We had a thunder storm during the day last Thursday and when I got home from work at 4:30, our Yellow Lab, Sam, had dug out from under the gate of the back yard and was not to be found. He is utterly terrified of thunder, but has never dug out before. Usually he just gets really jumpy and stays in his dog house. No sign of him on Friday either. He got out one other time a few months ago, but came back on his own. On Saturday morning when we left to do some shopping in town, we put up two signs, one was a mile from our house and the other was about a half mile the other direction. We arrived home about 4:30 PM and there was a message on the anwering machine from a lady that said she had picked up a large male Lab on Thursday afternoon as she was coming home from work. She said he appeared to be pretty scared. (He is a very gentle, mellow dog.) Someone stopped to help her lift him into her truck and she took him home with her, keeping him in her garage. She took him with her to work the next day as she has two dogs of her own and couldn't keep him. (She works at a vet clinic in the next county.) After work on Friday she took him to the Humane Society. It was after they had closed for the week end that we found out about all of this. Ed stopped in at the Humane Society today, after work and it was our Sam! After posting bail for him, they let him have him. He was glad to be home and we were sure glad to have him back!
A couple of weeks before this incident we had to put our Chow, Penny to sleep. She just stopped eating, and would drool constantly. She wanted to eat, but if fed a teaspoon of broth, (at the vets recommendation) she would almost immediatly throw up. We tried everything the vet suggested, and were giving her meds from the vet. But she couldn't keep anything down, yet she was mostly bright eyed and was eager to be petted and loved on. I took her to the vets on Wednesday and we did what the vet suggested to treat her. But it wasn't working. She couldn't even keep water down. I took her back to vet on Friday morning and she rehydrated her and gave her more meds, for nausea, antibiotics, and I don't remember what else, also additional examinations. I took her home and we followed vets advice. I took her back on Monday and she had lost 5 pounds. I left her for the vet to try whatever she thought was best. But nothing was working. On Thurday morning I went back and we put her to sleep. The vet suspected stomach cancer, but wasn't sure. Enough of her blood work came back normal to puzzle the vet. I gave the vet permission to do an exam after her death, and she called me at home to tell me that Penny had advanced stomach cancer. It came on her rather suddenly. A month before this she was her usual happy, eager self. She was only 8 years old.
During all this going on with Penny, I went to the local clinic to have a mole checked out and they refered me to a dermatologist in Bloomtown. After a biopsy, I had a Basil Cell Carcinoma removed from my head. It was in the hairline, at the top of my forehead. It stood up from my scalp and I would hit it with a hairbrush or whatever and it would bleed. One of the little boys I take care of bumped it and made it bleed, so I just thought it was time to get it checked out. So now it has been removed. The Dr. said she got it all, even the roots, and it shouldn't come back. I am happy about that, to be sure! Thank you, Lord!
We purchased some railroad ties to use around my garden, and I can hardly wait for some warm weather so I can scratch up the garden! I want to try Lasagna Gardening. We have lots of stuff to add to the ground to make a rich planting bed. But it is way too wet to do anything with! I have onions to plant!! among other things!
Here are a couple of photos of our new babies. 
They will be a week old on Friday.
They will be a week old on Friday.
This one of Sam was taken several years ago, he is 12 years old now.
The horses had their feet trimmed for the third time by the new Barefoot Trimmer and I'm liking his work more all the time. Their feet will take some time to get 'right' again, but there is already improvement. he is prompt, and gets done in a reasonable amount of time. The last guy would take 3-5 hours to trim three horses!! EEEK!!
Well, I'm all talked out now, so this will have to do for those of you that are yelling that I need to update, so here it is!
6 comments:
So glad to see a post from you! What an eventful life you have had. I'm so sorry to hear about Penny - poor thing. I can't imagine what it will be like when either Maggie or Allie goes. Happy to hear that you got Sam back - so lucky for you that he was found. Also glad to hear that the mole was fully removed and that things are ok! Now, enough drama - back to normal, you hear?!
Glad to have you back. I nearly called you several times. Glad all is well now. I thought something was going on or wou would have been blogging. So sorry about Penny. It had to have been a hard thing to do and too, the time you took our Whiskers for his final ride in the car. I felt for you then, also.Sorry.
Your post seems to be interesting..:)
It would be great to educate people and explain that breeding isn't for everyone. Because of the excessive amounts of breeding 93% of the 100,000 horses being slaughtered every year are perfectly healthy, but the truth is the United States is over populated with Equine animals.
Yes, you are right. You haven't been on here for a long time! Shame! Any way, glad to hear from you. Life is not dull as you well know. Did you take Whiskers for his final car ride? I don't remember it that way, I thought we left him at the farm.
Hey Ladybug I was wondering where you had flown to, So glad you are back. I know the feeling well, we had to have a cat put to sleep after injesting anti freeze, its a hard thing to do. I discovered my neon fish belly up this morning, we had him 4 1/2 years and I guess he was an old man. I dont know the life expectancy of a neon but its still sad. No more Dr. visits either, plant something and watch it grow and bloom. I cant wait until I see something green for a change. This has been a long winter.
Sorry about Penny. Glad that you found Sam in time, to bail him out! Scary about your mole, glad the doctor got it all. I was trying to think how the saying goes about if there wasn't bad times that we wouldn't appreciate the good times as much. It just seems like life comes at you too fast sometimes, though! Anyway, I love you and hope your garden does great this year.
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