Heart Like a Dog

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

What Do You Think?

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A couple of weekends ago Hubby and I took Sampson and Delilah up to the field/trails at the top of the street.

As we entered the field we noticed a bone. Not an animal bone, one of those white bones that are stuffed with processed peanut butter or cheese.  (I fill these with pumpkin and applesauce and freeze them for treats for the dogs.)

A small stuffed bone to keep Delilah occupied while Sampson goes to the vet.

 

The discovery caused me to stop and think for a minute, Delilah had discovered a bone in the field a week or so before.

This particular bone still had stuff inside it.

I can’t imagine what’s inside it.

 

Hubby picked it up and tossed it into the woods.  We continued our walk

I said, I wouldn’t have tossed it, I would have taken it to the garbage can and thrown it out.

Why? He asked.

It makes me suspicious, who would let their dog bring a bone to the field, and a stuffed bone at that?  What if it’s been poisoned?   There are supposedly coyotes and fisher cats in these woods, maybe someone is trying to get rid of them.  There are certainly people in this world that are capable of that.

You’re right, Hubby said.

When we got back to the field he went into the woods and found the bone, he threw it in the trash can on our way out of the park.

This past weekend during our walk on the trails, Hubby and Sampson were in front of Delilah and me.  I saw Sampson deviate slightly into the woods and heard Hubby say, Leave it.

What is it? I asked.

Part of a stuffed toy, but it could be bait, you never know.  There are some sick people in this world.

Do you notice things like this?  Do they make you suspicious, or is it just me with my writer’s imagination?

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Hello Again Dr. B

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Thursday evening I noticed a spot on the inside of Sampson’s left leg.  It looked similar to the spot he had in the beginning of October, except it hadn’t advanced as far.  I’ve also noticed that both of my dogs have been scratching a lot.

Another spot, it starts out looking like a bruise.

 

I was picking up food on Saturday so I thought I’d run it by Sandy, she’s very knowledgeable about all things dog and she usually has a holistic solution.

Her first thought on the itching was fleas. It has been a very bad flea/tick season in the northeast for these critters.  I said, “I think I’d see fleas, especially on Sampson.”  She said it could have been only one or two, you need to comb him and check his tail area to see if it feels like he has crumbs there. (Ew gross.)  She also said it could be mites, which really freaked me out. (I combed them both when I got home, no sign of fleas.)

As for the skin thing, she feels like his immune system is weak. 🙁

As you can imagine, I left Sandy’s and called the vet.  We scheduled him for 9:30 this morning with Dr. B.

I’m here to see Dr. B, can you please tell her Sampson has arrived?

 

Sampson was of course excited to see Dr. B.  I tried to get a picture but his excitement was very prominent in the photo, and since they shamed me good on the Human Shaming blog hop, I decided you could do without the visual imagery.

As we walked into the exam room, I noticed he had spots on the inside of each leg!

Dr. B said I just want to read through his records and refresh my memory.

You can read and pet at the same time, right? I’ve heard Vet’s are multi-taskers.

 

Dr. B looked him over and said, yes he has another skin infection.  Thankfully we caught it before it got too bad. She gave me (she didn’t actually GIVE it to me, I had to pay for it) an anti-biotic ointment (Mupirocin) which is applied twice daily.  She also gave me some Vetericin VF wound and skin care spray gel which she suggests I apply the second I notice something amiss.  She said many times the gel will fix the issue before it progresses.

I was concerned about his immune system and the fact that he keeps getting infections. Dr. B put him on Welactin 3, which is a Natural Omega-3 for dogs (fish oil) and she also put him on a probiotic by Animal Essentials. We’re hoping that the combination of the two will give his immune system the boost that it needs to get him over this hump.

She also said if I don’t see an improvement within a week or so, or if it gets worse to call and she will give him the oral antibiotic again.  I’m really hoping to avoid that.

As for the itching, well she ruled out fleas and mites, the official thought is the drier weather, combined with the fireplace had just dried out their skin, which hopefully the Welactin will help with.

Do you use supplements with your pets?  What do you use and why?

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This Is Going To Be Harder Than I Thought

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Remember these guys?  They are featured on the cover of The Dogs of Blogville Calendar.

Ryder and Kori from All Things Collie

 

I’m trying to get the Dogs of Blogville Calendar ordering worked out.  I had hopes that WordPress had a plugin for ordering.  From what I can see they do, except it’s designed for people purchasing digital items.  Which works great for e-books, but not so great for calendars.

Right now it looks like I will be ordering the calendars from either Vista Print or Costco, they are the two with the cheapest prices.  I can get the calendars for just under $10, assuming I can send them to you via Priority Mail, we should make a profit of $5 on each calendar.

I had hopes of getting the calendars for less money, so we could donate more, but I can’t find anyone cheaper than $10.

If you know of somewhere else, please let me know.  I don’t plan on ordering them until next weekend.

Right now the best I can see for ordering is to use my paypal account, if you don’t have a paypal account or aren’t comfortable with that method then you will need to contact me privately and we can make other arrangements. My paypal is connected to my auntiejodi@hotmail.com e-mail account.

It’s important to remember when you are using paypal to indicate the money is for a GIFT, if you do not do that, they will deduct a fee from it, which will decrease our donation to our beneficiaries.

There are a couple of other ways to increase profit.

1) If you live near someone and don’t mind delivering calendars, I can ship them to one address.

2) You can order more than one calendar. 🙂

3) You have the option of donating a bit more for your calendar.  The calendars are $20 each, if everyone donated just one additional dollar, it would add up.

It’s just an idea and certainly not required.

If I’ve done this right (sometimes I think I should just rename the blog “If I’ve Done This Right.) you can complete this form and all your information will be sent to me, I will then cross-check the form with the paypal payments and contact you directly if there are any problems.

I’d like to keep the ordering time short, perhaps stop the ordering by next Saturday morning so I can order them and hopefully get the calendars in time for Christmas.

Did I forget anything?

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