Straydog UPDATE posted TUESDAY 7/15/03 at ~8:15 p.m. CT

Bill Arnold's Daily Straydog Log

TUESDAY JULY 15 2003

Today's vet-visit report from Shannon

Misty

     Misty received her biweekly allergy shot. As always, she was wonderfully behaved and had no problems.

Rover

     Rover's left ear has a cyst that was lanced in December and again today. Dr. Morton had previously determined it was not a cancerous tumor and would occasionally return. He also got his little toenails clipped while waiting to see the doctor.

Julie

     Julie's glucose curve determined that her insulin level is too high. Her glucose readings (previously erratic and over 300) were very low (around 65), but stable. Julie will now receive less insulin. She will be rechecked in a couple of days.

Also today we had to shave Toby because of skin allergies along with mats

     Toby, who was one of two of Pat's inside dogs (the other one being Little Blackie), prefers to stay outside most of the time. He hates air conditioning and always has tho Pat always made him come inside at night. Since Pat's death Toby has (of his own volition) stayed in his small kennel area just outside the kitchen sliding glass door. (He, of course, along with Blackie get several outings in the big play yard every day.)

     Lately Toby been chewing his skin--actually biting off mats. (Nobody seems to be able to brush the dogs the way Pat always did, tho we're all working on it.) He has also always had a bit of a skin allergy condition, so today we shaved him (except for his head), and he looks like an Australian Poodle, but he's very happy with his new 'do.