Doggone Day
I unexpectedly left work early today for a canine emergency of sorts, but everything is OK now.
I got a call at work from the fine people at Puppy Play Pen, where Val and I take Walker Evans once a week; the main site is on Delaware Avenue near Hertel Avenue in North Buffalo, but they just opened a new location on Ellicott Street in downtown Buffalo, and I dropped him off just before 8 a.m. It turns out that Waker had a, um, digestive concern, and I had to pick him up. Let's just say today's phrase is "Walker's stool sample."
I called our vets, Brighton-Eggert Animal Clinic, and I almost immediately took over the sample; they analyzed it, discovered the problem and prescribed the necessary medication for Walker, a pill and a half (that's right), seemingly about the size of a golfball. It took three spit-outs before I finally got him to swallow the first pill, and the second, the half-pill, went down a lot easier just before dinner.
So, I got to take Walker on a very long walk around Elmwood Avenue, Bryant Street, Summer Street and a few other places, and did a lot of cleaning and some work. So far, Walker seems to be doing OK.
I got a call at work from the fine people at Puppy Play Pen, where Val and I take Walker Evans once a week; the main site is on Delaware Avenue near Hertel Avenue in North Buffalo, but they just opened a new location on Ellicott Street in downtown Buffalo, and I dropped him off just before 8 a.m. It turns out that Waker had a, um, digestive concern, and I had to pick him up. Let's just say today's phrase is "Walker's stool sample."
I called our vets, Brighton-Eggert Animal Clinic, and I almost immediately took over the sample; they analyzed it, discovered the problem and prescribed the necessary medication for Walker, a pill and a half (that's right), seemingly about the size of a golfball. It took three spit-outs before I finally got him to swallow the first pill, and the second, the half-pill, went down a lot easier just before dinner.
So, I got to take Walker on a very long walk around Elmwood Avenue, Bryant Street, Summer Street and a few other places, and did a lot of cleaning and some work. So far, Walker seems to be doing OK.
posted by Kevin J. Hosey at 5:25 PM
2 Comments:
Aww. Poor guy. I'm glad to hear he's OK. He sounds like a good dog. (OK, I'd probably say that about most dogs, but he really does.)
"Let's just say today's phrase is 'Walker's stool sample.'" Ha; not fun.
Thanks, Kim; yep, Walker is a great pup and he is doing fine now. But he is a bit pissed that he had to leave the Puppy Play Pen (dog day care) and miss a day of fun becasue of his issue.
It wasn't fun having to bring the poop sample home, leave it in the car while I took Walker in the house and called the vet, and finally drove it there like a sample transporter.
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