Welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday. I’m flying solo today as I waited too long to ask people. It’s super easy and I’m always looking for a co-host, just let me know if you’re willing to co-host the Follow-Up Friday blog hop. The hop that let’s you wrap up your week and leads you right into the weekend.
Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop
Here’s the original photo. It was taken in Emerald Isle, North Carolina. One of these days I’m going to do a post all about this trip as you can see I have some beautiful photos.
Miss Harper Lee asked, “How do I get there?” We drive Miss Harper, but there are local airports as well.
Dead Dog Walking – Update
This post was incredibly hard to write, as I feel so helpless. The photos really tug at my heart. So far I’ve been told by three of my contacts that they don’t have any contacts in the area. I’ve got a couple more to try but right now it’s not looking very good.
Please if you know anyone that does rescue, pass the information along, working together we really can make a difference.
ACD6Pack said, “I often look at my rescued pack of seven and wonder how could nobody want them?” I wonder that myself my friend.
Our Appointment with the Holistic Vet – Update
The prescribed herbs came in the mail on Tuesday, two bottles that need to be kept refrigerated, something I’ve found very common with the Chinese herbs I’ve used.
I dug frantically through the box looking for the invoice and couldn’t find one, so I looked at the invoice from his visit. Everything was already included on that!
Rosemary mentioned, “I’m thinking it might be a little pricey though.”
Are you ready for the sticker shock?
The vet charges a traveling fee of $75, HOWEVER my friend Jo-Anne was having her dogs looked at the same day directly before me, theoretically Jo-Anne and I could split the travel fee in half. I say theoretically because thus far Jo-Anne had refused to do so. Yes, I’m aware I owe her BIG.
Without the travel fee my bill was $111.00, which included $30 for the herbs and $6 for shipping making his home visit including the acupuncture $75.00.
Now even if I had paid the traveling fee the entire bill would still have been less than $200.00. I don’t know about you, but it’s a rare occasion when I get out of my vet’s office for less than $200.00.
Genevieve asked, ” Does he do massage therapy?” Not to my knowledge, he does laser therapy and he can do chiropractic adjustments, but I don’t know about the massage part.
Most of you felt similar to the way I feel, that treating with a mix of traditional and holistic is the way to go.
Wordless Wednesday – Update
Some of my favorite caption suggestions were:
Caren Gittleman “I don’t know about you, but this Squirrel TV that we hear about is highly over rated!”
Roxy the Traveling Dog “Did you see it? No, did you? Maybe, I think it was that same squirrel. Crap, and we’re trapped inside.”
Jessica@YouDidWhatWithYourWeiner “No…but that looks like my old couch 
”
Misty Shores “Sampson did you see that, I think that squirrel just flipped us off!”
So without further ado, here is the original photo with my caption.
Sampson – Hey
Delilah – Hey
Sampson – You
Delilah – You
Sampson – Get off of our
Delilah – lawn
This ‘N That Thursday – Author’s Note
Here’s the difference in my two dogs. Sampson wants to be where we are, as long as we are together and calm, he’s the same way. He’s traveled with us since he was a puppy. He would stay in a hotel room by himself (not that I would EVER do that!) he would lie under or beside me or Hubby wherever we were.
Delilah won’t. She would bark in the room every time someone walked by the hall. She would be trying her best to get at any piece of food she thought she could reach and she certainly wouldn’t lie under the table while we were eating. She has traveled with us, but we’ve always stayed in houses.
Right now it’s looking like both dogs will be staying home.
I’m sad because I really wanted Sampson there, but I have to do what is best for both my guys and in this case it means keeping them together.
That’s another Follow-Up Friday wrap!
Great FOF Jodi. The differences always amaze me when animals have grown up in the same home.
I’ve missed things this week so thanks for catching me up today…FUF is great for that…Have a wonderful weekend!
Great follow-up, Jodi. I was surprised at what you paid for your holistic vet services… very reasonable (in my opinion.)
great follow up friday. sorry you have to leave your furry friends home. i hate not traveling with my fur kids. i would love to be your co host next week.
love your caption for that photo! Too funny!
That beach shot makes us miss Germany and the North Sea but it also makes us mad because it is still snowing here… 🙂 not your fault!
You did a very good job all by yourself, Jodi. I would be glad to co-host sometime, but you would have to lead me through. I especially love the pix of the dogs on the coach, “Hey” “Hey” – that is so our house too. Have a great weekend – DogDaz
Have a fabulous Friday. Love the captions.
Best wishes Molly
Hi Y’all!
Can’t wait to see more of your vacation from Emerald Isle.
Y’all come by now,
Hawk aka BrownDog
Woof! Woof! Always love the beauty of a black n white photo. YES to the vet bills … its one of those things that my peeps are use to it. Happy Friday n Weekend. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar
Your vets sound even more overpriced than ours. The holistic ones are the worst!
I’m always amazed at how different dogs can be when they are the same breed and grow up in the same house. It kind of shows that they are not little robots.
Bummer about the solo trip. You know what’s best….
Great FUF. Your vets must charge a lot where you live. We don’t pay anything like that around here for vet visits. Of course I have not tried acupuncture, but for comparison, Freighter’s dew claw surgery with a specialist was $156. That included anesthesia, surgery, follow-up and antibiotics.
I am sad you won’t be able to take Sampson with you to Blog Paws.
Great follow up! I must have missed the post Dead Dog Walking. How awful.
I love FOF. It’s just FUN. I really should participate.
Love your caption. Sorry the pups might not get to go along, but you gotta do what’s best for them.
I do like the picture of the two of them looking outside 😉
I also like the comparison of black and white to original color photo.
Great FUF!! That’s to bad the kids have to stay home. You know what I do for barking when their not supposed to, I use an air horn, you know the stuff in a can, as soon as a bark pops out I blast it and say “NO BARK” it is a work in progress but so far it seems to at least stop them and they look at me for direction. However I don’t think the other guests in a hotel would appreciate an air horn blasting…lol
Just love the photos!
I would be happy to co-host anytime 🙂
Leaving both together is probably a good solution, difficult as it may be to not have either one with you!
Sorry you can’t find any rescue contacts in Texas Jodi. I tried to help a dog in my same state once and couldn’t find anyone to help. I know how that can be. Sucks. The awesome thing is that you are trying! 🙂
LOL! Great caption.
I think you are doing the right thing for your dogs by leaving Sampson home. I’m sure there will be lots of dogs attending if you need a doggie fix. 🙂