Dachuny update 2023

 Time goes by so quickly these days.  Dachuny turned 14 last month, and the latest update on his health is he has immature cataracts that are affecting about 50% of his vision, according to his Opthamologist.  He's currently on 3 eyedrops - 2 for dry eyes, 1 for inflammation.  Hoping to wean him off 2 of them in a month so that he's only on the homeopathic drops for now.  He's now wearing goggles when he's out in the sun, and a hat when in the car to shade his eyes bc he won't leave the goggles on when he's in his car seat and can rub them off. 

I wish I made him wear sunglasses sooner :(  I guess better late than never, but I'm sad that his vision may completely go.  His hearing also isn't as good as it used to be.  Otherwise his heart is stable, still at stage B1 at his last visit in October.  

Here are some recent pics of him sporting his new goggles and hat (he had to go through a couple of sunglasses until I found the best one that he would tolerate - single lens works best! 

Quarantine days

This year didn't go as expected, but we're sure getting a lot of time with this guy, which is the best part!

Happy 2020!

It's the new decade, and Dachuny is now 10 years old!  So wanted to post a few recent pics of him.

He's not a fan of snuggling at all, but he tolerates it really well bc he knows we like it.

Waiting for me to finish preparing his food:

I started taking him for early morning walks before work.

This is him sitting anxiously waiting for a bit of sweet potato, his favourite snack.

Staring contest with his BFF.

Stopping at one of his usual pit stops during a walk around the neighbourhood.

Morning walk around the campus.

Some of my fav recent pics of him

Sometimes we find him here when we get home, and he's just wagging his tail when we come in.

This is his 'are you done taking pictures already?' face:

These pajamas are the cutest thing!  His favourite dogsitter got them for him. 

Look at this giant lobster a friend bought him.  It makes a great pillow as it's too big for him to get in his mouth.

I found him sitting in the sun here one day just about to chew on the buds of this plant.  Luckily I got to him before he ate any!

Waiting for me to cut his nails and dry him off after a bath >_<

Dachuny at work

Dachuny comes to work with me everyday, and he has a best friend who comes in everyday too.  This is them during their afternoon naptime.  They really do get along the best I've ever seen Dachuny get along with any dog.  

A good friend at work captured this of him peaking out of the 'windows' while I was away from my desk.  He does this whenever I leave my desk and I usually just see his little nose and muzzle from outside the windows. 

Some pictures of him really enjoying his naptime. 

This is what he used to do when cooped up at home and we were at work.  Pulling off both our pajamas off the bed, then sleeping on them the rest of the day.  So happy I can bring him to work with me everyday now.