Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Please don't eat the daisies


Muddles is an incredible loving animal however at any given moment he will run into the bathroom and take off with a roll of toilet paper, do you know how many times toilet paper can be wrapped around a table or another dog? Ribbons don't fare well either. Either way over the past few years/weeks/days I have pulled tacks, needles/pins, jewelry, soap, CD's, socks and a multitude of other not so savory items from his mouth, I have always told him he can eat whats alive, which he also seems to do on a regular basis, mice, moles, chipmunks, squirrels, rabbits and such.
Dave and I sat outside watching the dogs enjoy the last few days of summer. Muddles came running past me, laughing as he always does taunting the others. I had just commented to Dave I had lost all of the blooms off of my daisies and laughed it off that the dogs must have eaten them and then remembered the yellow jacket nest nearby. Muddles stopped mid run and looked up at me before continuing his reign of terror. His jaw looked funny, sort of thick. I felt it and it did like a big piece of Salami, I never noticed that before, he didn't seem to be bothered by me pulling on his mouth so it must be OK.
Later that night at as everyone started to make their way in from outside we noticed Muddles His face had nearly tripled in size. His eyes were just tiny slits. All I could think was Weekend night-check, after five-check call emergency vet-big check. Luckily as always Eastgate Emergency was on the phone listening to my description of events, Dr. Jen diagnosed a bee bite right away. Take two Benydral and call me in the morning or even later tonight if it doesn't get better or you still want to come in, I will meet you there right away. I took off his collar and felt bad he looked like a big balloon head on a small body, I was really worried and stayed up most of the night with him in my arms.
By morning the swelling was down and Muddles was himself again but whenever he passes the flowers now its at a fairly wide berth, who says you cant teach old dogs new tricks.

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Politics and Fido

...a Latin name meaning "I am faithful." As such it is a terrific name for the average protective and loyal family dog. However, it gets its popularity from a celebrity tie-in. Apparently, Abraham Lincoln, a largely self-educated but very erudite man, named his dog Fido. Americans followed suit in droves, putting the dog name Fido firmly in the top 20 names. Lincoln’s choice of Fido for his dog’s name was perfectly logical. Fido is the Latin for faithful, which when dealing with any pet dog is entirely appropriate