Shopping and doggy tales

The week started well with just the usual distractions i.e. dog walking, toddler minding, shopping etc. Wednesday was a bit hectic going to the groomers with the puppy. As luck would have it OH came home early so he came with me to collect her, as she travels a lot better in his car in the boot with the dog guard up. No howling and a nice peaceful ride. The groomer is still having trouble clipping her feet and legs but they are shorter this time. Our dog hates all grooming and we have yet to find a brush or comb she will happily accept. She is 7 months now so a lot of her earlier problems have disappeared and she's not as destructive - but still not completely trustable with the toddler's toys! We had a nice walk on the common afterwards and finished up in a local pub for a drink.

Thursday was a great day we went shopping to the Mall as OH is off work now until Monday. Managed to get a new laptop from him for my birthday, as this one has major problems with freezing and the internet keeps shutting down - its old now and well past its best. We also bought a new TV as ours has developed a lighter horizontal piece right across the top of the screen. Also had a phone call to say they are coming to modify our tumble dryer next week as its been classed as likely to catch fire and subject to needing modification. Quite a few have actually caught fire and destroyed homes due the filter in them.

 

Think I am in the last stage now lolol.

Tomorrow is my birthday and although I am looking forward to it (hence the new laptop) I am still apprehensive as 2 bad things have happened to my dogs on this day. The first was many years ago when the kids were young and we came home from a lovely day out shopping to find our collie had developed a head tilt. The vet said it could have been a slight stroke or a blow on the head, we never did discover what the cause was. The second  incident was much more serious. My husband fed the dogs in the garage and went to work, then they came in the house a few minutes later. One was fine no problems but the other looked stoned or drugged. She fell into the wall with first one leg giving way, then each of the other legs giving way in turn. We thought it was a stroke but the vet phoned later to tell us that the opinion of 3 vets at the practice who had all examined her thought it was a poison or drug of some kind. On my birthday! They kept her in for 3 days on a drip as although no vomiting she couldn't eat or drink. She made a full recovery but cost hundreds in vet bills. We wanted to know what had caused it but were told toxicology would have been thousands to find the exact drug. The dog that was not affected would only eat if someone was with him so I can only presume someone had thrown something over the fence into the garden, to try and harm the dogs. I suspected 3 people, a neighbour who had complained about the dogs, an ex whose mother hated me (and swore she would hold it against me forever) as her husband had died from a heart attack when I left her abusive son, and a person I had nothing to do with anymore. So although this was over 10 years ago I am still apprehensive of what tomorrow will bring. Things like this tend to stick in your memory especially as it was on my birthday.  My granddaughter will be 4 tomorrow as she was born on my birthday, so I expect we will go there to give her a present. Her party is on Saturday so will see her then too.

 

My last dog who was my very best friend Scruffy