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billroperRuby the Dog has been having a bit of trouble peeing in the last day or so and Gretchen felt she was lethargic (which I didn't necessarily agree with), but she definitely wasn't eating her kibble (obvious from the contents of her bowl), so we wanted to take her to the vet today. Sadly, our usual vet was all booked up and we really didn't want to wait a week to get her in to be seen, because the peeing problem was concerning, so we ended up taking her to another local vet.
They did a very thorough (and expensive) set of tests and exams and determined that she had some inflammation in her empty intestinal tract and bladder. Ruby came home with me with antibiotics tonight and seemed not at all lethargic about wanting to leave the vet's office.
She was happily eating and drinking tonight, which is very encouraging, and spent a bit of time running around the yard. Not too long, though, because it is bitterly cold up here.
Along with the cold, we got about two inches of snow, which is far less than the one foot Snowmageddon that was in the forecast earlier in the week. Happily, the storm hurried past our area and has gone to dump on someone else.
But the result of all of this was that Gretchen (who had not planned to go out at all today) got to play dog ambulance in the snow. After we got home from picking up Ruby, I went out in my car and collected some more food from Jewel and a new prescription from Walgreens.
Given the cold, that was quite enough.
They did a very thorough (and expensive) set of tests and exams and determined that she had some inflammation in her empty intestinal tract and bladder. Ruby came home with me with antibiotics tonight and seemed not at all lethargic about wanting to leave the vet's office.
She was happily eating and drinking tonight, which is very encouraging, and spent a bit of time running around the yard. Not too long, though, because it is bitterly cold up here.
Along with the cold, we got about two inches of snow, which is far less than the one foot Snowmageddon that was in the forecast earlier in the week. Happily, the storm hurried past our area and has gone to dump on someone else.
But the result of all of this was that Gretchen (who had not planned to go out at all today) got to play dog ambulance in the snow. After we got home from picking up Ruby, I went out in my car and collected some more food from Jewel and a new prescription from Walgreens.
Given the cold, that was quite enough.