Our Golden Boy "Kai"

" Myriosa's Journey to the Sea"   

Our New Puppy Boy  

Kai's Siblings & Baby Photos

Kai At 6 months

Kai Age Three

Kai Age Two

Xmas '07

Kai One Year 

KP + Ranger

It's My Birthday !!!!!!!!

Kai 7 Months Plus

Afternoon Nap Time

The missing coat from his October Owee has 
mostly all grown in now and his feathers in the 
back are the same length.  March has seen him *blowing his coat* BIGTIME  so, as everything is covered in dog hair, the Swiffer is getting a 
work out!  He remains the most loving of puppies 
and we've, as yet, had no chewing up of shoes, furniture or similar adventures we were 
reportedly going to encounter.  KP is incredibly smart learning most any command in 48 hours maximum.  As a result obedience classes became boring for us all so we're thinking we'll do some private lessons (for us) in future.  
As for his medical update:  His last Xrays where 
in Feb and showed all well healed.  The pins will remain as they are not bothering him at all.

Taking a snooze with Mr. Moo after 
his walk and swim.

He is so helpful about the house, always willing 
to help with the dishes!

KP (Kaiser Puppy) got a hot spot in 
January which grew rather rapidly.  While we 
got meds for it, what seemed to work best was 
Gold Bond Powder & it's waaay cheaper!  Hasn't 
had one since so no idea what caused it.

KP exploring at Seal Bay.

KP 8 Months BD

He's a pretty big boy now weighing in at almost 60 pounds.  He's still not at all fussy about car 
travel but we're hoping as we go hiking and to the beach in the coming months, he'll become 
easier with it.  He's a little heavy for my lap now!  
He loves the water and swims almost daily no matter how cold out it may be.  He's also fascinated 
with the bathtub and will go sit in it regardless if there is water forthcoming.  LOL!!

Dirt Dog

(or what happens when KP plays unsupervised!)

Before Bath Puppy

After Bath Puppy

Tub Results!

Snow Dog

While a little cautious at first with the *new stuff* on the lawn, Kai quickly adapted and 
began eating it!  LOL!!  A *Golden Trait* would you say?  :-))

Fall Dog

6 Months Birthday Dog

Dessert!

Kai's Oweee

This is an update for Kai's Oweee & how things are going.  
A little preamble ~ Kai got *spooked* on Halloween.  Nothing to do with Halloween 
itself but simply that it happened on that day.  He was on his walk with his Dad, nose to the 
ground as always, and looked up to find himself in front of a large object (commonly 
known as a garbage can),  The sudden (to him) appearance of this object scared him and he 
jumped, knocked over the can, and (unfortunately) landed badly.  Much yelping occurred 
and Dad carried him home.  
(Luckily they were only at the entrance to Seal Bay Park as he's getting pretty big now - 
read HEAVY!)  By this time of day (5:30 ish) our Vet wasn't open so we coddled & cared 
for him and took him in the next morning to find out what was up ~~ never expecting 
what was to transpire.  We went in to see Saskia early the next morning where we 
took Xrays of Kai's Owwee.  

Short & long is Kai had broken a piece off what is called the 'tibial crest' and this piece was 
now free floating.  It required surgery by an Orthopedic Surgeon and that was only available, 
short term, in Vancouver.  Saskia bandaged his leg, put him on MetaCam and rushed the 
Xrays to Vancouver.  The result was . . . off Holly & Kai went on our 'great adventure.'  
All went well and Kaiser, as always was his normal "uppy puppy" self.  

He was quite unphased by all events except the 'car ride stuff' to which he has a definite 
aversion.  The 'free floating piece' was relocated back to its original position, held in place 
by two pins & a tension wire at ACCG in Vancouver.

He gets his stitches out on November 15th/05.  He had one of those *lampshade things* 
but we took it off almost immediately ~ very messy for eating and generally a PITA.  
He's not really bothered about (nor bothering with) his stitches at all & we're putting Aloe 
on them so perhaps that is helping as well.  He was on Cephalaxin (Anti-B) for the first 
5 days and Percocet as a pain meds.  The biggest challenge is *he thinks* he's pretty fixed 
up now and doesn't quite get that he can't pop about as usual.  As a result our house is 
"barriered" everywhere!

We'll be doing Xrays mid-December to see how the 'inside stuff' is working.  Thereafter 
we'll decide if we will leave the pins & tension wire in place or not.  Hopefully we will as 
*we* don't really want to do another road trip. 

Many thanks to Dr. Terry Schiller of ACCG for her heartfelt attention to Kai.  I was pretty 
edgy by the time I arrived at ACCG;  it had been a long & very unexpected trip.  
Terri was very calming and very caring of us both.

Update for December  ~~    Kai's XRays in December showed his leg is healing well though 
not yet entirely healed.  We'll take another set of XRays in mid February and go from there.  
Kai shows no affects at all, jumping about and playing as always.  

Mexican Hairless perhaps?

Nope just Puppy P's post-op surgery leg.  
Nice structure hunh??

See ~ I clean up good!

Try packing that weight a few blocks!

Kai ~ 3 to 4 Months

Treats Pleeeeesse?

Kai + Tula playing with *Mr. Ducky* ~ Tula is his cousin Schnauzer & they get along pretty 
darn well.  We're looking forward to next summer when KP is a little bigger (who am I kidding 
with the *a little* part) and they can romp about the yard.

Kai is from a litter of 7 Puppies ~ 2 Boys (Camden + Kai) and 4 Girls (Amelia, Journey &  ??? ).  
Amelia is loved by our Breeder Maralyn, Camden is loved by Becky (below) &
Journey is loved by Kristiina.  I'll update regarding sisters 3 + 4 when I receive info on them.  
Puppy 7 unfortunately didn't make it into this world.

New Pictures of Camden at 8 Months Plus

Hey - She's got JEWELRY Mom!

Sister "Amelia"

Baby Photos

So here ya go . . . see our new baby boy!

"I think I smell food!"

More WK + Kai

Is he not the Sweetest Little Guy???
He is soooo gentle natured.  He's simply AMAZiNG!

Pedigree

Kai and his siblings were born May 22nd, 2005 
at about 9PM in Victoria, BC by Cesarean Section.      
  
His Sire is:  Am. CH. Laurell's Goin' Great Gun's OS, SDHF
and 
His Dam is: Can. CH. Spiritlodge Lyrical Finnish

Here you will find Kai's K9 Data.

Kai has Sun in Gemini, Moon in Scorpio & Sagittarius Rising
Below *Astrology Buffs* will find his chart.

HEALTH & FOOD

Centre for Disease Control and Prevention ~ Canadian Centre for Disease Control

BC Center for Disease Control  ~ Cryptococcal Disease Info in BC

Canine + Feline Cryptococcus ~ Good general info 

Cryptococcus Info at Canadian Goldens ~ Kristiina, who sadly lost Laika to Crypto 
(see link in article) now has Journey, Kai's sister.

Orthopedic Foundation of America ~ excellent info on health clearances

Orthopedic Foundation for Animals ~ Self Explanatory

Virtual Vet ~ Many issues covered but health & such topics as poisoning are covered

Veterinary Partner ~ Many Health Resources thus a do not miss

Canine Eyes ~ Self Explanatory

Dog Vaccines   ~ See Above

World Small Animal Veterinary Association ~ While rather technical, tremendous info on 
many many diseases & conditions affecting all small animals found in the various yearly conferences.

Pet Place ~ also a great place for puppy/dog health info (and more)

Greenies ~  Kai LOVES these & they are good for him.  He pays little attention to his Nyla Bone 
but chews on these for as long as they are around.  Update on these -- There is some alarm that 
Greenies, particularly in large quantities, can cause intestinal problems so we've backed off giving 
them to him but for the odd occasion, feeling we'd rather be safe than sorry.  YMMV  Here you'll 
find a (quite graphic) page which lead to my caution and there are several others.

Land of Pure Gold ~ Treat recipes + interesting info

Animal CPR ~ As this is page is on AOL, and knowing how links on the Internet can disappear, 
I'd suggest printing this PDF document and placing it in your *pet* file.

Animal Health Care ~ Many informative articles at this Canadian site.

Adverse Vaccination Reactions Info ~ worthy of a read as knowledge is power.  More Vaccine 
info can be found here.  Scroll down the page a bit.  And yet more here.

BC Veterinary Medical Assoc. ~ has current years Tatoo code + current local info

Home Made Treat Recipes

Toxins Which Affect Dogs

Veterinary Medicine Libraries

Feeding A Golden ~ good info here

GOLDEN FORUMS + WEBRINGS

Top Goldens - great forum with lots of info shared

Global Paws - limited information until you register

Golden WebRings ~ self-explanatory & has many sites

Canadian Goldens Discussion Forum

GOLDEN CLUBS + ASSOCIATIONS

Myriosa Kennels ~ Maralyn Our Breeder

Spiritlodge Goldens ~ Co-Breeder with Maralyn of the Myriosa litter

Golden Retriever Club of America

TRAINING, OBEDIENCE & MORE

Canadian Goldens Activities ~ Info on tracking, agility, flyball, Canine Good Citizen & more

Agility Association of Canada ~ Links to Provincial Agility Associations & Info

Quicksilver Agility ~ Agility Basics

Western Dog Shows ~ In Western Canada, a useful list if you're interested in showing

Land of Pure Gold ~ A 'test' based upon Volhard (above) that indicates dominant drives.

Clicker Training Levels ~ lots of info + charts

Clicker Training with Karen Pryor

More on Clicker Training

MISCELLANEOUS STUFF

Dogpatch ~ lots of doggy info

Canadian Goldens ~ a multitude of information, often with latest 'health happenings' in Canada

Lawns + Dog Urine  ~ some interesting solutions, particularly the brown sugar!

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Last Updated  02/02/2008