Hello everyone. It\u2019s the weekend so it\u2019s Aristotle here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don\u2019t mean to alarm you, but I seem to be living with a drug addict. Alfie didn\u2019t have an x-ray yesterday. The vet took his leg and neck through their range of movement and concluded that this is more about pressure on the nerves than about damaged joints. She would give him gabapentin, but we\u2019d all be moving out if she did. When he tried it years ago he had a complete personality change within 24 hours! Anyway, he had a dose of ketamine which can, apparently, help to reset the pain threshold. He stayed at the vets to rest for the morning and then came home to sleep it off here. Now he\u2019s on tramadol and diazepam as well as his usual painkiller and his thyroid medication so he\u2019s one sleepy spaced out dog! He has to go back to the vet on Tuesday to see how things are. By that stage I\u2019m expecting to find him cross-legged and smoking a joint. I wonder what the law says about dogs smoking drugs and whether it would be legal for me to go to get them for him. I strongly suspect our Mistress would have something to say if I were to go down that route, but it\u2019s almost worth doing just to see her face!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilma\u2019s upset stomach is improving very slowly. We\u2019re all guessing she managed to find some of the rancid fish that someone has tipped on the airfield where we walk normally. Our Mistress was really careful about where we went, but it\u2019s easier said than done when things can be moved by wildlife. I can honestly say I don\u2019t share Wilma\u2019s desire to see what everything in the world tastes like. I suppose I\u2019ve already had my share of upset stomachs that make you see sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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