Biscuit (about 4 mths)

His first summer heat day, it was already over 30C by 7am when this photo was taken.
It reached about 43C (109F).

He wasn't overly keen on getting in the water, he will when he gets excited and maybe he will be happy to swim when he's a little older, but for now, just a whinging dabble.

Actually, when the cool change came, dropping a good 10C he jumped in the kiddy pool in the yard for a bit of a game, I've not seen him show any interest in it thus far, so that was fun :-)

ps: it's good to be back in the group :-)

pps: we live in Melbourne, Australia, and it isn't summer without a few +40C days for the season.

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Biscuit loves his lounging space, and can be pretty darn hard to remove :-)

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Biscuit has had a busy week.

We discovered the answer to some feeding, regurgitating (and underweight) issues he's been having since the beginning.
Persistent Right Aortic Arch (PRAA) a genetic disorder that affects the passage of food through the esophagus to the stomach. Never heard of it before 'eh!
Surgery was Tuesday.
He's recovering well, but not entirely sure how he'll go long term, reports suggest 90% of cases are fully resolved, so that's what we're hoping for.

I got him out for a play early on the day of his surgery. Because he wasn't allowed any food, we tried rewarding some good behaviours with a throw of the tennis ball, he accepted that a couple of times but no more, he's a food motivated fella :-)

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I think he looks a little like a super hero with his blue soft elizabethan collar on :-)

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Biscuit's stitches are out, he has a minor issue from surgery, a hematoma, swelling along his stitch-line that they aren't too worried about, otherwise he's fine
he's had a couple of little regurg's ... the main problem to look out for remains the possibility of aspiration pneumonia
we have about another month of a wet diet fed raised (we use a step ladder) before another check-up
outside of his feeding he's just like any other puppy and his training with a toy rather than the preferred-but-can't-use food treats has been going great :-)

just in case anyone wants to know more about his problem:
Persistent Right Aortic Arch

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