Today's Vet Visit

In a moment of delusion, I made vet appointments for my warm blooded and cold blooded at the same time. 

Bad, bad idea. 

First, I had to wrestle my dogs into jackets and harnesses. It's like painting the toenails on a hummingbird. Oy vay! 

Then I had to get Drake ready to go in a warm box. Then I had to get Sunny ready. And I had to load my purse, a present for my vet, an ice cream bucket with a snake, my cup of Dr Pepper, a tote with Drake, and two dogs into my van. 

All those things (minus the Dr P) had to get out of the van and into the vet's office 6 minutes later. Crazy!! 

Remind me not to do that again! 

The dogs were a spastic mess and wrapped themselves around my legs in the waiting room and whined and barked. 

The dogs both got their Bordatella booster shots. Teddy was only happy when someone was holding him. Luckily, he's such a cute dog that almost everyone in the vet's office held him. He was happy! 

Sunny, the baby ball python, had a little spot on her belly yesterday that burst like a blister and her skin was very fragile. And she hasn't popped since her surgery. 

Dr Folland got her poop without any problems. He's concerned about her fragile skin, but we can't do anything about it right now. 

I'll be watching her and keeping her in a soft environment until she has a good shed or two. Hopefully she'll grow out of it. But it's also possible the skin issue is a symptom of a more serious problem (like IBD which is a fatal disease). 

The last thing I did was hold Drake while he died. 

Crazy appointment!!! In the future, the dogs will go solo to appointments or I will drag one of my kids along to help me. 

Lap Dogs

I sat down this morning and instantly had a companion. (Apparently I only sit down for the sake of others)

When Belle saw that Teddy was sitting on me, she wanted up. 

I scooted over so she could jump up. That's when Teddy decided that it was now play time. 

I pushed him off my lap so he could play on the floor. He didn't like that. 

For a moment, they both sat on my lap calmly. 

And then Teddy heard something and started getting jazzed up again. 

And we started the play time all over again. Right this moment, we are all calm and mellow. 

I expect that to last no more than 67 seconds. ;) 

Dog Sitting

We've been watching my best friend's dog for the past 4 days. It's been SO much fun. Suzie is a great little dog. 

She loves being outside. 

This is her watching me closely because I was eating, but still starting to fall asleep. 

She plays well with my two dogs too. They chase each other around the living room. Belle has gotten older and doesn't like to play as much. Teddy has met his match with Suzie who outplays him daily. The extra playing has worn them both out. 

Belle-- 

Teddy-- 

Ownership

Lil Foot the Bigger has decided that Belle's crate is the perfect napping spot. Therefore, it is now his. 

My Dogs

Teddy-- 

Belle--

Teddy-- 

Belle-- 

Maybe I have a FEW too many Pics of my Dogs

This is from the last 6 weeks on my phone. They are too cute! 

My Poor Sick Dog

My 8 year old Maltese, Belle, has been so sick since last night. 

I spent 3 hours and $460 at my vet's office this morning to find out her blood work is normal. :/ She did get fluids and some antacid since her tummy seems to be bothering her. 

Her eyes are very bloodshot. 

She's been sleeping most of the day and did eat some bland food earlier. She's peeing on her own.  She's just sick. And won't bark. 

I hope she's able to sleep tonight and can wake up more perky. I hope *I* can sleep tonight instead of worrying about her all night. 

Beardies in crisis don't stress me out because I know what to do for the most part. A dog is crisis was outside my comfort zone. Thankfully I have two vet tech friends who know dogs who gave me good advice. 

My Dogs

I have SO many pics of my dogs on my phone! Especially Teddy!