Bad morning for Nikki

Nikki's day is off to a rough start. She threw up two big piles of dog food at 4:30 this morning. Since then, she's been very wobbly. Not completely defeated like she was when all this set in a month ago, though. Then she wouldn't hardly move; this morning, she was still willing and able to go out on her own. When she's walking she seems to get her balance... it's when she's sitting that she sways and leans as though she's drunk.

But, as I said, she's still looking attentive to the things around her. She followed me all the way downstairs to go out, and that was her own idea.

I think she's probably weak from losing the food and liquid. But she's not interested in eating or drinking. I practically had to force her pill down her throat. (Same story yesterday, too... with these pills being such a danger for her to miss, it's a high-stress thing when the dog spits them out six times in a row, even when they're hidden in cheese.)

So I'm taking a wait-and-see approach to things. If she gets worse, I'll be calling the vet; probably if she doesn't improve at all by later in the day, I'll call, too.