On Thursday I went up to the Big E (Eastern States
Exposition; the equivalent of a state fair for all six New England states) and
left Olive at Candlewick for the day.
Around 3:00 there was a text message from the kennel to my
phone. Somehow my phone did not ring, so I did not see that message until
around 5:00 when, by then, there were two messages on my phone.
It turned out that Olive had a bit of a mishap. In the
outdoor play area there were some falling leaves. Both Olive and another dog
spotted a leave and both made a leap to catch it. It was a freak accident to be
sure, but Olive ended up with a puncture wound on her face, about an inch from
her eye. The people at the kennel cleaned it out, but decided it was deep
enough to get her to a vet. Olive got one metal staple that has to be removed
in two weeks. She also has to take antibiotics for the next ten days. While I
am relieved that it could have been much worse, but gave her a lecture to be
careful in the future. I also told her not to scratch at the staple lest I have
to put a cone on her, something I know she would NOT like at all. She seems to
have paid attention; I haven’t seen any sign of her scratching at it yet.
I left the fair shortly after getting the messages and
calling the kennel back. My sister had picked her up and brought her home. When
I got home she seemed fine, eating all of her supper and being as energetic on
her walks as always.
I need to go grocery shopping today and among the items I
will have to buy will be some roast beef from the deli. The best way to get her
to take pills seems to be to wrap the pill in a slice of roast beef. This
morning I tried to hide the pill in a small piece of my breakfast omelet. She
separated the pill and spit it out on the floor. I then tried cheese. Same
results. Then I remembered a small piece of leftover pork tenderloin in my
refrigerator. I poked a small pocket into the meat with a knife and hid the
pill there. That worked. Someone suggested using peanut butter, which I may
try.
Staple behind her left eye |
I spoke with the vet on Friday, who told me that Olive was
just a sweetheart during the whole ordeal. She cautioned that while it would be
OK to leave Olive at daycare during the next two weeks she should not do any
rough playing with other dogs. As such, she will not be allowed to play with
the other dogs when I bring her in Saturday. She won’t like that. I can and
will pay a bit extra for some individual play time with a human and an
individual walk. The staple comes out October 4.
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While at the craft area of the fair I spotted a display of
Holiday ornaments that included a border collie tree ornament. Last year I
bought a small porcelain border collie that was just the right size for my
nativity creche. This year I will be adding a border collie to my Holiday tree.
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I thought this cartoon was cute, and would appeal to both
wine lovers and border collie (or is it bordeaux collie?) people.
Poor baby. Did you take the photo?
ReplyDeleteActually, my sister took that photo when she got Olive home, then sent it to me as part of a text message while I was still at the Big E. I thought it a good photo so I used it in the blog.
DeleteBe assured that the poor baby is getting lots of TLC.