Wednesday, January 4, 2012

A Scary Day

I failed to mention that our New Year's Eve could have been horrible...because it actually started out that way.  On the morning of New Year's Eve our sweet little Augustus had a seizure.  We didn't realize it was a seizure when it was happening; Gus's body kept slamming itself against the floor, he was yelping and his body was horribly contorted.  It appeared he stopped breathing and Andy gave him doggie CPR...then he vomited, a lot, and out popped a whole macadamia nut.  Ugh, I felt like a horrible dog owner, he had gotten into a box of dark chocolate covered macadamia nuts the night before (both are highly toxic to dogs).  Fortunately he was himself just an hour later; tail wagging and hyper as usual.  But ever since he's gotten the doggie royal treatment and has been spoiled rotten.  I haven't really left his side since the incident.  I love that pup. 

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12 comments:

  1. Poor Gus :(

    And nice blog header!!!

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  2. THank God everything was ok....a big hug to you and Augustus...and have a wonderful happy new year, blessings, Flavia

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  3. Oh man. I'm SO glad to hear everything turned out okay. Eek. Poor Gus.

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  4. Oh no! Poor Augustus. My old dog had epilepsy and so I remember how scary and awful those seizures were. Glad he's ok.

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  5. You are NOT a horrible dog owner, stuff happens (my dog almost suffocated when his collar got twisted in his sisters mouth, I know you must feel). You must've been so scared-I'm so glad it all turned out ok! Augustus is lucky to have such great parents.

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  6. That must have been so scary! I have to say, Jason and I both laughed so hard about Andy giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a dog... but how worth it to have Gus be okay!

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  7. discoverystreetJanuary 05, 2012

    We actually laughed about it just moments later...it was pretty darn funny.

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  8. Megan SchultzJanuary 06, 2012

    Terrifying! How does one give doggie CPR? I'm genuinely curious.
    Hope your new year has only gone uphill after that episode!

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  9. oh man, how scary! i can totally relate, though. my dog has a skill for sniffing out three musketeer bars when we aren't looking. he ate an entire fun-sized one (foil INCLUDED) and was up all night sick. the next day, an exact replica of the bar, slightly slimy, appeared on our floor. glorious.

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  10. AlwaysasoutherngirlJanuary 07, 2012

    Oh noooo! Poor poochie, glad he' s doing sooo much better. I am stopping by from SITS. I came across you blog and while I was reading your stuff on SITS, I saw you met your hubby on eHarmony. I did too. We married in 8 months of meeting as well. Glad I found your blog. Stop by and visit me when you get a chance. alwaysasoutherngirl.blogspot.com . I would love to have you for a visit.

    Renee

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  11. Cheryl WallickJanuary 07, 2012

    NOOOOOOOOOOOO!! I just broke into a sweat reading this because I know where those toxic treats came from: uh, yeah interwebs, it was me. But man oh man, I'm so glad Gus is okay!

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  12. that is so scary. i am so happy to hear that he is OK. that is one of my biggest fears. they can get into any and everything.

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