Category Archives: Hemangiosarcoma

Hoppy New Year 2013

January 13, 2013CCNU, Chemo, Hairless Pup, Hemangiosarcoma, Little sisters, Loungin', Metastasis, Metronomics, Soccer ballsdoggiemomma9

Hi everyone, it is me Butchey Hudson. I hope you all had a Hoppy New Year! I thought New Year’s was fine, but Momma says we got some bad news on New Years Eve at our doc appointment. It would seem my latest X-Rays show that although Felix is stable, Oscar is still growing. Quite a bit. And now I have lumps under my one of my ears, too. The Doc aspirated them and they came back positive for hemangiosarcoma. Phooey.

So now I am on a new drug, CCNU, in hopes that this will slow things down on the cancer front. Momma and Dada decided to stop the Cytoxan and Doxycycline because it didn’t seem to be doing enough. We check back with the doc 3 weeks after that New Years Eve appt. My CBC 1 week post CCNU came back OK. So I will probably have another dose of CCNU at my next appointment. It is in pill form, so no IV which Momma likes. We will do X-Rays again 6 weeks after last ones to see what the Odd Couple are doing, and we will monitor the size of my ear lump.

Momma and Dada are very sad, but hopeful that the CCNU will help me. Meanwhile, I just do what I do best: LOUNGE!

The trick is to become one with the pillows

For any of you wondering, the ~~gray~~ red soccer ball has been my favorite lately. It has the most flavor stored up in it.

I still like to be near the Hairless Pup a lot. She’s alright. Even though despite all the promises made to me, she has only just started to drop some food my way.

Lola just walked into the picture to get her self in the photgraph

Did I mention Momma had gotten a new camera? She likes this black and white stuff.

Me smelling the air. I LOVE sniffing the air. Tells you a lot about what the neighbors are eating.

The Hairless Pup complained to me about the Tutu. Just wait until they put her in the Cone of Shame!

Here is our official Christmas Picture for 2012. We only stay for CHEESE.

Here are me and Lola opening up our presents on Christmas morning.

Santa Paws brought me an Indoor Chuck-It. Yeah…Like that WON’T break anything in the house! And that floppy green dog behind me is Roofus. He get’s a whipping when he’s been bad, but I still like to hang out on the couch with him.

So that is it for now. Or so I think. Momma has seemed a bit giddy the past couple of days. She says she has a secret that I will like a lot. But she says ‘contractually’ she can’t say anymore….yet. What the woof is ‘contractually’? So I guess – Stay Tuned!

My 16 Month Ampuversary AND My 8th Birthday

October 17, 2012Ampuversary, Birthday, Cousins, Hairless Pup, Hemangiosarcoma, Little sisters, Soccer balls, Supplementsdoggiemomma9

Yeah! Back to back milestones baby! Butchey Hudson here. Hope everyone in the New England area survived the earthquake last night. Momma says I am not a good watchdog because I didn’t even stir on the couch when the shaking started. Well what did I know, it sounded like that hairless pup ripping those big belches like she does.

Anyway – Yup, last Sunday I celebrated my 16 month ampuversary and then on Monday, I turned 8 years old!!! Momma and Dada went to some big place called Ikea and got me three of my very favorite soccer balls. I love them! I have them in all 3 colors, black, blue and red. Momma said my old ones were getting much too gross. She calls them “slobber sponges”. They had been washed, and sewed at the Stuffectomy Triage Center too many times. Here is a picture of me with my new red one.

Momma says I like to suckle them. She has a funny nick-name for me when I chill out on the couch with them, but she says that the name is inappropriate to be repeated here on Tripawds.com. I’m not sure what inappropriate means…because I like to smell butts. I guess humans think that is inappropriate, too.

I really really really love my soccer balls and I can’t go to bed without at least one of them. But sometimes I like to take other toys to bed. I really like big stuffed things. Last Easter, Momma got me Big Blue Bunny. He spends a LOT of time in Stuffectomy Triage, but he has it coming. Him and those big floppy ears of his, he is just asking for me to rip them off! Now, I have a little reminder for all you folks with Tripawds. Sometimes we need help getting up the stairs with our big toys. Of course, I can easily get up the stairs with my soccer balls. But Big Blue Bunny is big, and I have tripped going up the stairs when I drag him up to go to bed. So I have learned to whine at the bottom of the stairs and either Momma or Dada will come back downstairs and carry him up the stairs for me. I am not sure why they don’t carry him up in their mouths like I do. Must be because they have those thumbs. Sometimes I wish I had thumbs…but whining does work.

So what else…Oh Yeah. So my Auntie from Virginia came up to see ME, and I suppose Lola and the hairless pup, too. But she brought my cousin Charlie with her. (Big grumbling sigh). Momma says I was not on my best behavior. In fact, she says I was very rude to him. Well in my defense, he came in here with MY Auntie and then he tried to play with Lola. She is MY sister. MINE. He even posed for this picture with the hairless pup. The nerve!

Charlie and Tessa – Hmmmph – She is MY hairless pup

So I fixed his butt. Or at least I tried to. I tried to start a fight with him, but he wouldn’t partake. So I woofed at him, and then I dropped to the floor like my 1 back leg went out from underneath me. I figured everyone would think he was a bad boy and knocked the 3 legged dog with cancer to the ground. But he scooted off too quickly when I feigned my fall, and I think everyone was onto my clever ruse.

Momma wants me to mention that I am taking a new mushroom product to fight my cancer. I’ve been on it for about 3 weeks now. It is called I’m Yunity. There was a study released by U Penn in September I think. The study was done on 15 dogs with splenic hemangiosarcoma and had very good results. The mushroom is specifically Coriolus versicolor. The press release link is here, and the study link is here. She says we will keep posting in the blog about how I am doing with it.

Well that is it for now! Remember to keep those Halloween chocolate candies away from all your dogs when it is trick or treat time soon. Did somebody say TREAT????!!!!

The M Word

September 14, 2012Hemangiosarcoma, Metastasis, Metronomics, Momma says, Palladiadoggiemomma9

Butchey Hudson’s Momma here. As many of us know here on Tripawds.com, one of the words we hate to encounter after a cancer diagnosis is Metastasis. It is a nasty word, and unfortunately we have it.

One of Butchey’s chest x-rays back in May showed a spot that would probably be on the lung. About 6 weeks later, the spot had doubled in size. That growth spurt happened while we had him on Palladia, so unfortunately the drug didn’t slow the growth of the nodule.

August was not a terrific month for Butchey, but so far September has been much better. It seems the Palladia didn’t agree to well with Butchey. We posted before about his bowel issues with it. The pigment also lightened on his nose and on his paw pads. Whether a coincidence or not, his paw pads also got really soft and he began to lose traction on his feet. Not a good thing for any dog, but especially not good for a Tripawd. At first it was issues with the doing stairs. Then it was issues on the floor, even though most of the floor is covered with carpet or throw rugs. Then he was even slipping on carpet. He also seemed to have some weakening in his remaining back leg, which would flop out from under him quite a bit for about a week in August. He barely played with Lola. Then he stopped eating.

So away the Palladia went. Bye-bye. After giving him some time off from meds to clear out his system, we are going back to a modified version of his previous metronomic protocol. We started with Deramaxx (replaces the Piroxicam as the NSAID) and we are also back on Cytoxan. Holding off on the Doxycycline for now. He had vomitting issues several months back, which led us off the old metronomic protocol. We are hoping it was mainly the Piroxicam that caused that issue, and also hoping that where Deramaxx is supposed to be easier on the stomach, we won’t have any vomitting issues. He wasn’t on the Doxy for quite a while, so we know that wasn’t causing the last bout of vomiting on that protocol. But we know it can cause stomach upset, so we are holding off on Doxy for now.

So this modified metronomic protocol was one of the choices available to us. We also had a couple of chemotherapy options. But we felt that after 5 rounds of Adriamycin last year, we had given him all we really wanted to on that front. Keeping quality of life a top priority, and we were already quite concerned after the setbacks in August, more chemo just didn’t seem right to us. We had a good 6 months on the old metronomic protocol before, and it kept the cancer at bay for that time period. It did seem like the lump on his neck and the nodule on his lung happened while we were off the protocol and trying to get the other issues worked out. We are hoping the Cytoxan can slow this nodule on his lungs, or even better – stop it from growing. We rescan in another few weeks and will see what the size is then. We are keeping our paws crossed.

So, after the Palladia dry out, things did return to normal. Thankfully! Gradually, the strength returned in his back leg. We used Pawz Boots in the interim to help with the slipping issue, but eventually the pigment started returning to normal and we now have traction again. With those improvements, his confidence has returned. He started doing some stairs again. Then one morning last week he went down the long flight of stairs off of our back deck, just like that. All by himself, no harness, no boots. I can’t really explain the sense of relief we felt. After that he initiated a tug game with his leash after a #2 in the front yard. So we knew he was feeling much better.

We did manage to get some swimming in during August and September.

And some cuddle time with Tessa…

Trying to enjoy each day and not spend it in tears thinking about what is ahead of us. Hemangiosarcoma, you suck.

Coming off panic mode….for a few days at least

July 3, 2012Chemo, Hemangiosarcoma, Metronomics, Momma says, Nice peopledoggiemomma9

Butchey Hudson’s Momma here. Just a quick update, as we are fresh back from our visit from our oncologist to consult on the Hemangiosarcoma tumor removed from Butchey’s neck last week.

First the good news: No metastasis to spleen or heart. They did new ultrasounds and x-rays and no masses were found in those areas. For this we can feel like we can come off of panic mode, at least for a little while.

There are a few routes we can take for treatment. We could do chemo treatments using ifosfamide or dacarbazine. Or we could use Palladia, Palladia/Deramaxx/Cytoxan as maintenance, or go back to metronomic protocol but replace Deramaxx instead of Piroxicam. Let me footnote this with I am pretty sure I have all the drugs correct, but the brain is swirling and we agreed not to make a decision right at this point in time. She is going to consult with her other veterinary oncologists and we are going to discuss again maybe this Friday.

We have some concerns with going the chemo route again, after doing the Adriamycin last fall. We also have some concerns with GI upset after having some vomitting issues under the metronomic protocol over the past couple of months.

So our heads are spinning on a decision of what is the best route to take. A difficult aspect of this is that this isn’t a textbook case of Hemangiosarcoma (HSA). While we are extremely happy that the HSA hasn’t acted like it normally would and have gone to his organs (and have a much poorer prognosis) there really isn’t much to compare it to. I believe she told us 5% at best of HSA show up subcutaneously. But to have two spots is quite unusual. Her concern is that this is metastatic, of course. The thought that this was a separate HSA tumor is just too coincidental. I almost feel like we might be playing whack-a-mole with HSA. Where will it pop up next? But these are my own layman’s terms.

In other news, he is doing very well recovering from last Wednesday’s surgery. He is off the Tramadol now and seems to be in no discomfort, other than itching at the incision site. We had a bad bout of Montezuma’s revenge over last weekend following the surgery, but that seems to have been resolved. We are trying to contain his energy and keep him from whipping his toys around and playing too rough with Lola. However, we think that he might end up being a little sore tonight though, from wrestling with the vet techs for his ultrasound. But so far, so good. He is a happy boy, feeling well and still doesn’t know he has cancer (of course). He thinks life is grand and he’s most concerned with where and when his next piece of cheese is coming from or which squishy ball to choose to lounge on the couch with.

So that is it for now. We are going to take a long nap now and try to have a relaxing 4th of July holiday. Well as much as we can with the Butchmeister hating fireworks and thunderstorms. =0/

Hope everyone is enjoying a well deserved day off! Thank you all for your good thoughts, emails and kind words. Time is precious; enjoy EVERY day!!

I need a new barber!!

June 30, 2012Hemangiosarcoma, Nice peopledoggiemomma9

Hey everyone – Butchey Hudson here. So last Wednesday, Momma and Dada took me up to see some people I know. Now, all these people are very nice, but I’ve never gotten groomed there before. Well I hope I don’t get another grooming there, because look what happened! They took too much off the back!

I feel a breeze on the back of my neck and something is very itchy now.

Anyway….Dada says I had another tumor that had to come out. The report came back and it is a confirmed hemangiosarcoma tumor. So it would appear my cancer has now traveled. Momma and Dada are very sad. I see them crying even though they try to hide it from me.

Lola just thinks I look funny, and she keeps trying to smell me on my bad haircut spot. But for the most part she is being very nice to me. But she’s suspect…something must be up.

Nana has been here a lot, and Mimi was here the other day, too. Momma has been smelling funny for quite a while now and she has….well….she’s put on a lot of weight, especially in her belly. Lola has been a bit clingy with her, too. But Nana and Mimi have been here helping Momma and Dada out. Nana ALWAYS makes sure I have my food cooked for me. I am happy she is here to look out for me. She gives great massages, too. Here is a nice picture of her and I. She was laughing about her shirt, but I can’t read, so I don’t know what it says.

So maybe it is a coincidence, but right after the haircut, the pink elephants came back for a visit. But they are not as numerous as my big surgery a year ago. Momma says it is Tramadol. I am doing quite well now though. But Momma makes me wear a sock on my back leg so I don’t mess up the spot where I they gave me the bad haircut.

Momma says that this Tuesday we go to see my oncologist to see what she says.

Oh my….I need to go, there are a lot of fireworks going off now and I need to try to sit in Momma’s lap. It is hard now with that big belly of hers….

We will write more later….I have the shakes and can’t type very well.

Catching up…Sleepovers and Scans again

November 10, 2011Hemangiosarcoma, Little sisters, Metronomics, Nice peopledoggiemomma9

Well, we’ve had a lot going on here at the Hudson household. First we got a snow storm in late October!!! Yipee, I love snow!!! But because all the trees fell down, we lost power for several days. But it was OK, because we packed up and went to my Nana’s. Ugh…Monkeybutt Lola came with us.

So Nana is Momma’s Momma, and she is lots of fun. She hides cheese around the house for us, but we have to wait to find it until she tells us to. We had a sleepover at Nana’s for about 4 days. Now Dada’s Momma is Mimi, and we went to see her too when we didn’t have power. My “cousins” Kayla and Tori were there at Mimi’s, too. They lost power as well. We played and I gave them lots of kisses. They are a lot of fun.

So now we are back at home and all is good. We did have to throw out a lot of food from the fridge. I could have cried. What a waste. But it is all restocked now. My food, my cheese sticks, and of course….My Eggs.

So this past Tuesday I had my belly shaved (I hate that) and ultrasounds and a chest xray. They didn’t find anything, so Momma & Dada were very relieved. Momma says she’ll trade a shaved belly for clean scans any day. Now I am on a metronomic protocol. I get Cyclophosphamide 1x day, Piroxicam 1x day, and Doxycycline 2x day. But it is all in my food, so I don’t notice it.

I have a busy weekend coming up. Momma has entered us in another CDSP Obedience trial on Saturday. I’m not sure why, but Lola is coming with us.

That is it for now. Hope all you Tripawds and Monkeybutts are having a nice autumn. The weather here is warm again. But it is rainy here tonight.

Oh, Momma’s camera was broken and in the shop…so no new pics.

Many Thank You’s and we decided to go with 5th chemo

October 4, 2011Chemo, Hemangiosarcoma, Momma saysdoggiemomma9

Butchey Hudson’s Momma here again….First of all – Butchey’s appointment went well. Cardiac ultrasound was good, blood chemistry panel was good. There were a couple of things that did pop up, but our veterinary oncologist (or as Butchey likes to think of her as “the lady with the knees I like to lick”) told us they were within normal range and/or normal in a dog not even on chemotherapy. So all in all a good report.

We discussed his weight loss as well. Brett & I had thought over about what we had done differently as well after the 4th treatment and we realized that for about 2 weeks we had switched his food (due to loose stool issues) and he was getting less fat in his diet. So we are increasing his portion size and much to his happiness, he’s going to be getting more eggs. She also mentioned his “haggard appearance” is from the adriamycin and will disappear after he finishes his treatment. I am also going to order a peanut from FitPaws and add that to our PT workout.

All in all, both Brett & I felt it was the right way to go. Both in gut and in heart. We also discussed metronomics and will most likely follow that as a treatment plan, when we stop the adriamycin. I think Tatespeeps had mentioned that in a comment, too. =)

I want to thank all of you, both here on Tripawds and on Facebook, for all your comments, thoughts, advice and kind words. We are more grateful of your support than you could possibly know. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts!

I tried responding to a few comments individually. I apologize, but I haven’t totally figured out this wordpress thing yet. Perhaps when I get our new computer, I will sit down and figure it out. Right now, things are loading slowly and I’d rather be playing with the pooches! =)

To do a 5th chemo treatment or not to do a 5th chemo treatment – That is the question

October 2, 2011Chemo, Eggs, Hemangiosarcoma, Momma saysdoggiemomma9

Butchey Hudson’s Mom Nancy here. Tough to write this one from Butchey’s point of view ;0)

Background: At the time Butch was diagnosed with HSA in right rear knee joint, the oncologist recommended amputation and 4 to 6 treatments of chemotherapy (Adriamycin). I hope I am quoting her correctly (will review all specifics with her on Tuesday’s appointment), but she had told us that 4 treatments is standard and if he was doing well he could get a 5th and 6th. But definitely no more than 6 treatments.

So we have now completed 4 treatments. Our 4th treatment was 3 1/2 weeks ago. This upcoming Tuesday we meet with her again and Butch gets an ultrasound of his heart to see if there has been any damage. If there is any signs of damage to the heart, then obviously chemo is out of the question. If the ultrasound comes back okay, then we have a decision to make on doing a 5th treatment.

We decided to have our regular vet and holistic vet check him out. We trust them both very much and just wanted to rule out any obvious signs (to them) of any health issues. They both think he looks good. To me, although his spirits are great, he looks a bit haggard. He has lost a ton of coat and has that skin discoloration that apparently is a side effect of adriamycin. He has also lost about 5 pounds in the last 3 weeks, which visibily (to me) includes a lot of muscle mass in his front shoulders. I would have thought his muscle mass would increase in his front shoulders, given the rear leg amputation.

He has also had a big issue with skin allergies. About a week or so ago, we finally made the decision to put him on Temaril-P (prednisone). This has made a HUGE improvement in the allergy department. He hadn’t been able to be out of his “cone of shame” since the surgery in June, really. Where before you couldn’t get him unfocussed off of chewing his paws, now he barely pays them any notice. We had to compromise with the prednisone aspect to give him a better quality of life, and we are very glad he is doing better with that.

So now what to do about a 5th treatment? If you asked us 3 weeks ago, we would have definitely have said no – given the allergy issue. Now that the allergies are so much better, we are on the fence. The weight loss really concerns me. And I am of the mindset, that if all that (including my perception of his haggard appearance) is happening on the outside – Then WHAT is happening on the inside? Or more aptly phrased – “How bad is it on the inside?” Otherwise, his appetite is great. He had a bout of diarrhea around his 4th treatment. Flagyl along with a hamburg and brown rice diet cleared that up and he has been okay in that department.

I am very interested in hearing from any of you who have found yourselves at this impass before and what was involved in your decision making process. I know regardless of what route we choose, hindsight is 50/50 and we could have regrets and What Ifs either way.

Of course we still have our appointment for the heart ultrasound and a consult with the oncologist first. Our decision might be made for us, and she could have additional info that could sway us in either direction. I wonder if I am making too much of the decision and should just go with it if we get the clear. But something in my gut just tells me to be cautious….

Here’s a recent picture taken about a week ago. This one even includes Lola!

Lola (left) and Butchey (right) Fall 2011

Well gotta go…Big Boy is nudging me to let me know that he wants his supper. For some reason I keep seeing an Egg… I told you his appetite was fine! =)

Busy busy fella

July 31, 2011Chemo, Eggs, Hemangiosarcoma, Nice people, Physical Therapydoggiemomma9

So I had a busy couple of days!

Friday I had my second chemo appointment with the nice doctor whose knees I like to lick. You can tell a lot about people by the way their feet smell. This lady is busy busy busy and very nice. So far, I have been feeling great after my treatment. AND Momma is making me fried eggs again. I am scheduled to back to NEVOG again in 3 weeks, and this time they will do an ultrasound and x-ray again. Momma says she will be nervous. I don’t like they way she smells when she’s nervous. She also said I am going to have to get my belly shaved again for the ultrasounds. Oh well….it is nice being cooler with no fur on my belly in the summer.

Then later that afternoon I went to see my holistic vet. She is very nice and her feet have been very busy, too. I had a good appointment, but the only thing was…..my little sister tagged along. I like Lola, I do, but sometimes she gets in the middle of me trying to get my sweet on with somebody. Always butting in…..I suppose she means well. Anyway, the people there are very nice and I like to pee in the park next door.

On Saturday I went for my first Physical Therapy appointment (no Lola tag along, yeah!). That was a lot of fun. I met new people and they were very nice. Their feet smelled busy as well, lots of dogs. We did a lot of fun stuff! Serpentines with cones (just like rally!) and jumps and ladders, oh my! After I did all these activities, the nice lady gave me a rub down. That felt really good. Momma & Dada got me a balance disk that will help strengthen my back leg. I get lots of treats when I get both front paws on it at the same time. And guess what…this place has a pool! Just for doggies! But I can’t go in yet. Momma says my sore needs to heal up completely before I can get in the pool. My sore keeps getting smaller and smaller, but chemo slows the healing process down, so I still have to wait a little while.

So I’ve been a good boy, taking all my medications that Momma & Dada give me. I’ve been eating all my suppers with all of my supplements. They keep taking my temperature, which is not so much fun. But Momma says it has to be done so they can tell if I am getting sick again. I hope not, but at least I got eggs last time when I was at the ER Vet.

It also seem that Nana comes and stays with me after I get chemo, too. She likes to make sure I am doing okay and that I am feeling well. She is good company and a very good ear massager, too. My Mimi was here the other night, too. She brought new toys for me and Lola, and there were hidden treats in them!!! Mimi likes it when I lick her shins. I like both my grandmommas a whole lot.

My cousin Kayla send me a nice note after I had my surgery. She is only a few months older than I am, but she writes a lot better than I do. Of course, she does have thumbs, and I don’t…..

Kayla and her sister Tori are a lot of fun. I like it when they come to visit me. They like to feed me treats.

Momma says we know lots of nice nice people. I know I like the vet techs a whole lot. They like to give me treats. And some I know from the doggie gym, too. The vets are very nice and even call to check on me. One of them used to have the nickname Butch when he was younger, too! Momma says that my doctors keep in better touch with me than her doctors do with her. I think she needs new doctors! I hope she at least gets treats when she goes to see them.

The other doggie Mommas are nice too. They sent this nice package with lots of toys and treats. It even had Chuck-it balls! My sister and I were playing with the armadillo today. I remembered Momma cried the day it came. I got very excited and wanted to sniff through the box. I guess I hadn’t gotten up on my own in a couple of days until this package came. That day I was catching balls in mid air again. Momma cried. She cries even when she is happy. She says we are very lucky to know such nice nice people.

Momma says she hopes to type my blog for me more often now that I am doing better. Maybe we can put up some pics of me on my new balance disk.

I can’t type, I don’t have thumbs

July 27, 2011Amputation, Eggs, Hemangiosarcoma, Infection, Little sisters, Rally-Odoggiemomma9

It is Butchey Hudson here. I haven’t updated in a while, but that is Momma’s fault. I can’t type, I don’t have thumbs. So Momma has to do it for me.

So I started chemo on July 8 and did very well after the treatment. But then on day 11 I got real sick with something called like…sepsis? I got a high temp of 104.something and was real tired and not hungry at all. I ended up having to stay in the doggie ER overnight and the NICE LADY there (Momma called her a -vet tech-) made me an egg and it was very yummy and I ate it all up. I guess Momma got worried about me. She forgot my food smells funny bad icky when I am on antibiotics and I don’t like some of the stuff her and Dada put in there for me. ICK on that stuff!

But eggs are really good!!!! My friend Maggie’s Mom gave Momma the egg idea. I do like a runny yolk…..

This Friday I go back for chemo again. Every 3 weeks. Momma and Dada think they might change my dosage a little. I hope I do OK, and I hope somebody makes me eggs afterwards. I also start physical therapy on Saturday. I wonder if there are any eggs in physical therapy. Momma mentioned an egg and a ball together in the same sentence, but I think she’s talking about something different.

I am doing very well, though. I LOVE my Tripawd harness that my Dada ordered from Jerry. My seroma sore is nearly closed. Chemo slowed it up, but slow and steady wins the race. Getting around on 3 legs isn’t so bad. The only things I can’t do is scratch one side of my face and <Momma’s edit HUG> my sister, Lola. So I learned if I make a certain face at my people they come and scratch that side of my face. And my sister….well I haven’t figured out how to <Momma’s edit HUG> her yet. It seems some things you do need two rear legs for….hmmmmm

I had a REALLY special day on Sunday. Momma is trying to upload the video to something called YouTube. Maybe we will post that later. This and me and my sister, Lola. She is a pain in my tail most of the time.

Woofs and wags, Butchey Hudson