Plain Dealer Article on Bow Wow Beach

Heres's a short write-up from the Cleveland Plain Dealer on Bow Wow Beach. Possible future plans include restrooms and concession stands. http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/summit/1185266360130890.xml&coll=2

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Luca is home and well.

Luca came home yesterday at lunchtime. He is doing great. Back to his old self and full of energy. He has to limit his food intake for a couple days though and he is not happy about this.

Yeah! Luca comes home today.

We got a call from the vet today. Luca is eating and drinking and no more vommiting. We will pick him up on our lunch break and he'll spend the rest of the day at work with us. Jilly will be so glad to have him back. She's done nothing but pace around the house looking for him and sniffing his bed since Luca left for the vet.

Update on Lucca

We visited Lucca today at the animal hospital on our lunch break. Although he is clearly not feeling well, he has improved quite a bit. He has been on an I.V. but he is now starting to drink on his own again. Hopefully, he will be coming home tomorrow morning. We are just waiting for his blood work to come back.

WARNING - The Dangers of Drying boxes

This message was sent to me at my Yahoo Group by http://profiles.yahoo.com/maggiemitch1

One of my newest friends on Myspace is Nancy (Mom to Maggie) in ROCKPORT, Massachusetts. Nancy and I have been getting to know each other by messaging and last night she told me how she tragically lost her first grey, Riva.With Nancy's kind permission she has allowed me to share the details of Riva's tragic death as a warning to other Grey lovers. Please feel free to repost this everywhere you can so that we can get the word out on how dangerous these drying boxes can be.Many Thanks

Before Maggie there was Riva and I want tell you how we tragically lost her last summer. My husband was away for a few days and I decided to take Riva to a groomer for just a good shampoo. I dropped her off at 8am and waited to get a call that she was done, so I could pick her up.I didn't get a call until 1pm and the groomer simply stated that Riva was ready. I went to pick her up and when I went in to get her she was lying on the floor in a pool of sweat, panting rapidly and when I looked into her eyes I knew she was gone. I asked the groomer what was going on and she said Maggie must be a lttle overheated. I asked for help and had to pour Riva into the backseat of my car. She bled on the way and when I arrrived at vet tech the vet met me at the door and took one look at her and said she was gone.She had a temp of 108.7, the vets tried everything but with no success. I was told that the groomer had put Riva in what was refered to as a drying box, which completely encloses the dog in plexiglass and pours heat in to rapidly dry a dog. You can imagine what a horror it was for us to discover Riva has basically roasted to death from the inside out. It was an outrage and the groomer has never apologized then or now, and has never taken responsibility for this tragedy. Our friend that works for that law firm took the case pro bono and we are suing the groomer and her business. Until this happened we had never heard of drying boxes for dogs nor had any of the hundreds of people we have sinced talked about this. We have had local press do stories on this and it has raised the public awareness that is far reaching. The most important issue is the awareness, but we want an Apology from the groomer and our expenses reimbursed and a donation to be made in Riva's name to greyhound rescue. We are in the process of settling this mess and just want it to be over.In the meantime we have testified before a senate subcommitee to pass a bill requiring that drying boxes be outlawed and that groomers be licensed. If we can pass this legislation and it looks very positive, we will be the first in the country to do so. The bill will be called Riva's bill, so that will become something positive out of such a tragedy. I wanted to share this with you, so that you can share it with dog owners and anyone that is interested. Drying boxes are used worldwide by some groomers, if you talk to the average groomer most will say they wouldn't even consider using one because they realize that they are almost a form of animal abuse and can easily turn into a situation like the one I experienced. Let's keep on protecting our grey friends anyway we can. I feel this a story that needs to be told.

Lucca Admitted to Stow Animal Hospital

Well, Lucca is now at the hospital. He will spending at least a couple nights there because he can't keep fluids down and needs an I.V. We hope to have him home soon. The vet is treating him for a bacterial infection right now.

Lucca is sick today.

We had to take Lucca to the vet last night. He's been unusualy lazy, had littel appetite, and he started vommiting. The poor guy has to take two medications for the next couple days and no food for twenty four hours.

Hi. We have two greyhounds. Lucca (a.k.a. Lover Boy/ Power Vallie) will be three this month. Jill (a.k.a. Nancy's Jill) is slightly younger. Lucca is the black and white, or as I call him the "cow print" standing near the water. Jill is the brindle walking toward the camera. We adopted our hounds about a year ago and they have been a wonderful addition to our family.