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Gavin’s recovery day 2
When The Curmudgeon got up, I went to bed trusting him to keep an eye on Gavin. According to him, Gavin spent most of the day sleeping. This is a good thing. He did keep Gavin and Patty separated all day since he didn’t think he could manage them if she got too peppy and wanted to play with Gavin.
It turns out she was happy to have her Daddy to herself each time she was out of her crate and made no moves to pester Gavin through the crate door at all.
Once I finally woke up, The Curmudgeon was already down for his nap. They did tire him out today and since Gavin was so good about his ear, he trusted him to leave it alone. Something I wouldn’t have done. Yes, I did scold him a tad.
I decided to give the dogs a chance to be together. Gavin was out of his crate and I let Patty join him. She gave his ear a couple of good sniffing and then left him alone. She didn’t try to engage him in play so I’m guessing she knew he wasn’t up for it.
If all continues to go well, Gavin should have his stitches out on the 23rd. Patty will be happy since I’m sure it is taking all her best behavior to keep from teasing him into playing with her.
No food after 7… Oh, he’s going to scream!
You try sleeping in this thing!
At eight this morning, Gavin goes to the vet to get the hematoma on his ear repaired. Instructions are no food after seven P.M. Monday night, no water after ten.
Gavin won’t be a happy camper when his breakfast doesn’t hit his dish. (Digging out my ear plugs.) He’s a screamer when he misses a meal.
The vet’s office always tells us no food until the next day but they don’t have to live with him. He’ll eat because we won’t be able to stand the screaming high pitched scoldy barking.
If I remember right, he’ll also be wearing the collar of shame (see picture above) for however long it stays in one piece. Last time it was a whole day. Wish us luck!
Parrot dogs…a new breed? LOL!
I have to laugh at these two, they will lie down in their crates but only Patty will go to sleep before the towels are dropped down. Gavin will NOT sleep unless he’s covered. He’s done this since he was 8 weeks old. If we forget to drop his towel down over the door he’ll bark at us.
This happens twice a day here. Once every afternoon when he says it is nap time and later when he wants to go to bed for the night.
Drop the towel and he’s snoring in minutes. I love my parrot dogs.
I knew it was coming but…
I’ve had a kitchen faucet and sprayer on my Amazon wish list for quite a while. I finally had to order it last night. Our present one had a minor leakage problem that suddenly got worse.
I wasn’t ready to buy the faucet. We had a few other things we planned to buy first. However, this constant switching of priority repairs seems normal for around here. I’m just glad I had one all picked out and I don’t have to scramble to find exactly what I want.
Once you buy a house, there’s never an end to spending money to keep it in good repair.
Now the top priority, which was porch repairs, is second on the list. It will have to wait a while longer.
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