Monday, July 12th, 2010

Why Yes, I am the Crazy Dog Lady

So…that went well…the trip to the vet, that is.
Not.
The regular vet we see, a lovely petite French woman, was not there today. Instead we got the fresh-faced, just-out-of-vet-school Korean girl…who looked visibly frightened the first time she saw Moo.

Really?…This is the dog you’re afraid of?…How could anyone be afraid of that face?
We went through the [...]

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

I’m Trying Not to Panic

Something is wrong with Moo…and I’m afraid it’s her kidneys.
I noticed a couple of weeks ago that she suddenly had a big dark spot of skin under her fur along her side.
At the time I checked her out, didn’t see any scratches or cuts & wrote it off as some kind of bruise. But a [...]

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Sudden Popularity

Having braved crossing the ocean with a then 115 lb dog who lived to tell the tale, Moo-Moo has become quite the popular subject lately.
Many of the emails I’ve been getting from the influx of families considering or already coming to Korea involve questions about their pets…
Can they come?…[yes]
Will landlords take them?…[yes]
What did you have to do to [...]