Spring forward

Sorry it's been a week since my last post. The pup just seems to consume all free time! The latest in the world of Jax revolves around her health. We took her for her final round of boosters and rabbies shots on Wednesday and while the vet was checking her out, we talked to him about our concern for her itchy skin. Since we brought her home, she has been pretty itchy and at first we thought it was a result of the flea bites she had from being at the rescue. Then she picked some up in our own yard, so we thought that might have been the cause. After speaking with the vet, he thought it may be one of two things. Either she has a food allergy, which isn't too common in young dogs, or she may have mites. (Gasp!) While we give her Benadryl twice a day, we are in the process of switching out her food to a hypoallegenic (read: expensive) vet prescribed formula to see if that helps. Hopefully it does- otherwise, it's back to the vet for a skin test. Poor thing!
The vet appointment happened to be almost one month exactly from when we first brought her there. Amazing how quickly the weeks passed, and how much the little one has already grown! She started at 9 lbs and is now up to 14. We're still not sure how she'll end up, but I'm crossing my fingers that the growth spurt calms down and she stays a petite medium size. We'll just have to wait and see!