Heart Like a Dog

The Good, the Bad, and the Oh My God of living with dogs!

Sampson’s Saga Continues

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Sampson has a bruise on the inside of one of his back legs. I noticed it right after the last time he was at the vet, but figured since he is scheduled for next week, I will simply keep an eye on it, to make sure it’s fading.

Having seen him bulldoze his way through trees and shrubs, I assumed he whacked himself good.

When I popped a peek at it Sunday night, I noticed he had a number of red bumps on his underbelly. Hubby said, they look like blisters.

To which I said, I’ll check the side effects of the Meloxicam tomorrow and call the vet to see if it can wait until next week.

Sure enough one of the severe side effects of the Meloxicam is, you guessed it, blisters.

(Just for the record, I worry.  So the safest bet for me is NOT to check side effects when first beginning a medication, if I do you can be sure a symptom will somehow manage to manifest itself.  I’ve had to carry this philosophy over to the dogs or I’d be a constant mess.)

First thing yesterday morning I placed the call to our vet.

When our vet called back she said, blisters are a known side effect in humans but not in dogs. She wants to make sure it’s not a skin condition so we changed his appointment from next Wednesday to this Thursday.

After I took my lunch I decided that Thursday is just too long to wait, so I called the vet’s office back, but they couldn’t fit him in any sooner, unless of course the condition gets worse.

So I asked, well is there anything I can do for him In the meantime to make sure he’s not uncomfortable? Our vet said put aloe on it.

It doesn’t seem to be bothering him, because we haven’t seem him scratching or licking at it.

But it sure looks awful.

Considering the shaming I got for posting poop pictures, I figure it was wise to hide Sampson’s attributes.

 

You can see the bruised area, it is the dark spot just above all those little blisters.

 

What do you think about him having symptoms of a side effect but being told it’s not the same for dogs?  Is it merely coincidence?

Just because it hasn’t happened in dogs, does not mean it can’t, right?  I intend to bring that point up on Thursday. 😉

How do you handle it when your vet tells you something but your gut tells you something else?

Whoops Where’s Delilah?

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I’m very spoiled by the area where I walk the dogs.  I mean minus the spider webs, how can you beat the beauty of the woods?

There’s something about the serenity of the woods that can’t help but bring peace to your soul.  When you add your two favorites pups to the beauty, well it’s like a double rainbow.

There’s one spot with a really large rock.  I’ve never really let the dogs explore the rock before partly because we’ve been so caught up in the beauty of our woods and partly because, well the dogs have never really shown any interest in it.

A few weeks ago I decided it would be a perfect place to take a picture and so I encouraged the dogs to climb to the top of the rock and wait while I framed a shot.

You want us to stay up here mom?

 

After I snapped this shot, I thought I should step back a bit farther, just so you could get a good idea of how high the rock actually is.    Without turning around I began moving backward.  That’s when my mountain goat Delilah decided I might be heading somewhere more interesting.

She actually ran about two feet down the rock and jumped the rest of the way!  You really can’t tell the height in the photo but if I were to guess, I’d say it’s at least 12 to 15 feet high.

Her daring never ceases to amaze me, as well as keep my heart beating fast!  Are there things your dogs do that make you gasp?

Welcome to the Monday Mischief Blog Hop hosted by Snoopy’s Dog Blog, Alfie’s Blog, Luna and Cinder and My Brown Newfies.

 

What Are The Odds?

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Are you a gambler? 

I’m not a very good one, although I do admit I love to play the slot machines whenever I get the opportunity. 

I’m a fairly predictable gambler though.  I put $20 in the machine and when the money is gone, I’m done.  If I happen to win, I cash out, put the original $20 back in the machine and play again.  

I don’t understand sports statistics, handicaps and how bookies figure out odds. 

I do know however, that if the Vegas bookies were hosting an event in my neck of the woods and they actually went as far as to bet on certain events happening on one of Sampson, Delilah and my walks, somebody, somewhere would be making money.

We’re a sure bet.

 

These results are based on a three-month period.  if you were a gambling person and had bet on one of these events, the payoff would have been something like this:

The odds that your dog squats to poop and you try to maneuver the leash so as not to get poop on it and during your manipulation, the leash swings across your dog’s butt just as that little brown friend pops its head out? 1 chance out of 90.

The odds that a spider having the option of building a web at any height between two forty (plus) foot trees, will build at face height, so it brushes across your mouth or face as you walk through it? 75 chances out of 90.

A dog who cannot cover her poop with dirt from twenty feet away, can manage to get dirt in your face, as you bend down to pick up that poop? 2 chances out of 90.

That the same dog, (still covering poop) can manage to get dirt anywhere on you or the other dog you are walking with? 6 chances out of 90.

Get your face out of there woman, I’m on a mission!

 

You bend down to wipe a leaf off your dog’s face and it’s really part of a spider web that sticks to your fingers and freaks you out? 1 chance out of 90.

Yes dear friends, all of the above have happened to me (some more frequently than others) on one of our recent walks.

If you were a betting soul and had bet on one of our walks, you’d be sitting pretty right now. 🙂

What types of things could you bet on during one of your walks?

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