Day 10 Lola Visits the Vet

Lola went to the vet last night to have her stitches taken out.  She has stitches on her right ear because she had a lump removed.  She was also spayed.  The Vet took out the stitches on her stomach because they looked as though they'd been in for 10 days and the incision had healed.  He didn't take out the stitches in her ear.  The Vet didn't think they had been in for 10 days and Lola has a bit of an infection around them.  So now Lola is on antibiotics and will go back in a week to have them removed. 

Today has been a very successful house training day.  Lola went to the door, waited for Mom to come and open it then went down the steps and into the side yard all by herself.  Now this seems pretty simple to me, but up until today Lola has refused to go down the steps by herself.  This is weird because she is up and down the steps in the house a thousand times a day.  Mom has tried treats on the steps, encouraging her from the bottom of the steps, but Lola wanted nothing to do with going down those steps.  Whatever the reason for the change, Mom is happy she doesn't have to carry Lola down the steps anymore. 

Lola got weighed at the Vet and she weighs 24 lbs.  Mom was shocked.  She was figuring under 20 lbs.  I weigh about 23 pounds and the Vet says I'm fat.  OK, maybe he didn't say fat but he said I need to go on a diet.  Lola is very skinny.  This picture is a bad angle because Lola is coming up the steps, but you can see all her ribs and how she then tapers off to almost nothing.  The Vet says Lola is healthy; she's recently had puppies and now she'll gain some weight.  Lola's been eating quite a bit and there have been lots of treats so soon she'll fill out.