A couple of weekends ago, Evan & Renee (Gogo & Oz's breeders) came to New York City for a visit. They had two of their dogs competing in the Westminster Dog Show. I was able to tag along for the Canaan Dog competition.

After Oz's pancreatitis, I've decided that it's not enough that I'm buying healthy, raw dog food. I thought I was making good choices for him, but it comes down to the fact that when it's made by someone else, you don't really know what goes into it. I want to know and be responsible for absolutely everything he eats. I read through the section of Dr. Pitcairn's book on pancreatitis and he listed some foods that aid digestion and the pancreas. So I'm going back to making the dogs' food from scratch.

The big hurdle in Oz’s recovery has been getting him to eat. The doctors initially warned us about not trying to feed him too much too quickly. In hindsight, that seems laughable that we were concerned about him eating too much.

We are approaching Rocket's 6 month birthday, which means we've had him for about four months. But I can't remember what life was like before we got him.