Final jabs

Rodders and I went off to the vet, he had been a bundle of energy and was still squirming as I carried him out to the car. Once in the car crate I gave him a puppy treat and he seemed OK. He gave the odd whinge but settled very quickly.

By the time I had got to Great Road he was quiet. Then a minor disaster, the police had closed the road ahead and we had to turn around and go back to Queensway, down to Lower Adeyfield Road and on to Midland Road that way. Luckily we were not late.

We walked in and there was a lady with a King Charles, Rodders wasn't interested at all. After we booked in he sat on my knee very happily ignoring it! Well it had snubbed it's nose at him. Waddya mean it will always look like that? Poor thing!

We got called in and it was a different vet to last time. Rodders went down on to the examination table and just sat there as we were talking. She seemed a bit concerned about how nervous he was and was asking questions about the litter. As we were talking and I was fussing him she could see that he was beginning to relax so she got him a treat. He sniffed it for a minute and played with it a bit. She then moved him to the scales and he has put on almost half a kilo. Anyone know what that is in real money? Once he was back with me he hastily ate the treat and then spotted another one and made a dive for that, looking very pleased with himself. He is still too little for his chip though so we will need to come back for that.

I fussed his head and ears as she gave him his injection, he didn't even flinch. What a little star he is :-) Smug? Me? You bet!

We talked about how often he eats and she was fine with him having 3 larger meals to compensate for him not being interested in food after he collapses at night and we talked about how brilliant he is at night but how bad he is during the day if he is left. She did ask if he has to be shut in his crate when I leave during the day, maybe need to think about that. Puppy play pen? Possibly! We also talked about how much he drinks now and that I didn't have to use the powders they gave me. Wetter food worked and now he is drinking I am making it a bit dryer.

She then examined him and we still seem to have a missing testicle, so getting him done seems more likely :-( We then went on to discuss flea and worm treatment. She has given me 4 doses for the size he is now but we may need to pop back in for a nurse appointment before the last dose as it will probably not be enough for him. We can also check then if he is big enough for his chip.

When we came out there was an 8 week old Golden Lab puppy in the waiting room, it was bigger than Rodders! And very cute :-) Then from the other examination room came a big Lab Cross with an older lady and gentlemen. Both the lady and the Lab X had been in the wars :-( She got pulled over and cracked a few ribs when he got attacked by a Pit Bull Type dog that was bigger than him a week ago and has some very nasty wounds on his neck. They obviously had to operate as he has shaved patches on his two front legs. I didn't ask if the other dog was put down but it was beaten off by a policeman with a truncheon. This all happened up near the little Tesco's so we won't be walking up there!

And then a man on crutches came in with a child to pick up some dog food, and a lady with 3 cat's in baskets (you get 10% discount for 3 apparently!), and another lady with a single cat. I was trying to juggle Rodders and sort out payment for the Flea & Worm treatment so one of the staff took Rodders before I dropped him!

We beat a hasty retreat and left them to the chaos! I put Rodders back in his car crate with another treat. He didn't make a sound on the way home :-)