Fandry's Mo Minky
(i.e. MoMe)
...written by MoMe's Mommy

MoMe is our little angel dog child. He's a full blooded standard size Pomeranian and his AKA registered name is Fandry's Mo Minky. He was born on March 11, 1997 and adopted us as parents just six weeks later. Because he was so young when we brought him home, we would wake up every three hours during the night and feed him a tablespoon of cottage cheese (organic, of course), for over two weeks. Needless to say, cottage cheese is now one of his favorite foods.

Scott had dogs growing up but my mom wouldn't let us have animals, so Mo's my first dog and I'm just gone over him. He's the absolute love of our life.

About Our Little MoMe Dog...

First of all, the last thing he thinks is that he's little.

Having said that, we thought you might like to know a few things about Mo. He's quite opinionated and can be very cat like. We jokingly say he's half cat and half dog. If you're petting him and he's done, he'll just turn around and walk away.

Speaking of petting him, he really likes to do "meet and greets" with "his people" (our friends/customers), and everyone absolutely loves him! We actually have people come in and bring their friends just to see him. He's a real sweetie...

These are a few of Mo's favorite things...

One of his favorite things to do is go for a walk with Scott in the morning, afternoon and evening. Naturally he likes to pee everywhere, and scouting for other animals that may be in his general vicinity is a must. He's not so sure about other dogs, so having a bark-fest once a sighting is made seems to be the best course of action.

Every few days Mo really enjoys playing "chase me with the empty toilet paper roll in my mouth" game, and totally loves his nightly "run away with the dirty sock" ritual, it's the best! He's funny, too, because he never used to dig in the yard, but lately he's taken to it like a real dog! Fortunately though, he doesn't dig up my flowers and is very particular about where he makes his little "growling holes" (you know, you have to go in there and make a big production out of it, by grunting and growling and kicking dirt backwards in every direction).

And...not so favorite...

One of his least favorite things to do is to get brushed, which is what happens every morning before his first outing. It goes something like this: Scott grabs the brush, Mo takes a run for it in the other direction, Scott goes after him and says "don't growl at me" as he picks him up, then lays him down and gives him his daily torture... well at least that's how Mo sees at it. The whole time he's being groomed, he moans and groans and acts like he's falling apart. The second they're done though, he's up and ready to go! It's really something to see. (My favorite part is watching him run for the hills thinking he can actually get away...it cracks me up!)

Rumor has it...

Our employees joke about Mo having better health care than they do and eating better, too. Well, I think we may all be in that group. Yes, Mo eats well...we cook him food for every meal and it's all organic and very clean. His favorite foods (as I mentioned before) are cottage cheese, bread (though he doesn't get it very often) and raw meat. He likes vegetables too, like green beans, broccoli, and oh, the crunchy ribs of romaine lettuce, those are really yummy. He likes bites of bananas and almonds when Scott has an afternoon snack. What doesn't he like to eat? Hmmmm...he used to like oranges, but has since changed his mind.

Acupuncture Anyone?

About Mo's health care, okay, it's good. But we adore him and wish all people and animals could live like he does.

When Mo was only a year old, we found out he had hip displaysia, bad knees and arthritis. When the veterinarian showed us the x-rays and told us what was going on, and that he'd likely need hip surgery, I immediately excused myself, went outside and burst into tears. He was just so little and precious, I couldn't stand it!

When he was five he had his first seizure, it was awful. We realized very soon that "typical" vet thinking was a lot like "typical" doctor thinking. Throw a band aide on it and watch it go from bad to worse. It was at that time that I set out on my quest for an alternative thinking vet. Thankfully I found one, which brings us back up to the present.

Once a month Mo goes to see Dr. Bebe Signe' for acupuncture and his daily dose of Chinese herbs, which we put in his food. The acupuncture helps the pain he has in his hips from the arthritis, and the herbs have really curbed the seizures. Before the herbs, he had begun having multiple seizures per day. Now he may have one once a week or every other week. It's really been amazing!

A word about Pome's...

Mo did end up having to have hip surgery several years ago. It was probably one of the best things we did for him. Prior to it he was having a hard time standing up, and afterwards it becamemuch easier for him. A word about Pome's though, they inherently have hip and knee problems. It comes with the breed and though it's sad and costly, if you love Pome's you just deal with it the best you can.

Long Story Short...

Some people may think I'm crazy for going on and on about Mo, but so be it. I could keep going and very well may add more later, but for now I'm going to close. Long story short, he's an angel. Adorable, cute, fluffy, funny, loveable, ornery, pig headed and a pure joy to have around.

MoMe is hoping to see you in the shop soon!