Caitey's Vet Visits

Caitey's 1st vet visit was on Aug the 28th, 3 days earlier than I originally planned.

She always had hearty appetite and ate a lot more than what Science Diet suggests for puppies of her size. Somehow the day before the visit, she lost her interest in food, appeared to be in low spirit, and "seemed" to sneeze a lot to us.

I got so worried that I had decided to bring her in right away and four of us all went along to the vet's office with her. I don't think it happens very often because people in the office were kind of amused to see a train of people come in just for one puppy.

After carefully examining her, her Vet Dr. Stechroat declared that there was nothing wrong with Caitey. "You think so?" questioned my husband. The vet chuckled and explained in detail that to him, everything from her lungs to ears all seemed to be doing just fine.

Whewwww, needless to say that we were all very relieved...so long as she was healthy.

She was almost 11 lbs that day.

Her 2nd visit took place a month later, and Caitey had gained 6 full lbs already in just one short month!

That was not the only surprise for me that day. Dr. Stechroat declared that she could reach 90 lbs in her adult life.

"Ninety?"

"POUNDS?"

"Like Marley?"

I think my eyes almost popped out when I heard this. I mean by average, a female golden is somewhere between 55 to 65 lbs so I really wasn't prepared for something that is 1/3 bigger than statistics.

"Look at her feet, those are bear paws!" Dr. Stechroat said.

So she will grow into them. Oh well, in a few short months, Caitey will become my biggest daughter in size. I hope she can scare the deers that have been nibbling my plants in the yard away.