Hot and muggy to start the week, beautiful cool fall wweather for weekend! Snoopy beginning to walk on all 4s ... Corey has hotspot from sandspurs ... groom all dogs ... Banshee loves it!... visit Sally... little Mattie shows up, briefly! ... DB in fine spirits all week ... a pretty good week, at least I now have some hope Snoopy will recover ... its just so slow and awkward for her ...
Don't forget, the feast of St Francis is October 4 ...
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men. ~St. Francis of Assisi
Monday September 26: Damp and muggy
Morning run for DB,Banshee and Corey ... very damp out, husband walks Snoopy ... lots of sandspurs popping up after rain last night ... neighbor (across road) big white cat sitting out by road, staring at my dogs, who, to do them credit, just stare back ... return to kennels, feed and kennel. Go to work. Return late, its hot and muggy DB greets me at gate, then Banshee ... then Corey ... husband had had them in kennels after a walk, thought I'd be home a half hour ago ... then heard Corey barking ... back to trailer, change, fix food, then out for late evening run (almost dark), Snoopy walks with husband, hasnt pooped today. Feed and kennel, rub comfrey oil on Snoopy's leg
Tuesday September 27: Hot weather continues, groom all, Snoopy practices with muzzle
Damp muggy morning ... husband takes Snoopy on leash, I take the others on morning run, feed and kennel. Snoopy still hasnt pooped. She also doesnt want to eat (her good stuff) so spoon feed her. Seems like her leg is hurting, rub with comfrey oil. Go to work, hot today, in 90's, with showers popping up ... husband reports all dogs are snoozing most of day ... return home, not raining here, dogs in crates in shed (husband had been wiorking on computers). Fix food, then go out and groom everybody ... Corey all excited, but manage to get him halfway decent, Banshee loves being groomed, would stand there for hours ... clip DB's nails, her skin is very sensitive tonight, she shivers when I brush her ... poor Snoopy cant get on table, so brush her on floor, then practice with the basket muzzle, she will now eat treats out of it and I can even pull the strap behind her ears... husband takes her on leash for evening walk (she finally poops!), and, she WALKS on all fours, for several steps ... and then again ... I am beginning to be hopeful that her ACL will heal, without surgery ... prayers continue... I know it seems so slow, but it hasnt even been 3 weeks yet since the injury ... I take others for evening run ... nice breeze, feels like may rain any moment ... get food, feed and kennel.
Wednesday September 28: Smoopy walking on all 4s ... a little
Still hot and muggy ... foggy morning ... husband takes Snoopy on leash, I take others for run, Snoopy hopping, feed and kennel, go to meeting and to work ... return, greeted at gate by... DB. Turns out Corey and Banshee are in trailer, Snoopy in shed, husband had been in shed with all dogs then had to go to trailer so let the 3 out, 2 went in with him, DB spotted me arriving and ran to gate. Fix food, then husband gets Snoopy on leash, I start mowing, come back up hill, Snoopy is walking on all 4 legs, sloowly ... I ride mower up ro her, she steps up for treat ... holds position well, legs extended ... pet her awhile, then go off with the others, husband and Snoopy go inside to wait for us (Snoopy did poop today. I think perhaps the arthritis herbs were constipating?) Pick up food, to kennels, watch Snoopy, again walking on all 4s... then starts limping... feed and kennel, rub comfrey oil on leg
Thursday September 29: Sandspurs ...
Still hot, in 90's, but supposedly fall will blow in this weekend ... morning run per our new 'routine', return to kennels, feed and kennel, go to work ... return, greeted at gate by DB ... Corey, Snoopy and Banshee inside shed with husband ... let Corey and Banshee out with me and DB, go to trailer, change, fix food, then mow, trying to get the darn sandspurs, am coming back up hill, there is husband at 2d bench (in front of trailer) with Snoopy, she is walking on all 4s, slowly ... comes to mower, puts her front paws up and stands on rear legs good girl! Pet her for awhile til the other dogs all come rushing back over, so mow some more ... the sandspurs are AWFUL this year ... back to kennels, husband has brought food, feed and kennel
Friday September 30: Visit SAlly
Morning run, had to wait for husband to return from town so he could walk Snoopy ... still warm and muggy, DB and Banshee digging for a mole over by the woods ... Corey sitting at the fence, staring intently across the road at neighbor's big white cat ... back to kennels, husband has walked Snoopy (she pooped) , feed, kennel, put enzymes in Corey's ear, comfrey on Snoopy. Go to work and food bank ... visit Sally, take paperwork for pet training to her mom, who has both crates set up now, though Sally is still not totally enamoured of her crate, this gives her a break from Lola (the little hyper Boston... when its just Sally and Sasha (the older bulldog) Sally is quiet, the minute Lola starts in on her she starts jumping up etc, hopefully separating them a bit more will quiet things down ... Take Sally down the street for a walk to watch cars, she walks very well on leash, is somewhat intimidated by the cars. Sit and wath cars for awhile. Then back to work, and to chiro, on way home stop by party to kick off the County Shelter and Rehab 'walk a dog' event... home pretty late, almost nightfall, greeted at gate by DB, Banshee, Corey, Snoopy kenneled already (husband says she was limping) ... go in trailer, fix food, back to kennels, feed and kennel, rub comfrey on Snoopys leg
Saturday October 1: Beautiful cool weather, Snoopy goes to rehab
Substantially cooler! In 40's last night, beautiful crisp clear morning ... 3 dogs burst out of pens, running in delight, husband walks Snoopy ... oh, I feel so sad for Snoopy, to go through that awful hot summer and not be able to run in the fall ... but I know she has to continue slow steady progress to recover ... feed and kennel, then take Snoopy to rehab , she's settling in nicely, lets the nice young assistant walk her through some exercises, lets vet and assistant pet her, perks up happily at the sight of 'her' brown swim harness and has a nice long time in hydrotherapy, and, lets assistant dry her off! Its only been 3 weeks since her accident, they say after 6 weeks you can tell if its healing on its own ... it'll be 6 months before she may be able to run again ... leave rehab, stop by and get some energy work from my chiro, then return home, met at gate by DB, Banshee and Corey inside with husband ... kennel DB, then let Snoopy disembark and kennel her, then inside, notice Corey licking his left leg, oh yuk, sandspurs, and he's licked an area raw (last year he did this on top of his foot where sandspurs lodged) spray 'hot spot' spray on it ... fix husbands lunch, then let DB out and take the 3 for run while husband puts Snoopy on leash and walks her to slab (where he and workers are working on building) mow a bit, then take all 4 dogs inside while fix food for church member whose father passed away, husband comes in, work finished, load all dogs in van, drop off food and go to store. Return, put Snoopy inside with husband, take others on evening run, back to trailer, get food, husband and Snoopy, feed and kennel
Sunday October 2: Corey has hotspot from sandspurs, Maggie returns
Beautiful fall weather continues ... very cool last night, down to low 40's... morning run (and walk for Snoopy), feed and kennel, go to church. Husband has workers out here today, working on building ... return from church, dogs are kenneled. Change clothes, let 3 out, leash Snoopy, walk her to go potty, then rekennel her, take others for run and attempt to mow sandspurs ... have GOT to get rid of them, Corey now has a hot spot inside his rear leg where he gnawed out some sandspurs caught in his feathers (spray with hot spot spray) .... and, back at trailer for a break, little Mattie shows up! Hooray! play with her awhile, she looks OK, eye still bad, , then go get Snoopy, bring her inside with Corey and Banshee, DB in crate. Do wash, fix lunch for husband and workers. Husband takes Snoopy back to kennel, then mow for an hour, workers leave, husband brings Snoopy inside for nap. Take others out for evening run and mowing, getting dark, back to trailer, pick up food, husband and Snoopy, feed and kennel.
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