Bridget

This sweet monster of a pooch is Bridget. She is a 9 year old English Mastiff, who I have had since she was 3 years old. A little back story about Bridget....I was working at a vet clinic in Alton, Illinois, living with my ex when I saw an English Mastiff for the fist time at work and fell in love. I wanted one right there. After doing a little research and realizing that a pure bread mastiff could cost around the thousands (yikes!), I figured that wouldn't happen for a while.

My friend Dana, who had previously worked at another clinic in town told me about Bridget. After getting some information about her and her owner, I realized that her owner and I went to the same grade school and high school and knew one another. She had a male mastiff and Bridget. Her plan was to breed them and sell the puppies. Then Bridget developed a pyometra (infection in the utreus) and needed an emergency spay. So unfortunatly/fortunatly Bridget wasn't able to having babies.

Afer finding out that her owner needed to find a good home for Bridget, I was all over it. She was full blood (not that that matters to me at all), but was current on vaccines, spayed, well mannered, potty trained and just wanted to be loved....she was mine. Best part of it all...she was FREE!

I brought her home with me and the rest is history! She has been throught a lot with me. Break-ups, moves, new jobs, a husband and now kids. She has taken it all in stride and is truely my best friend. We had a little reality check with Bridget today when she started having seizures. I have always said that she is an old lady and the vet tech part of me knows that our days are becoming numbered, but the parent side (yes she is like my child) doesn't want to ever have to say good bye to my first child.

We had made plans to go back out to the lake to hang out with Megan and Graham before they headed back to Poteau and that day she had her first seizure. From then on we had have had 3 within 48 short hours. Kelly and I took her up to my old job and we ran bloodwork on her and it came back that her thyroid was low. So we started her on thryroid medication in hopes that that was what was causing her seizures.

Along with having a seizuring dog, we also have a 1st birthday coming up that we have already made plans to have a birthday party for Presley at my in-laws in a few short days so now instead of leaving Bridget at home with the other two (Sadi and Samara), she will come with us so that she can continued to be watched. What a way to throw a wrench in the plans Bridg!