In the eye of the storm
Well, that was a terrifying experience.
Against all advice from the weather people, I drove over to the vet’s yesterday at the height of the “storm” and it actually was quite frightening. There were actually a few leaves and twigs on the road surface and quite a bit of wet stuff falling on my windscreen. I unbelievably had to use the windscreen wipers. I am really lucky to have survived such a perilous journey.
Sadly I didn’t see any flying trampolines which apparently are a feature of Irish storms.
Incidentally, “Storm Agnes” was named after some long deceased Irish scientist who I had never heard of. It’s pretty nasty using actual people’s names for something that is supposed to terrify us?
The visit to the vet was routine enough. As I was signing in another customer attracted my attention and told me to watch where I was standing. Sure enough, Penny had managed to liberally sprinkle the floor with turds around my feet. “Shit!” says I. “Exactly” says the customer – obviously mistaking a statement of surprise with a statement of the obvious.
Penny’s toiletry nuances aside, it was a routine visit. A thorough examination and monthly injection. She has now been prescribed with an additional drug which of course adds significantly to the fortune I’m lashing out monthly. I gave her the new medication this morning. It’s in capsules.
Have you ever tried feeding a highly suspicious dog with capsules? It’s fucking tricky. Herself managed in the end by wrapping the capsule in a slice of toast. Now I have to make a slice of toast morning and evening. Bugger!
Today I am going to do nothing. I’n going to do it all day.
I’m knackered.
My wife asked me what I was doing.
“Nothing”
“You did that yesterday”
“I know, I didn’t finish yet”
😀
From experience over the last thirty years with 3 greyhounds, 2 whippets and a Jack Russell I’ve found embedding the tablets/capsules in Liver pate to be the best technique. You have to be crafty. Assuming she’ll eat it get her used to having it as a daily treat before you add the medication. Rejection is far less likely if she’s eager to wolf it down.
Welcome John! The problem with the capsules sort of sorted itself out. She had a violent reaction to the medication causing partial paralysis. I have stopped giving it to her and she is a lot happier!
You Irish blighters have all the fun with these Atlantic storms. You get them first and take all the goodness out of them. By the time they reach here, on the East coast of Lincolnshire (we have a North Coast, too, but there be dragons on the far side) all we get is a stiff breeze smelling faintly of Guinness.
Take it from me – you missed nothing. It was a gale at best. Now I have to calculate how much you owe for the Guinness……