesday she coughed a little and was slow to finish her food but otherwise normal so I thought I would start her back on her allergy med. Thursday she only picked at her food but ate treats. In the evening she seemed to be coughing more and short of breath a few times. It seemed more cardiac than respiratory and when I listened to her found she had developed a significant murmur since the last time I had checked her over. I decided to take her to work in the morning. But by bedtime she was breathing hard and having a tough time getting comfortable. At this point I was concerned about how fast as it was progressing and worried she had ruptured the bands of tissue that attach the heart valves. This can cause acute and often untreatable congestive heart failure as the valve becomes nonfunctional. She fell asleep around 11:30 and I woke up at 1:30 and she had passed away. I feel she probably did have a rupture. It was just too fast to be anything else. 

We were shocked and saddened by her sudden and unexpected passing, but find peace in that she was home and asleep and only sick a few hours. She is not a great patient and testing and being in the hospital would have been a lot harder on both of us. 

Lyric was the cutest agility dog, best Pomeranian, and the “arm dog” I had so badly wanted. She was a good therapy dog, and in her youth a pretty game little hiking dog. She helped raise up a lot of foster puppies and was Icy’s best bud. She was loud, and bratty, but sweet and well loved-her long distance sisters will miss her a lot! The house is a lot quieter now without our little floopsy. RIP Lyric. 

Since we've been home

 Jadeed is still at training.  But Riesling and I have been on a few long walks.  I wish we had a little more space here or a longer gravel road. 

We took Sweets to the farm and he had a great time learning to be a farm boy! And as you can see he's very relaxed in the car. 

I took these before we left for the farm.   Little dude already weighs 22 lbs!

I spent a night with Lindsay so we could do our virtual half marathon. 

Kash was great in the stroller and we enjoyed the beautiful Katy trail and then lunch at the winery overlooking the river. 

Maze is always ready to help with any project. 

I got this cool drawing of Epic done personalized with references to our sports and hobbies and his name!  How cool is that?

Vacation part 5

Our last stop for camping was Tybee Island in Georgia. Although we didn’t actually spend much time here. It was evening after we arrived the first night so we just set up and had dinner and relaxed at the campsite. 

The next morning we went to the beach. The beach here is huge and quiet. It’s about a half mile walk from the campground. We did a morning walk and just spent a few minutes here. 

Then we headed off for a day trip to Hilton Head, which is overall a beautiful island. It’s very tropical and nicely landscaped and maintained. The shipping and eating and basically everything is a little (or a lot) classier than some of the other beach towns. The beach is lovely too. Maybe not quite as big as Myrtle beach but the sand and we’re seem equally as nice. 

The next morning we packed up camp and spent a few hours wandering in Savannah which is also a nice town. Lots of history, scenic streets and shopping and eating.