A VERY ACTIVE NIGHT....
I GOT UP FOR MY USUAL MIDNIGHT SNACK ONLY TO FIND ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT HOW HORRID WE WERE BECAUSE NUTMEG WAS FORCED TO LIE IN VOMIT AND WOULD SMELL BAD TODAY.
I "MOVED QUICKLY IN TO THE KITCHEN" IN MY LESS THAN BEAUTIFUL JAMMIES-- SAW A BROWN SMUDGE -- STARTED TO FOLD IT IN TO THE CENTER TO PICK IT UP... AND IT WAS THE PATTERN IN THE BLANKET... NOT VOMIT.. I FELT NUTMEG ALL OVER.. DRY /CLEAN SO I CAME BACK TO THE COMPUTER AND RAZZED EVERYONE ABOUT IT... AS I WAS DOIUING THAT DONNA WANDERED INTO THE KITCHEN AND FOUND A SMALL DAMP SPOT... WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN THE REMAINS OF WHAT SOMEONE SAW...
SO LET ME FILL IN THE DETAILS
A VOMITING DANE IS NOT NECESSARILY SICK..... THEY HAVE A BELLY REJECTION MODE WHERE THEY THROW UP THE CONTENTS, LOOK IT OVER AND EAT MOST BACK AGAIN LEAVING OUT THE PART THEY WERE REJECTING..
SOMETIMES THEY SHARE IT WITH FRIENDS.....
OFTEN BEING VOMIT AGGRESSIVE.. AS IN "DON'T TOUCH THAT VOMIT -- IT WAS MY DINNER AND I AM JUST SAVING IT TIL LATER"
THEY DO LEARN THIS AS PUPS --- BECAUSE MOMMY'S BRING HOME FOOD FOR THE PUPS ... HALF DIGESTED.. THEN THROW IT UP FOR THE PUPS TO EAT...
SO THE SOUND OF A GAGGING DOG WILL OFTEN BRING A BUNCH OF DOGS FROM ALL OVER THE FARM - SIMILAR TO THE ARRIVAL OF TH E POSTMAN WITH A BOX CLEARLY LABELED "WHOOPIE PIES"
AT ANY RATE WHATEVER CQME OUT OF HER, WENT BACK IN LEAVING A DAMP SPOT IN THE MIDDLE OF A DARK BROWN PATTERN IN THE FLUFFY....
AS FOR HER BEING "FORCED TO LIE IN VOMIT " THAT CONCEPT MUST HAVE COME FROM SOMEONE WHO KEEPS DOGS IN CRATES BECAUSE IF NUTMEG WAS AT ALL UNHAPPY ABOUT WHATEVER SHE WAS LYING IN ---- MOMMY ONLY TAKES UP 1/3 OF THE SOFA WHICH WAS AN EASY CRAWL AWAY...
SHE HAD OTHER CHOICES...
SO DONNA CHANGED THE FLUFFY AND WHOEVER WAS UPSET QUIETED DOWN..
AND I WAS JUST BRAGGING ABOUT HOW FAR ALL YOU CP's HAVE COME SINCE CHAOS FIRST LITTER... WHEN SOME CONCERNED PERSON CALLED ME AT 2AM TO REPORT A BIRD WAS FLYING AROUND INTHE KENNEL.
THAT- ALONG WITH A BIT OF RE-INGESTED FOOD DOES NOT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF "THE BARN JUST FELL OVER..." IF THAT HAPPENS... CALL ME..
IN ALL ANIMAL MANAGEMENT THERE HAS TO BE A PRIORITIZING ... WHICH LOOKS AT ANY SITUATION AND CALCULATES -- HOW FAST DO I NEED TO RESPOND ... IF I DON'T MOVE QUICKLY .. IS THE SITUATION GOING TO GET ANY WORSE??? OR CAN I MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE AT ALL--
THAT LAST PERTAINS TO MANY VETERNARIAN DECISIONS...
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES GEORGE HAS SAID TO ME "WE NEED TO ESTABLISH A DIAGNOSIS" AND I HAVE ASKED "WHY... IT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE OUR COURSE OF ACTION"
CURRENT CASE IN POINT - WE DID HAVE AN ULTRASOUND DONE TO ESTABLISH NOEL IS PREGNANT... THE CP"S LIKE TO KNOW... AND YOU ALL PAID FOR IT... BUT IT DID NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY SHE IS FED/HANDLED-- SHE IS WELL FED AND ON A VITAMIN PILL A DAY....
IF WE WAITED A COUPLE WEEKS WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THE OLD FASHION WAY.. A BIGGGGGG TUMMY.
SO MANY TIMES IN MEDICINE- BOTH HUMAN AND ANIMAL YOU DO ALL SORTS OF TESTS AND ARE BASICALLY LEFT WITH " IT IS EITHER GOING TO GET BETTER OR WORSE"
SPEAKING OF GETTTING BETTER.... STEVE MADE A NICE RAMP FOR BAILEY TO GET IN MY NEW CAR.... IT IS MUCH HIGHER... AND HER REAR IS NOT 100%...( UNLESS SHE IS GOING UP AND DOWN THE A- FRAME IN THE ARENA TO GET THE BEST OF CHAOS) SO I WILL NOW CARRY A SHORT CARPETED RAMP FOR HER...
EDUCATION IS A GOOD THING--- IT IS A VERY NARROW RAMP S O IT FITS BEHIND THE SEAT... SINCE SHE HAS HAD EXTENSIVE TRAINING IN TREE/ LADDER CLIMBING SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO POP UP THAT RAMP AND HAVE MUCH MORE FUN RIDING AROUND IN MY CAR.
I TOLD MY KIDS THAT -- THE MORE EDUCATION YOU GET -- THE MORE FUN YOU STAND A CHANCE OF ENJOYING...
WITH A PHD YOU CAN SMILE AS YOU MUCK STALLS.
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STEWING TODAY...
RUMOR HAS IT EARLENE IS HAVING A BABY... WELL.. A GRANDCHILD? IS HAVING A BABY.. SO SHE MAY OR MAY NOT MAKE AN APPEARENCE...
AND I PLAN TO CLEAN OUT THE FREEZER AND COOK IT .. THE PROCESS IS "ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE CHICKENS"
MY COMPUTER LEAPED FORWARD FOR ME... AND MY CLOCK SAYS SUNDAY
SO I AM SET TO GO.
THT PERFECT HOUSE I WASS HOPING SHELIA AND BRIAN WOULD BUY HAS 30 PAGES OF CONSERVATION /HISTORICAL RESTRICTIONS-- EVEN TO CHANGING THE SHUTTERS... AND A YEARLY "INSPECTION" ---- IT WAS STARTED IN THE 1700'S AND FINISHED N 1818.. SO NOW IT IS HISTORIC-- AND EVEN THO IT IS TUCKED WAY BACK IN THE WOODS, THE TOWN HAS THE RIGHT TO CONTROL THE TYPE NAILS USED TO PUT ON SHINGLES !
WITH IT'S 34 ACRES IT SOUNDS GREAT--- TIL YOU FIND THAT YOU MUST PUT A MAT OUTSIDE THE DOOR THAT SAYS "WELCOME" AND NOT ANY OF THE OTHER MORE CONTEMPORARY VERSIONS ... LIKE "GO AWAY"
TRYING TO DEAL WITH TOWN OFFICIALS HAS NEVER BEEN MY FORTE....
I REMEMBER THE IPSWICH BUILDING INSPECTOR TELLING ME I WAS OUT OF MY LEAGUE.. I WAS ONLY A WOMAN.,
DID ANYONE THINK I WOULD FORGET THAT?
