Last Friday I was out for a walk with Olive when I noticed
her limping. A closer look revealed that she had broken a dew claw again and
was bleeding. I got her home by the most direct route and called the vet. It
was late in the day, but the vet staff agreed to look at her leg. Fortunately,
all she needed was to have the nail trimmed and bandaged. I was not charged
nearly as much as I feared. The wound healed well over the weekend, but I
thought it interesting that her bandage made her look as if she was wearing red
and white striped socks.
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| Don't you just love socks with stripes? |
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We seem to be making some progress with Olive’s training.
When we play Frisbee in the back without a leash she has always tended to stay
in the area behind my house, though occasionally she will see one of the
neighbors (or their kids) and run over looking for someone different to play
with. The last few times that has happened I yelled for her to “get back here:”,
and she obeyed. Well, that’s some progress.
Little by little she seems to be learning the names of her
toys. Her “squeaky” is a small rubber dog that squeaks. Her “dragon” is a green
plush dragon toy, also with a squeak. Both were given to Olive in December by
neighbors. Her “ball”, “big ball”, and “Kong” have long been among her favorite
toys. She also was given a squeaky plush monkey by some neighbors, but I only
let her play with that when I am around, as it was made to be a kid’s toy
rather than a dog toy. Seeing my cousin’s dog tear apart a similar toy, and a
warning that small children should not play with it unsupervised, made me leery
of letting Olive playing with it unsupervised.
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With all the talk in the news about building a border wall,
I finally found a proposed border wall I could support.
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| Now this is a border (collie) wall I can support! |
