Sophie's vet visit!

She got to see her favorite person in the world today, her specialist. They said she looks like a normal pug finally. Her bumps are the smallest they have been, and her coat is great. We are going down even lower on the steroids and if this holds up for the next 2 months we will...go steroid free! I am keeping my fingers crossed!

They found the fact that she had eaten rocks very amusing.

ALRIGHT SOPHIE AND SAIRA!!!

That is fabulous news!! I bet the specialist thought her rock eating was funny. It's not her dog doing it!

So, how is she going to get away with all of her shenanigans if you don't feel sorry for her?

That's FANTASTIC news!!!!

Not Afraid wrote:So, how is she going to get away with all of her shenanigans if you don't feel sorry for her?

Good point, Lisa. But if I know Sophie, she'll develop some other strategy designed to bring Saira's grey hairs in sorrow to the grave.

could the steriods explain why she beats her brothers up regularly or is that just her personality?

YAAAAAAAAYYYYY Miss Sophie Sweets. This is fabulous news!!
Sooooooooo far from the poor little pitiful baby she was found as.

GREAT NEWS!!!

that's fantastic news!!!

That's great!! You've done an awesome job with her.

Saira, that's such good news. I'm so glad to hear that Sophie's doing so well!!!!

Yay Sophie! Yay Saira too! And ya gotta wonder about those steroids, maybe, just maybe, she'll uh, gentle down some.

You've done SO good with her!

Maybe when she is off the steroids she won't be hungry enough to eat rocks. Those steroids can make a girl hungry!

Fantastic news!! Crossing fingers and toes so that she'll be able to come off the steroids.

Brilliant news! Hope the steroid reduction goes OK.

wow! great news!

What great news! Yay for Sophie and you !

Great news!!! Keep up the good work Sophie

So, what are you doing to control the bumps? Is it a diet thing? Or other allergies? Did you guys ever get closer to pinpointing a cause?

Hooray for Sophie.

lawpug wrote:So, what are you doing to control the bumps? Is it a diet thing? Or other allergies? Did you guys ever get closer to pinpointing a cause?

Basically it's an immune disorder so not sure on the cause, other then thinking it was probably genetic in Sophie's case, or at least a component of it was. Our vet was hoping that Sophie would mimic how it seems happens in children, because she had it so young-it tends to get better over time in young kids. We have been getting her as healthy as possible, improving her diet, trying to control what we can figure out to be the worst triggers (cutting the grass seems to be one), and overall keeping her stress levels down. There really isn't a "cure" for it, but it seems to be under control, at least that is our hope.

And the little butthead seems to have learned a few tricks too-another trigger is her getting her nails dremeled!