Made it to NJ!

We made it to NJ...safe and sound (I think). We rolled in on Saturday around 1PM, after a long drive through the evening. After a short nap and showers, we met up with Mom & Dad and Cyn at the boat and partied on the dock with the crew for a while. Today we went out fishing, only to have our day cut short by some nasty weather...but that's okay.

The dogs are having a ball too. They are running around Mom & Dad's big back yard like it's their own private doggie park. Bailey's not quite sure what to make of it. This morning a flock of geese flew overhead and he started barking at them....then occurred to me he's never seen (or heard) geese before!

The trip has not been without trauma so far. Yesterday morning we stopped in Virgina for some morning coffee and breakfast for the pups. We noticed Bailey's eye was funky. I can't quite explain it. It almost appeared to be sunken in and his eye rolled back in his head. When we got to my parents it seemed to be better...then acted up again...then his "Ugly Eye" showed up again last night. It comes and goes. I started doing some research and came across Horner's Syndrome. I called our vets office after hours service and a local eVet up here. They both said it sounded like Horner's recommended having him looked at by an opthamologist.

Horner's syndrome is where the nerve that goes from the dogs eye to his spine is either damaged or being pressured. There are several things that can cause Horner's....from something as simple as a tug on his leash the wrong way which damaged the nerve (in which it will heal itself) or a tumor or blood clot putting pressure on it. There is no treatment for Horner's itself, but you have to find and treat the underlying problem. In most cases it's nerve damage which just heals over time.

He is 100% fine otherwise...still playing, running, romping, eating, pooping, sleeping...no dizziness, no diarrhea, no discharge. So now I am just debating if we get him to the vet here....or if we wait to see our vet when we get home. Either way I'm going to call our vet tomorrow and see what she thinks. So far today, no sign of his Ugly Eye. My poor Bailey Boo...