Heart Like a Dog

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

My Vet's In A Sling!

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If you’re a long time reader of this blog you may remember that last year poor Sampson had an allergic reaction to something in our yard.  If you didn’t know about it, but want to check it out you can read about it here.

This past weekend I noticed Sampson had a couple of scabs on his head. 🙁

Seeing as I haven’t gotten my vet’s cell phone number yet….I text my friend Jen (My Brown Newfies) first thing Sunday morning and asked her the proper dose of Benadryl for a dog Sampson’s size.   She may yet regret giving me that number…:-)

I started Sampson on the Benadryl immediately and called the vet first thing yesterday morning.  Unfortunately they were all booked up and couldn’t fit me in until NEXT Tuesday!

I took the appointment and asked to leave a message for my vet.

A few minutes later the office called back saying they had a cancellation and could I come in for an 11:00 am appointment. It was 10:30 am.  There was no way I could make it home to get Sampson and down to their office in that amount of time.

They said they’d keep trying.

I relayed the story to Hubby when he called at lunch time, we decided to keep Sampson on the Benadryl unless the vet told us differently.

Around 3:00 pm the vet’s office called to tell me after speaking with our vet, arrangements had been made to see Sampson this morning at 10:00.

I let Hubby know this when he came home from work, as I said it I looked over at him and said, What are you smirking about?

He said, I like how you had them bend to your will.

I laughed.  It might seem that way, but that’s not what happened.

This morning I left poor broken-hearted Delilah with Grandma, while Sampson and I took a trip to the vet.

Someone is going to come in and pet me, right Mom?

I was taking Sampson’s picture when our vet came in.  Her vet tech said,  oh I forgot to tell you about Dr. Soutter’s condition.

I whipped my head around.

My vet’s in a sling!

Dr. Soutter is suffering from a shoulder injury, which is how it happened we got an appointment today.  She was scheduled to be in surgery today.

After examining my sweet boy Dr. Soutter determined he is having another allergic reaction.  Luckily for us we caught it before it became infected.  Thankfully they didn’t have to shave his head this year.

Tonight he started a short-term dose of steroids and Dr. Soutter wants him to remain on the Benadryl for a bit.

When I went back looking for last year’s blog post I noticed I had mentioned I needed to find a hat for him to wear in the spring/summer so as not to expose his head to whatever it is that he is allergic too.

I still haven’t done that.

I also noticed how horrible my writing was at that point!

My goal for writing a daily blog was to improve my writing skills.

Based upon what I looked at today, I think I’ve succeeded.

Have you ever gone back and looked at earlier posts to critique yourself?

Monday Mischief

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We have two pools at our house.

Of course they’re not inground pools!  Are you kidding me?  Who could afford two inground pools?

No they are little kiddie wading pools.  We have one for the dogs,which gets emptied and refilled every couple of days, and one for the grandchildren or any other children who happen to come over.

This children’s pool generally gets emptied almost immediately after the children leave, we then lean it against the railing of the deck until it’s needed again.

We don’t let the dogs in the kiddie pool, although I do confess there are times when they drink out of it.  I mean who can resist that large, cold bowl of water?

Not my dogs.

We had a small graduation party for my niece (Congrats again, Taylor!) and seeing it was a warm day we took out the kiddie pool and filled it up.

My little grandchildren were tickled to have it to cool off in, until someone decided they liked the kiddie pool better than their own.

Um Sampson? This is our pool.

What do you think, would your children/grandchildren care if the dog went in their pool?
I think this is the Monday Mischief blog hop hosted by Snoopy’s Dog Blog, My Brown Newfies, Luna a Dog’s Life and Alfie’s Blog.

Hop on, hop on.

Mock 10 With My Hair On Fire

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Many, many years ago when the donor and I first divorced, I found myself a single mother with two young children.  I was sad and lonely and so I turned to caffeine, nicotine and music to keep me going.

Yes you heard that right, I’m one of those people who find comfort, understanding and motivation through music.  At that time (dating myself) my songs of inspiration came from the early years of Bruce Springsteen.

My phone is naturally loaded up with Springsteen and the other famous Jersey Boy, Jon Bon Jovi.  I don’t always find the empathy from Jon that I get from Bruce, but there are many times when he does inspire me.

Every three or four weeks I make the trip to Avon for dog food.  I used to love to have Hubby go with me, but now I find I really enjoy this time to throw on some music and let my hair down.

I plugged the phone in and rather than do my traditional I don’t feel like listening to this song routine, I decided to listen to every song and see what kind of inspiration/motivation I might find.

Of course when you’re driving it’s hard to write things down, but I somehow managed to make a semblance of a list.

Today ladies and gentlemen I present to you my musical inspirations, in the order they came off my phone.

Springsteen: Badlands – Talk about a dream, try to make it real, you wake up in the night, with a fear so real, spend your life waiting for a moment that just don’t come, well, don’t waste your time waiting.  (The time is now, I need to get my butt in gear and do the next step, not keep waiting for God knows what.)

Springsteen: Leap of Faith – It takes a leap of faith to get things going.  It takes a leap of faith you gotta show some guts. It takes a leap of faith to get things going. In your heart you must trust. (I need to take that leap and have faith it’s what is right for me.)

Bon Jovi: Raise Your Hands – I – I’ve been out on the front line. Where you’ll go down if you waste time. They’ll walk all over you.  (I’m sitting here wasting time by not taking my blog to the next level. Um…..during this song I looked at the speedometer which read 100 and I realized, this song also makes me drive really fast)

Springsteen: Sherry Darling – my inspiration from this song was sometimes you  just have to kick back and let yourself enjoy!

Gretchen Wilson: I’m Here For The Party – You know im here for the party. And i aint leavin til they throw me out. (Yup that’s me and this blog, I’m here until y’all stop reading.)

Bon Jovi: Wild In The Streets – Sometimes this town ain’t pretty, but you know it ain’t so bad. (I have a tendency to focus on the negative, but that is changing!!  More positive please.)

Janis Joplin: Mercedes-Benz – This song told me I don’t want to be someone who just sits back and waits for someone to hand me something, I need to work my butt off if I want to make my dreams come true.

Springsteen: No Surrender – We made a promise we swore we’d always remember. No retreat baby, no surrender. (I can’t give up, I need to keep trying and working it and eventually it will turn out the way it was supposed to.)

Kathy Mattea: 455 Rocket – She’s a Rocket, she was made to burn. (That’s me, I’m wasn’t made to just sit on the side-lines, I’m an all in sort of gal.)

Springsteen: Out In The Street – When I’m out in the street, I walk the way I wanna walk.  When I’m out in the street, I talk the way I wanna talk.  (I have to stop worrying about what other people think and just be myself.)

Springsteen: Bobby Jean – Now you hung with me when all the others turned away turned up their nose.  (That’s you guys!  You stick with me even when I’m feeling sorry for myself.)

Credence Clearwater: Bad Moon Rising – No inspiration here. 🙂

Jason Aldeen: Crazy Town – One year they repossess your truck, and the next you make a couple million bucks.  (Things might not be so great this year, but next year the tables could be turned.)

Mary Chapin Carpenter: I Feel Lucky – No Professor Doom gonna stand in my way, Mmmmm, I feel lucky today.  (Negative is out and positive is in, I need to get out of my own way.)

Sixty miles later I pulled into the driveway screaming, All Jacked Up by Gretchen Wilson.  While the lyrics didn’t inspire me, I do like the tune and I can be all jacked up with positivity.

So there you have my insights from my music. What inspires you?

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