Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Summer has swept by us and left us many warm early fall days. Reports from people who should know assure me winter is on the way and will be a doozey. With leaves on the trees and green grass still under foot the idea of a snow day is appealing. Before we get to snow days there are pickles to make, dogs to show and hay to finish getting in.

On the rescue pup scene I had kennel cough hit my kennel. It has delayed the departure of momma dog to her new home and one of the pups. Currently there are 3 pups and momma still here. I am beginning to wonder if they wille ver leave. The two boy pups are spoken for and in an unexpected turn of events, the only female Yahtzee still waiting for the perfect match. She is a doll and thinks she will grow up to be queen. Despite the temptation to keep her for myself the part of "queen" is already being played by Tilly.

Iris woke me up last night. She was blazing hot and miserable. I took her temp and it was over 105 (normal is 101.5) I gave her some rymadyl and waited half an hour. Her temp continued to creep up. Another half an hour and still creeping up, now at 105.8. As a last measure before I called the vet at 5:30 AM I gave her some antibiotics and began to ice her. Iris who is a hot house flower was sleeping on a ice bag with another ice pack tucked into her flank. Half an hour later it dropped to 105.2 and hour later it finally broke and started to drop. By 9 AM she was at 102.6. With 3 hours of sleep behind me I had her at the vet at noon. Iris presented normal in every respect. She is exhausted but seems fine. WEIRD! I will be watching her like a hawk.

Tonight Carol called so we could discuss ordering an extra dog. I forgot how much fun it was to be in the phone picking out dogs we like. As we hung up her next call was to the haul coordinator. My last words were "God Speed" calling that haul coordinator is dangerous. She has a way of taking us from 2 dogs to 6 and then to 10. Good luck Carol!!