Such a bittersweet day. My dear friend and most favorite veterinarian in the whole wide world Dr. Mario is leaving his practice and today was my last drive out to his office. I’ve made this drive a gazillion times over the last eight years. I could do it with my eyes closed! He is the most amazingly kind and professional vet I’ve ever worked with. I know he will be truly missed!
Today, Breezy, Tina, and Oops came along for the ride. Each came for their own special session with Doc. Oops came for his final set of puppy vaccines – He is going home next week! Perfect bill of health and sweet as ever to everyone in the office!
Breezy and Tino both required a bit more attention for their individual treatments – Like blood-work, a tad bit of shaving a bare spot and then sedation…
Breezy is finally getting her extremely long nails taken care of. It requires her to be sedated and the nails to be cut and then cauterized. She was the perfect patient and everything went perfectly! I am sure things will be much more comfortable for her now, specifically when she runs. This is one of the main reasons she has struggled in the show ring. The mat and concrete surfaces of the show sites are just too difficult for her with such long nails. They look beautiful now!!!
And Tino has some retained puppy teeth. This is actually quite typical for this line – The canines on the top and bottom always seem to take their own sweet time or they simply get stuck. He was such a trooper getting a total of 8 puppy teeth pulled but at the same time a typical male. After they drew blood, the girls wrapped his leg with tape. Pretty typical stuff right? Well, you would think they had cut it off and then seen it back on the way he was holding it up. Then it took him three times as long as Breezy to come to. He milked it the entire time! Such a boy!!
