The barn kittens are as cute as ever. We finally settled on names for both of them. The darker female will be Ave (AH-vay), and the flame point male will be Simon. They both have an appointment in two weeks to get antibiotics for their respiratory yuck. Ave looks better, but Simon has a snotty nose. They will receive their rabies vaccinations at the same time, as long as they'll be at the vet clinic anyway.
After years of various delays, today we fenced in part of the yard. The dogs can now safely run and play without worrying about them wandering off. I'm so excited for this! Toby has long been relegated to life on a tie out because his recall is virtually non-existant when he decides something else is more interesting. Now he can run and play and we can play fetch again! I'm sure he will enjoy the added freedom even more than we enjoy not having to stop him at the door to attach the cable. The barn kittens are as cute as ever. We finally settled on names for both of them. The darker female will be Ave (AH-vay), and the flame point male will be Simon. They both have an appointment in two weeks to get antibiotics for their respiratory yuck. Ave looks better, but Simon has a snotty nose. They will receive their rabies vaccinations at the same time, as long as they'll be at the vet clinic anyway. Miss Arya will also be heading to the vet in a couple weeks to recheck her leg. She started limping on it over the summer and over time got more and more lame. When I came back from my summer away, I brought her to the vet. She was diagnosed with both Lyme's disease and Ehrlichiosis (insert reminder here to use monthly flea and tick prevention for any pet that goes outdoors in the summer where ticks are present). She was given five days of pain meds, and a months worth of two other antibiotics - to be given one for two weeks and the other for the two weeks following. The pain meds saw her use her leg again, but when those were done, she got even worse. She now doesn't use the leg at all, her shoulder sags, and it looks like the muscle in her shoulder is completely gone. I worry that a follow up exam will see us facing an amputation. Big dogs don't do as well with three legs, especially front legs. She still manages to go up and down the stairs, she's just a lot slower. I worry that her joints will wear out much faster on three legs, and we'll have to deal with not only an expensive surgery, but ongoing issues with joint pain, arthritis, and mobility. We will see how things go. Perhaps I'm just pre-worrying too much.
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