First World Dog Problems!

Le sigh.... The above little hunk of furry love...Hold up...wait...so little is the biggest understatement ever, lol, because that "little" hunk of furry love is actually ginormus!!!

Anyways, Mr. Moo AkA Chase McLovin, yea he's having ear issues again.  Ever since I've had him, I believe I got him when he was seven months old!  Anyways, he's been having ear issues since he was born and its a result of his big furry floppy ears, they don't let a lot of fresh air reach his ear canal resulting in serious infections and ear gunk build-up.

My mom, the biggest saint in the world, she has dumped so much money into fixing his ears that Chase and I literally owe her our lives!  I can't begin to tell you the countless times the vet has had to put him under because they have had to go deep into the ear canal to remove nasty build-ups that have resulted in serious ear infections.  AND its never just been one ear, its always the both of them and one ear is always worse than the other.

We've been lucky the last several years, Chase has not had any real serious issues with his ears, apart from the usual gook.  But ever since Mr. Wonderful and I have moved in together, Chase's ears have taken a turn for the worse.  I doubt that his ears have anything to do with us moving in together, but I'm just giving a time frame.  This past summer was horrible, so many days with 90+ heat and no rain, plus Mr. Wonderful and I moved into a house with no yard, just dirt.  I'm trying to remember the last time that Chase's ears were this bad, but I think it was when the weather was horrible just like this past summer and this winter hasn't really been a picnic either.

All I know is that tomorrow, Chase has a vet appointment and I'm 99.9% sure its going to result in them telling me he needs to be put under so they can do a through cleaning... which in turn means they better be giving me a sh*t ton of sedatives afterwards to keep him from shaking his head!

Ugh, I knew raising a pet wasn't going to be easy, but this particular dog has run me through the ringer!  But at the end of the day, none of that matters, all that matters is that I love him with all my heart and really all he is guilty of is loving me unconditionally and leaving everlasting footprints on my heart!  I would go to the ends of the world and back for him... and that means doing whatever it takes to get him to be my happy go lucky dog again, because I now know for a fact that his craziness these last several months has nothing to do with me, but due to his ears!!!