Looking back at Lacey’s first year:Health and all

Name:Lacey Princess Maltipoo Akamine
Current Weight at one year old:7.11 pounds according to vet records,7.6 according to home weight
Birth Date:March 13 2009
Born:Kailua,HI
Breed:Maltese/Toy Poodle
Mom:Poodle
Dad:Maltese
Adopted:july 17 2009
Age of adoption:16 weeks old
Found on:Kijiji.com
Price:$600
Name of Vet:Dr John Kaya
Vet Hospital:VCA Animal Hospital aka VCA University Hospital
Weight at first vet visit:4.5 pounds
Dog Food:Science Diet & IAMS,Beneful Prepared Meals till December 2009
Puppy Pad Training:9 weeks
Health Issues:Yeast infection in ear,worms,UTI,Spaying(February 2010)
First Heat:November 2009
First Treats:Nutro Dog Biscuits,Pupperoni,The Goodlife Recipe treats
First Walk:November 2009
Shortest Walk:<<<than 5 minutes
Longest Walk:62 minutes on her birthday
First Time Out: December 2009
First Thanksgiving:Thanksgiving 2009:Family Dinner
First Christmas:Christmas 2009:A new top,Waggin Train
Brands of dog food we tried:Solid Gold Just a Wee Bit,Chicken Soup for the Pet lover's Soul,Wellness Super5Mix Small Breed/Super5Mix Complete Health Chicken,Halo's Spot's Stew
Current Dry Food Brands:Solid Gold Just a Wee Bit,Halo's Spot's Stew(Wholesome Chicken & Wild Salmon flavors),Earthborn Holistic Primitive Natural
Brands of Can Food we tried:Natural Balance,NV Instinct & Prairie can food,Wellness Can Food then lost interest,Halo's Spot's Stew Can Food,Merricks
Current Brands of Can Food:Merricks
First introduced to Raw(Freeze Dried):January 2010
Started accepting Freeze Dried Raw:Feburary 2010
Brands we tried:Stella & Chewy till APril 2010 then we'll be switching to Nature's variety Freeze Dried
First Freeze Dried Raw Treat:Primal Pet Turkey Liver(A birthday present)
Organic Treats she's tried:Trader Joe's,Waggin' Train,No Grainers
First Boarding Facilities we considered:Di Ventus Dog Hotel & Spa
First Boarding Facilities we looked at:The Ohana Doggie Day Care,Pets in the city
First Starts understanding people conversations:7-8 months old
First Command:SIT
Commands she knows:sit,stay,don't move,time out,sit & stay,shake paw/hand,"eat",hi5,shake your tail,down aka sit,lay down,kiss,learning roll over,"wait",inside,outside,table manners at the table
Uses Common Sense while walking:About 8-9 months old
Checks for cars like a human(right,left,right,left,center,then walk)about 10 months-1 year old
Goes outside for afternoon poop:December 2009-learned by example of aunty's dogs
Vaccinations:Distemper,Parvo,Lepto
First Carrier:casual Canine
First Crate:Pet Mate Kennel Cab
Characteristics:A definite mix of Maltese/Toy Poodle.Brains of the poodle.Looks of a maltese.eyes are poodle.Loves to play.Loves to sample food
Types of food she tried:Mexican,Italian,Japanese,Chinese
Favorite Fast Food:KFC chicken skin
Shops we shop at:Naturally Pet,Halo’s Purely for Pets,The Pet Spot,Kalihi Pet Store
Misc:Also tried Hartz Oinkies
Able to climb steps:10-11 months old
First Shampoo;Sergent’s Puppy Shampoo
Current Shampoo:Halo’s Cloud Nine Herbal Shampoo/Earthbath Shampoo
Grooming:Cardinal Pet Gold Metal Pets Unicoat Professional Spray

Lacey & her diaper:1st heat!

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Lacey’s almost back to normal!

Today Lacey was great!Her personality is almost fully back to normal.She wanted to play more,she even ate 1 whole bowl of her food mixed with mostly chicken + bits and pieces of hamburger!I was so happy that she is back to herself that I gave her a big hug!Even her barks are in “happy” tone.The last time she ate almost a whole bowl of food was early Tuesday(this past Tuesday)morning.

Lacey update

At 30 weeks old Lacey got her first heat.For the past few days we were trying to figure out what was wrong with her as she didn’t eat a lot of her food.In fact,she ate less than what she normally eats <1/8 cup.She would snack here and there but wouldn't eat as much.Also noticed her personality was there but somewhat subdued.About a week ago,we noticed that she was licking her vulva a lot so I posted questions on Dogster asking about this and we thought it was a UTI,Yeast Infection,Dirt or possibly getting into heat.We noticed her vulva was black around the area. We thought it was blood so after we wiped her vulva we took hydrogen peroxide with a qtip to see if it was blood but it wasn't.Dirt?We gave her a bath and it's cleaner now but when we looked closer at the vulva we noticed some swelling and immediatly after that we knew she was in heat.Now we know why she's been the way she has been the past few days..Next month we will ask Dr Kaya at VCA Animal Hospital about her being spayed.By then she would have just turned 8 months old.We may have to get a pack of diapers to put on her duing this time so she doesn't spot around the house.We'd hate to confine her again…..

Aside from Lacey starting her heat….she has graduated in 3 1/2 months from putting tape all around her mat for potty,to about an inch of tape on each corner of her mat,to only 2 corners needing tape,to no tape at all as of Saturday night!

Also reintroducing Lacey to the NurtoMax Puppy Biscuits and she is getting used to the Milkbone..Today(saturday) she ate 2 half biscuits =1 biscuit of milkbone.I put it inside her KONG and she is obviously eating it more now..

Tricks wise…She's learning how to lay down,not running outside,sit,sit & stay meaning of don't move,standing on her hind legs,sort of identifying the word vienna sausage and the can of vienna sausage,vaccum…

Eating wise:The past two days since Thursday she wouldn't eat a lot…I tried giving her hamburger today(Saturday)but she just ate the hamburger..but when I gave her some of the mcdonald chicken that is when she ate both-her food +pieces of chicken.She was waiting for the chicken.This dog will do anything for chicken even if it means to go hungry!