- Master Prince
So another week has passed and as always, full of events and happenings.
The week started with finding out our spaz, Prince, has injured his knee. Possibly torn ligaments. So he has to be kept calm for two weeks to see if it will heal on its own. Keeping Prince calm is like telling the Tasmanian Devil to sit still. It’s been a week now and he’s still limping often. If it continues for one more week we’ll have to take him back to the vet for x-rays.
Georgia w/Baba
Georgia is still suffering from her skin allergies. Since my last post about her we have changed her food to allergy free-whoopity-doo dog food. I could go get the name of it for you, but it’s in the other room and I’d have to disturb ArtT who is sleeping at my feet. We also giver her regular Benzodine rinses and wash her two to three times a week with an ultra safe all organic shampoo. I’m watching her skin for any sign of flaking or dryness and so far so good. She hasn’t made any new sores and the old scabs are healing nicely. Now if we could just get her to stop itching and her skin to stop stinking…she’d be right as rain!
Calie and ArtT
Then Tuesday night one of our eldest, ArtT, fell a bit ill. Gave me quite a scare. I won’t go into the nastiness, but I sat up with him for about 3 hours one night until he calmed down enough to sleep. He and is sister, Calie are 11.5 years old now. Both are healthy and active, esp. Calie, but both have signs of fatty and cancer tumors. I’ll keep them going as comfortable as possible for as long as possible. He was very mopey and lethargic for about two days and is now back to his old self.
I had a lovely visit with an old co-worker/friend/mentor one morning [Oh it was so nice to get out of the house in the morning and go to a fave coffee shop downtown!]. What I thought would be only an hour or so, ended up being over 2.5 hours! We had such a great time talking about everything. I went an hour + over on my meeter and once again did not get a ticket. I have only had 3 parking tickets in my 7 years in Savannah, and I don’t know how many times I’ve gone over my meeter time. Let’s just say, TONS! I am sooo thankful for my good luck with that.
Leaving the farmer’s market Wednesday, I saw a tourist slam their car into the back of a local tour trolley. It was more of a metallic “smack”. Luckily they were not traveling at high speeds but it did some serious damage to their big white car.
The Bird
I cooked my first Julia Child recipe in honor of the movie “Julie and Julia” [so adorable, check it out sometime]. It was for a yummy, garlic, lemon and herb roasted chicken. I ‘trussed’ my first bird! I was nervous about it all and the whole thing was a little adventure that turned out wonderful. The picture didn’t come out so great, but you can see the finished result. If you’re interested let me know and I’ll send ya the recipe.
Cheers!
We attended a lovely wedding for my husband’s immediate supervisor. It was downtown and on such a lovely day after a week of cold and constant rain and grey. We ended up missing the roller derby bout-but we had to do the right thing and stay at the reception. While there I got to meet a new co-worker of my husband. He and his wife were terrific. They were from Brazil and danced and sang nearly every song. They were such a joy to be with. I look forward to seeing them again.
I had my first full night of sleep in two weeks Saturday night. Ahhh….I cherished it greatly.
I finally found the perfect sweater dress. I had been looking for one for a while now. I have never had the courage to wear one before…I’ve always been to wide in the hips…but I’ve lost a lot of weight this year and want to take full advantage. Now I just need some cold weather…come on, it’s the week of Nov 16th and it’s going to be in the 80’s this week?! Not complaining-don’t get me wrong.
Dairy Farm Trail
Sunday we took ArtT, Calie and Georgia out to a place here in Savannah known as the Dairy Farm. You can see it’s FaceBook page here. It’s a lovely little place and the dogs absolutely love it. We normally take the whole pack, but with Prince’s leg being weak, we decided to leave he and D.O.G. home.
I wrapped up the week by heading over to a friend’s house and doing our evening walking routine. It was a nice change of pace. We still did our 5 miles, but we did it in her neighborhood rather than out at the park downtown. Then once I got home we watched “Up!”, had some popcorn and called it an early night.
One bad thing about this week?…we ate out much too much. It’s just so much easier.
So, our pug has F.A.D. (Flea Allergy Dermatitis). If she gets a few fleas, she goes insane scratching. She also has another undiagnosed skin allergy that gets really stinky and turns her skin dark. She will scratch and lick herself until she has sores. It used to only last two months a year (give or take) but this year has been different. She’s been bad since spring and has numerous constant sores. Yes we take her to the vet, we get pills that kill fleas instantly, (in addition to her regular monthly Advantage doses)we have medicated shampoos, we have steroid sprays, we’ve changed her diet to a grass-fed beef and veggie diet, we’ve tried organic type dog foods, we’ve tried antihistamines and I used vinegar, oatmeal rinses, plain oatmeal watered down and oatmeal shampoos.(Now I know…VERY BAD for her condition) So far nothing has really worked. I no longer use the steroid spray. I used it very sparingly (still have the bottle from last year) but once I saw that the hand I used to rub it in started getting these itchy, red, sometimes painful bumps on my fingertips and palm I decided to no longer use it. I also use the antihistamines as little as possible in order to not let the chemical build-up in her system become to great.
