I sat everyone down to take a group of photos for my Rottweiler Christmas card this year and wound up with so many good pictures I had trouble selecting one to use. So I printed up two of the and gave Bessie a nurses hat to wear since she has been acting like my nursemaid for a few months.
I don't know about anyone else but the most frustrating thing about toys for my Rottweilers is how easy it is for them to lose them in the house. They always seem to role underneath the furniture. So I had a brilliant idea one day to get a dog leash and tie two round balls together like a bolo. Kong makes the best and toughest dog toys and several of their balls come with holes thru them so it is very easy to put a dog leash thru it after removing the metal clip at the end which isn't needed anyway. Check out the photos. Bess loves to swing the toy around her head and get herself wrapped up in the leash.
Took Bessie to Noah's Ark Animal Clinic a few days ago. The plan was to have her toenails trimmed but then after some rough playing last Sunday she began limping badly on her right-rear leg. After giving her a thorough checkup Dr. Katie Scarlett Black discovered Bess has torn her anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee. So after two years of carefully nursing her partly torn ACL in her left leg back to health with Glucosamine Chondroitin, Gabapentin and conservative pain management, one brief moment of rough play forces us to start all over again. Started a new search for affordable Rimadyl to add to the household pill collection. To my big surprise I just discovered that Walmart has a web site for just Pet Medicine. In case you didn't know, Rimadyl can't be taken by humans so for that matter it isn't sold in local pharmacies.
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Also, Bessie weighed 119 lbs.
Griffin had a big day.
I got a reminder from Noah's Ark Animal Clinic that Griffin needed a Rabies vaccination before the end of the month and since he also needed a nail trim with anesthesia I took him in early this morning at 10:00am before breakfast. They put him on the scale and he weighed 125.9 lbs.
Well, almost half an hour after the first sedative shot the big stinker fought off the sedative so they gave him a second injection and he still wouldn't go to sleep. So my favorite lady Vet Dr. Black ordered a third shot which finally did the trick and he got his nails trimmed and dremmeled.
This is the second time I have seen one of my Rottweilers fight off the affects of anesthesia. My girl Sassy was like that years ago. Just like Griffin, I got the impression she was determined to stay alert and be able to protect us.
After his exam and vaccinations they gave Griff another shot to wake him up but by this time Griffin was having a lovely snooze and took his sweet time to stand up. With the help of Dr. Black and two of the tech assistants they walked him out to the car expecting to have to lift him into the back. Griff surprised everyone and jumped in all by himself. So three hours after we arrived we headed home.
And then I had a new problem once we got into our driveway. Griff was still wobbly and didn't want to get out of the van. So I brought Bessie out and hooked their leashes together and we sat there for a half hour waiting. By that time I had to drag Griffin out of the van and after a few minutes peeing on the lawn we went inside. And 4 hours after getting home, Griffin is still sound asleep at 8 o'clock. I think he will have a hangover in the morning.
