Friday, January 18, 2013

Weeks 12 & 13 plus agility

As I mentioned in the last post, Trapper's now having treatment every other week. However, the treatment protocol is defined as 25 weeks long, including the skipped weeks. So, we had an "off" week on Week 12 and yesterday was Week 13 with a Cytoxan treatment. I can tell Trap is draggin' a little today.  This is the only treatment that lasts more than a day--it's 4 days of pills. Otherwise, he's doing great! Though I can see him slowing down some, he's still having a blast, filling his roles as nurse maid, agility star, and vulture.....see pictures below for explanations :)

Last week I had Strep and spent a few days sleeping...Trapper was my best snuggle buddy. Don't tell anyone, though...it would ruin his "tough dog" reputation!


My belly warmer
Um, Trapper, I can't lay on the bed when you're doing that....
Silly boy
Trapper earned his 18 QQ in agility!! I purposefully went slow on course, so I'm really impressed with his 3rd & 4th place finishes. :)

A picture is worth 1,000 words. That's all I'm going to say-LOL!
King of the Kitchen 
Just hangin' with mom
And finally, Trapper the Vulture..... He's discovered a new food source! (Cooper thinks it's pretty fun to throw his crackers to the dogs) ;-)

Please, please, please throw me the cracker.........
That's all for now. At the end of January, Trapper and I have 2 days of agility. And in 8 weeks we go to Tulsa for AKC National Agility Championships. Oh, and a little milestone in February......my furry buddy turns 12!!

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Week 11 and an adjustment in treatment

Yesterday Trapper started his 3rd round of chemo, marking the halfway point of treatments. The standard protocol at this point is to switch to every other week treatments, so he'll have every other week off from chemo. This was a good plan for him, as he has had weeks when he's gotten super crabby with Blaze & Joker--just not feeling well. We could push through to finish sooner, but the effectiveness of both methods is the same, so we'll switch to every other week which will have chemo finished by mid-April. The good news is that Trapper continues to feel good and we're going to play agility Saturday. :)

Trapper's chemo nurse :) She's awesome and they're buddies--really!

Trapper with his Christmas present that he loves!