Straydog UPDATE posted SUNDAY 3/23/03 at ~9:00 p.m. CT

Pat Arnold's Daily Dog Log

SUNDAY MARCH 23 2003

A nice, quiet, routine day today

      This has been a rather calm, quiet day. No emergencies have come up with the dogs here, and I didn't go anywhere, so no more dogs or pups have been found. Even the weather has been perfect--70 degrees and sunny with light winds.

Lots of vet stuff to do tomorrow

      Tomorrow I'll go to the clinic to see how Leo is. We took him to see the doctor last Friday because of vomiting and not eating. The doctor wanted to keep a watch on him this weekend, and now, hopefully the doctor will know what the problem may have been.

      And we have to take a few other dogs in for various reasons, and I'll probably be able to bring new arrival, Nikki, home. Her kennel is all ready for her.

      I think the list of those going to (and/or coming from) the clinic (plus medicines to pick up) is as follows:

(1) Misty: Take for allergy injection

(2) Puppies Tina and Terry: Take for second puppy vaccinations

(3) Kimberly (new arrival pup): Treatment for mange and pickup meds

(4) Katie: Get heart medication for her

(5) Champ: Get his special food

(6) Duke: Find out results of the test on his stool sample I took to clinic on Friday

(7) Julie: Take both of her two types of insulin for Dr. Morton to mix

(8) Nikki: New arrival Pit Bull, just spayed. Can she come home?

(9) Leo: How is he and can he come home?

      Maybe if I print out this list, I won't forget anything or anybody tomorrow!

New mother dog, Rosie, and her eight little puppies are doing beautifully

      Black Lab, Rosie, is a wonderful mother. She takes great care of her babies and being a young mother she loves to play with their little puppy toys too.

      Her children are about five weeks old now. The three girls, Tiffany, Gizmo, and Star, along with Rosie's sons, Pebbles, Benny, Rudy, Ricky and Rex, are growing fast!

Fence-board used to give Rosie a break

      In order to give Mother Rosie a much needed break from her lively litter following her around all day long, we've rigged up a sliding, one-foot-tall "fence board" to separate one half of Rosie's kennel from the other half, which when "closed" divides the kennel in two to give Rosie a little time to herself. If she chooses to jump the low board to rest in the separated area, away from the kids, she has the option to do so. She can easily jump back again, whenever she wants. With the kids being too little to jump, or climb over, Rosie can snooze in peace while her little ones tussle around on "their half" of the kennel. In the evening we take away the fence-board making the kennel one big area again.