He's not doing it constantly and they don't involve full-body heaves or anything. It's been happening sporadically, so sporadically that I can’t seem to figure out if it’s his food that’s making him ill (we started giving him new food two+ weeks ago, but the getting sick part has only been happening in the past few days) or perhaps he’s gotten into something else, but then again when DOESN’T he do that?
My working theory is that it’s the peaches.
We’ve been living in our house for nearly six years and it was only last year -- when we'd only allow him out in the yard while leashed -- when a small tree our back yard started sprouting peaches. (Up until then, we had no idea it was a fruit-bearing tree. Last summer, we noticed that its limbs were starting to bend over, heavy with fruit, when it finally dawned on us that those were peaches. No green thumbs in our house. Nor rocket scientists, apparently.)
Peaches have now started falling from the tree and onto the grass. We’ve been finding pits in the yard. We suspect Max has been eating them. The pup has tried to smuggle some smaller pieces of fruit into the house without us noticing by putting his head down, so we can't see the peach in his mouth, hoping we won’t notice. (It’s worked a couple of times.)
Hopefully, this is just attributable to the peaches, however, more detective work will be required.
Hi Meredith, I found your blog when I searched "Havanese Wheaten Terriers," as I also have one and wondered if anyone else out there did.
ReplyDeleteMax looks like such an adorable dog! Our little girl is named Audrey, she's a year and a half now. We got her at a rescue in upstate New York. They really are a special mix, equal parts rambunctious terrier and loving lap dog. Nice to see another one out there with a good family!