Lucy's pink spot on her forehead.

Lucy has this pink area on her forehead. I noticed it about 10 days ago and figured it was some sort of allergy. I then observed her more carefully to see if she were uncomfortable or itchy. However I realized that she was not scratching it, so it was probabaly not an allergy. Thankfully I decided to take her to the vet, especially after the lady with the German Shepherd commented on it and how it was so close to her eye. She was right - it was something. The Vet said that it was an infestation of mites that she might have picked up in the garden in one of her digging escapades. She instructed us to give her drops on her tongue 3 times a day. I also got a 3 day package of granules something to put on her food to ensure that she does not have any remaining ring worms. She had ring worms when I adopted her back in April, despite having received a clean bill of health from the aspca.

Anyhow, Lucy is overall very healthy and happy. I love her expressions and the twinkle in her eye. This week was very exciting for her and for me as well as my nephew Alexander was visiting. He is just in love with Lucy. It's "Hello lucy!" when I stop by my parent's house to visit, not "Hello Marissa!" But that's okay with me. Lucy loves the attention. She loves playing fetch with him and even wrestling a little. I have consistently reminded him that "Lucy is not a large dog like Katie" (their German Shepherd) and to "not grab her by the collar".... I took a few great snapshots of Alexander with Lucy. Here are 2 cute pics: