Snow!

Snowy Monday. This is the start of another holiday week. We had one doctor taking vacation in Montana so we were down to two. Tom went out on a pig herd check early on and Mike got to stay at the clinic. His truck battery kept dying anyway so he had to get that fixed.

I was busy with kennel stuff. Quite a few dogs went home today. We were pretty full so I also had to keep cleaning kennels for surgery dogs coming in tonight. The snow kept falling and with a temp of 2 degrees, no dog really wanted to stay outside. I also have been looking for another kennel worker. I had tried to get hold of a boy I interviewed in Oct but his phone didn't let me leave a message. And it turns out he hadn't given me his correct email so my message to him didn't get there either. Fortunately his mother happened to come in for an appointment wih two new malamute puppies. This boy's family raises and trains Malamutes and Huskys to help veterans when they come home for war. Quite a special project! As it turns out the boy has started wrestling and isn't available during the week or Saturday mornings. That doesn't leave much for me to work with...

Had to bring Pibb in to the vet. Jacky found him with a badly skinned tail at the base. I was mostly worried about the terribly cold temps, thinking his tail, without protection, might actually freeze. Mike just had me start him on antibiotics and I'm keeping him inside the house now, for at least a couple of weeks. Right now he's in a crate in the mud room but I noticed his drinking water is almost frozen so he might have to come actually inside the house! He absolutely hates his meds by the way. It should be a fun week trying to get them into him.

Had a weird story today. A man came in with an 11 month old Shih Tzu. He needed his dog checked out. It turns out this dog was hit by a car two weeks ago. The family thought the dog had died - he had blood coming out of his nose and mouth and was not moving. The owner put the body next to his shed in the back yard. Two weeks later, which ended up being last Friday, the dog wandered up to the house! They have no idea what happened to the dog during that time, only said they had a shed there where they fed cats. Hmmm. The dog has a broken leg and may need to have it amputated, but other than that seems ok! It reminds me of the rooster I thought I had killed, that walked back to the house after a week in the pit.

Teddi has a loose tooth. It may explain why he's been out of sorts lately. May have to take him in tomorrow. Bunni had to have more stuffing put in her cast, she's worked it all out running like a maniac everywhere.

Decided to cancel puppy class. I'm glad I did, the roads weren't so hot going home. But now I have trouble fitting two more classes in....I start yoga next Monday night. Problem is, I'm already seeing lots of puppies coming in and people are starting to ask about classes. I want to help them get off to the right start. Silly me.

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Back to Writing (I hope)

Busy, busy, busy. I'll try to play a little catch up. Today was a nice day for a change. While leaving the driveway this morning I took a picture of a full moon still up in the western sky. At the same time in the eastern sky the sun was coming up! Weird.

Moon at 7:15 am

Sunrise at 7:20 am

Short morning, I had a doctor's appointment to check out my back problem. Every evening severe cramps in the calf and thigh. Numbness in my foot. Diagnosis? Pinched nerve, possible partial disc rupture. Treatment? exercises, maybe physical therapy.
Not too busy a day. The closer it gets to a major holiday, the less appointments and surgeries there are.Trying to get the kennel all organized for Christmas and New Year. With 4 Humane Society dogs still boarding, I had to talk to Christa, the head of the H.S., to find out how long they would be there. Two will go to a rescue tomorrow, one Monday and one end of week to the shelter. Bulldog, mixes. All big dogs.
A couple of ear appointments. One cat with ear mites, one dog with bacteria and yeast. then one farm cat with probable distemper. Unfortunately that cat will probably not make it, and the other cats on the farm may die too. That's what happens when farm cats are not vaccinated.
Of course right before 5 was an emergency. A client had slammed the door at home and caught her dog's tail in the door. Unfortunately for the dog, it had taken the tip of the tail right off. We were able to sedate the dog and sew up the tip but not before the dog had splattered blood from the entrance way, to the waiting area, to the exam room, to the treatment room. So had to stay after a little to do some clean up!

For those of you who do not know, I have a new rescue puppy. "Bunny" is a 3 pound teacup Yorkshire Terrier. She was surrendered to rescue because the owner let her in with her horses and Bunny ended up with a broken leg. Because it was broken at the elbow and the leg is soooo small, it was thought the leg would have to be amputated. The previous owner couldn't (i.e. wouldn't) pay for surgery so she surrendered it. I was asked to take the dog myself, if I would pay for treatment. So I did. The leg has been splinted instead and Bunny is doing well. She hops everywhere with her splint on. Her ears were both infected from what I believe was an attempt at pierced ears (really!). She also was not house trained and had urine scald from having to wear a doggy diaper that wasn't changed often. Ok, the house training isn't going the best, but remember, she weighs 3 pounds! and it has been extremely cold. We are definately making improvements though.

Bunny with her new coat that fits around the splint

Monday - an emergency c-section on a 200 pound English Mastiff at 5:00. Happy ending - 15 live pupppies! It did mess up my puppy class though. I am glad I don't have to clean up after 15 mastiff puppies for 8 weeks! And I heard she has another mastiff litter of 16 at home! Some people are nuts. Ok, nuttier than me.

Jacky surprised me with a Christmas tree up in the living room, Christmas lights up and on outside and the wreaths up outside. Thank you Santa Jacky!