When we adopted our furry angel, Newman, from The Pixie Project last year, he had just had an entire round of shots and such. So, other than a brief visit to Dove Lewis when that little incident with the angry Golden Retriever occurred, we’d never been to the vet with Newman, nor knew, for sure, that he was a healthy guy other than the fact that he seemed okay.

Since August was his due date for all his updated vaccines, we took him in to the vet last night and we’re thrilled to find out that our guy is 100% healthy and in good shape. There is nothing wrong with his heart, lungs, hips, eyes, ears, etc. And, despite our feeling that perhaps his eye-sight is a teensy bit lacking, the doctor did an eye examine and saw only a “deep, beautiful retina!” So, perhaps if there was such a thing as doggy corrective lenses, he would need them, but since there’s not, he’ll just have to keep on chasing balls in the wrong direction and barking at shapes on walls. Nothing congenital or bad there…just slightly embarrassing moments for Mom and Dad!

The people at the vet’s office loved him, of course. I think he thought perhaps he’d entered Doggy Disney Land. Every new room he entered earned a treat and every shot and procedure he sat through earned another treat — Aaron was stocked up with treats too, so he was milking dad every time the vet would turn around. He was also told how cute he was at least 600 times… but we’re not proud or anything!

Newman is 100% healthy! YAY!