So today was the day that Oliver went in for his one year check up. Granted, Oliver's birthday is in March, but since we adopted him in June, our years fall around now.
We can officially say now that Oliver is a whopping 83 pounds and is a very healthy doggy. According to the vet, Oliver is in the correct weight range for a dog his size. He should maintain his weight between 80 to 85 pounds so he is sitting right in the middle of that. Overall, though he seems to be in great physical health. They even commented about the fact that he has very nice and healthy teeth.
Unfortunately, our dog takes after us more than we thought. Our pups has allergies. The vet seems to think that Oliver is allergic to grass and that is causing his scratching and itching problems. So we have a slew of items to use on our pups now to see if he is indeed allergic to grass. We have pills that he has to take twice a day, a spray that goes on his paws and underbelly, and a special medicated shampoo that is supposed to help with his itchiness. We also received some ear cleaner and ear drops for the pups in order to help clean the gunk out of Oliver's ears and his flea, tick, and heart worm medication. All in all I think Ricky felt like he had just gone on a shopping spree with all of the goodies he left with. Fortunately for us, Oliver eats pills like they are candy and doesn't mind the rest of the treatments so he is fairly easy to work with when it comes to these sorts of things.
We have a healthy and adorable pups and when all is said and done a few allergy issues aren't that big of a deal. There are far worse things that could cause issues with a pup and so far Oliver has managed to grow up nice and healthy. So assuming the allergy remedies are working we will see the vet again in a year.
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