Bobby has rotten teeth and a heart murmur. I have antibiotics for the first, some pills to help him breath easier (apparent sometimes the blood flows into the lungs in such case) and a trial set of heart pills.

We'll see how it goes. I'll give him his first set of pills with dinner tonight.

Well Bobby's still alive. He seems slightly better this morning ( Read more... )

My dog Bobby seems sick, and I suspect he's dying. He's off his food, walking seems a struggle, and he's very warm and shakes. Also at time he lets out a scream, even though nothing appears to be wrong. He's a 16-18 year old Long haired Jack Russell and has a cataract in one eye, and another developing. If he's alive in the morning I will take ( Read more... )

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Tried to take the dogs for a bush walk. Cunning Theo wouldn't come out the back because it was wet and looked out the window of the studio to see what we were doing. I went back and collected him, and we eventually got going, and Xena followed us up a track for a bit ( Read more... )

If I had doubts about having the dogs groomed, I no longer do.


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I both both doggos booked in for Wednesday. Some friends have suggested that I could just do all this myself, but after last night's experience of trying to bathe Theo, maybe not. I sat him down in a warm bath (with low level) at one end and me at another. After a while the dags sort of went liquidy and he was clean, but I found LOTS of fleas over ( Read more... )

...was a bit slow and unwieldy, since Theo and Bobby have different walking paces. I walked them down a bush track and back up a gravel road like I usually do with Bobby on a Sunday. Fed the cats before we left and Gabby kept her distance, and though Xena was weary, she tucked into her food regardless. Good signs if she doesn't see Theo as a threat ( Read more... )

Theo the 8 year old Maltese is arriving tonight. His owner's just gone into hospice and her niece is driving him up Sydney, and may even bring his "manual". He's an intelligent animal and knows quite a few commands. I've been told he knows cats, tends to be dominant and has a real personality ( Read more... )