Last Friday was Olive’s initial visit to her new
veterinarian. I was pleased when I checked out the local vet practices on line
that the vet I brought my dogs to way back, Dr. Keish, was still involved with
his old practice. It seems that he is mostly retired, but his daughter, Dr.
Pampreen, is a licensed vet and seems to have taken over the practice. She
seemed quite knowledgeable and competent, gave Olive a thorough checkup, updates
on all of her shots and medications, and a clean bill of health. Olive behaved
perfectly in the vet’s office, even when the vet drew a blood sample and gave
her shots. I was comfortable registering Olive as her patient. Her staff took
Olive’s photo for their records, which I am posting here.
Olive looks a bit defiant in the photo. She did not seem scared, but a bit bewildered as to what was going on there.
My only concern is that Olive seems to have lost nearly five
pounds since last December. I had been giving her two cups of dry food per day,
but decided to increase that by a half cup per day and monitor Olive’s weight. The
flea/tick medicine the vet prescribed, NexGard, was the same that Nanne
suggested. The heartworm medicine, Heartgard7 plus, is a different brand, but I
am confident that it will be quite effective and works in the same manner as
the heartworm medicine that Nanne suggested. As for the cost, well, keeping a
dog these days is NOT cheap. $$$
On Saturday my niece Katie flew up for a very short visit
from her home in Bogota, Columbia. We had hoped that she would bring her
schnauzer, Dogmatix, to stay here permanently while she flew back to prepare
for a move herself (with her husband Andrew) to the U.S. to pursue a graduate
degree. At the last minute Katie decided to accept a promotion from her
employer in Columbia and stay another year. So Olive will not meet her “cousin”
for at least another year. At least she was able to meet Katie, however
briefly.
Sunday was a big day for my Cousin Donna’s daughter, Lisa,
who graduated from my old alma mater, the University of Connecticut. Lisa and I
have long been close, and I was quite honored that Lisa reserved a ticket for
me to attend the commencement. I left Olive with my sister around 1:30 and
drove out with Lisa’s aunt and grandparents to the University. After the
ceremony, we had a modest celebration at a restaurant in Lisa’s home town of
Cromwell. My sister had deposited Olive at my house before heading to Cromwell
herself, so Olive was there to greet me with her tail wagging when I got home
late at night.
Olive seems to have taken to barking at relatively little
provocation. I am attempting to break her of that by being reassuring and
calming whenever she starts. We will see how that goes.
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