Italian Greyhound Begging For Food (and Other Cute Iggy Pictures)

I just posted a bunch of cute ExerSaucer pictures with our four month old baby Zachary's many smiles. To be fair to Marty and Cooper, I have to show you some of their cute poses as well.  Marty, the white Italian greyhound is still on prednisone for his autimmune pemphigus.  We tried to wean him off and his skin lesions came back, so now we are in a holding pattern.

It's amazing how much weight a little Iggy can pack on in such a short amount of time from being on prednisone.  His belly appears rounded and his thorax full.  I hope we can get him off the prednisone soon and perhaps try a  disease modifying agent in place of the prednison.  He seems to be struggling a bit with his mobility.

We don't feed our Italian greyhounds people food. But that never stopped them from trying.  Here's Marty begging for food from Mrs Happy as she eats a delicious frozen fruit treat. It's not one of those deep fried foods on a stick you'll find at the State Fair.  These things are actually quite natural.  And Marty is a dog of opportunity.  If you aren't paying attention, he'll go in for the kill, especially with his current steroid induced ferocious appetite for food and drink.  I just can't even imagine what he's thinking in this picture below.  Click any picture to view their full size image.  All photos taken with my Canon Rebel T2i SLR.

For more Marty and Cooper action, you can read all their blog posts, catch them at their YouTube channel  or watch their two beautiful slide show presentations, the full color slide show and the all black and white slide show, both available for viewing in my side bar as well.