Bee Gee

Bee Gee

Bee Gee is our family's 5th guide dog puppy. She was born on October 16th which just happens to be our wedding anniversary. She is our first yellow lab and one we will not forget.

We met Dr. Sage early one morning after Bee Gee had an all night "puking fest". We had no idea why Bee Gee was so sick. Dr. Sage recommended that we do X-rays to determine the root of her problem. This is when we discovered that she had eaten a rock ( a favorite thing for her to do). A piece of pea gravel had wedged itself and was blocking her stomach. A few hours later she was in surgery.

Bee Gee was doing very well after that. She was a "cone head" and still ate anything she could get her mouth on.

It was about one week later that we noticed some scabs on her back. So back to Dr. Sage we went. A few days later, she had many scabs. It looked like her skin was bursting open in spots and the spots were turning into patches of dead skin. Dr. Sage took samples of the skin and infected areas to have biopsied, but the tests were inconclusive. Off to surgery Bee Gee went again.

She had the infected skin removed from her neck all the way to her bottom and the skin was stapled shut to heal. Bee Gee was now named "Frankenpup".

I think we saw Dr. Sage about every couple of days from here on out for one reason or another.

Bee Gee is now doing great. Her fur is starting to grow and hide some of her scars, but she prefers to be stylish and still wear one of her beautiful shirts anyway.