Good Friends Make Good Suggestions!

 Good Friends Make Good Suggestions!

 

Spent a couple of hours at P.E.T.S. Clinic this morning so my dogs could get prescription Bravecto for fleas and ticks. Got home and gave them the pills to chew up—success! Anyway, certainly appreciate my friend Judie Brunson for this suggestion because the dogs SAW a vet for an exam, got weighed, and got to go home shortly after seeing the vet. It cost exactly $120 for everything!! In case you think that the ol’ woman is making a big deal out of the cost of meds and office visits, let me just say that a rabies shot with a wellness visit at Colonial for Sylvia cost $73. Someone told me that we could get rabies shots at the city pound for $10 plus the city tag cost. But the lady at P.E.T.S. suggested that we check with them again since Texas now has a new law that the dogs have to see a vet before getting the vaccine! Go figure. Guess when Thompson’s rabies vaccine comes due again, it will be a trip to P.E.T.S. for us.

 

Trips like the one this morning pretty well wipe me out. Came home and called Patty to tell her about the vet and the costs and then started a pot of stew. Just have had about enough sandwiches for one week. The vet suggested some oatmeal soap for Thompson’s rash, but just have no desire to got to TSC or anywhere right this red-hot minute. Put some hotspot ointment on his butt and now he is lying down under my desk while Sylvia is lying behind and to the side of my office chair. The ol’ woman is not going anywhere without their attention. But it was funny that the lady at the office thought that my dogs were so well behaved. Had to tell her that the “sit” command was a lost cause in that atmosphere. She said that her dog only sits for treats! Can guess why! Sylvia may not sit, but she wants ON me whenever she is frightened. She was glued to my leg while the vet examined her.

 

Well, the stew is not bad at all even if the carrots might have been chopped instead of thrown in there whole—they are the little bite-sized carrots used for dipping anyway. Not really in the mood for carrots and dip, so there!

 

Called Western Hills vet’s office to be sure that Thompson was up to date on his rabies shot, and they said he is due for the next one in 2026. Going through the file folder and found the papers for our Chow, Baloo. It seems we used to use Dry Forks (now closed) in Henrietta and Simmons and Harland on Valley View Rd. as well as Colonial and P.E.T.S. Good grief! These dogs have seen just about every vet in the city! Oh well. May try to keep up with the P.E.T.S. paper work as it would be cheaper by a long shot.

 

We had a heavy, misty fog that felt a bit like walking through a sponge this morning. Looks as if this is the last chance for a storm until Wednesday of next week. The heat is definitely on its way! No, summer is not my favorite season because the heat just about does me in. But winter—at least without a greenhouse—is just about as dreary as it comes. Love green and growing things—and birds singing everywhere! Will have to manage to put out a water bowl just for the birds with one of those solar fountains so that it might not boil them alive! The dogs know to put a foot in the bowl first to check for the heat! Smart!

 

Have a book to read with AJ if he comes over today, but his little cousin might not like to sit still to listen. We will see. Until the heat gets ferocious, we can go sit out on the deck and let the hens eat out of their hands. Every child should know where breakfast comes from! Can’t imagine the child that thinks milk comes from a store! Living close to nature is not possible for everyone, but when it is possible, children need to learn how to grow things and how to care for animals. God graces our families with good health and curiosity in our children. Praise His name!

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.