Paxton is my pudgy pooch.  We found out this past week that he now weighs the same as me.  Time for a doggy diet!

Last Summer, Paxton got some thinning spots in his coat.  We (MFH and I) took him to the vet.  I wanted to make sure he did not have any mites or mange or thyroid problems.  I felt we needed to dot our i’s and cross our t’s because he does get boarded a lot.

Off we went to the vet.

Paxton loves going to the vet.  I am not being sarcastic.  He really does love it!  He greets everybody there.  Mr. Enthusiasm.  He is a wiggly and very happy puppy.

We got into a little room and the Dr decided to do a skin scraping.  Paxton is okay with anything they do to him UNTIL they come at him with anything resembling a sharp instrument, be that a razor (in this case) or a needle for shots.  Then the room turns into Lake Paxton.

Paxton cannot “hold his water.”  He pees everywhere. Profusely.  One time, for his heartworm test, they finally took him to the parking lot to draw the blood.  He peed all over the place…3 separate times.  It was rather traumatic for poor Paxton.  I was afraid he might end up dehydrated after that.  What a sissy he is!

Paxton’s tests for the skin scraping, thyroid, diabetes, mange, mites…all came back negative.  He just really, really sheds a lot.  In the winter, it all grows back.  Strange.

This year, his receding hairline is including both of his sides and his back!  We must be in for a hot Summer.  I have never seen a dog shed in this manner.

So, now my pudgy puppy is a pudgy, balding puppy.  But he is still cute!