Well....we went to the vet.....what an adventure, to say the least....

Well....we went to the vet.....what an adventure, to say the least.....Gawd I hate taking him in. Moj is just a sucky patient, that's all there is to it. How can a dog who is soooo unfraid of new people, unafraid of fireworks, unafraid of so much that 'fearful dogs' are afraid of.....be so frigging scared at the vets office?? The MINUTE they put their hands on him he FREAKS.....eyes wild, and the NOISE......he sounds like we're breaking each and every bone....one by one.....

Charlene didn't even try to get blood, but said she's not a big pusher of having the test up here when a dog has been on Heartguard 6 months every year......that there were only 29 cases of heartworm in Montana last year. She knows me, too, from the horses....and that helps, because she knows I watch all my animals like a hawk.....so with no wierd lumps and bumps, no ear things, and no skin issues.....she just slid in his Rabies when he wasn't looking.....

She had me muzzle him.....Now I have 5 muzzles, and not a one of them fit.....they're all too small.....so she brought one in, I told her that I haven't every found one big enough. She said, 'well, this one just fit a 165 lb Rottie the other day, so I'm sure it'll fit. It did..... But THAT freaked Moj out, too. I thought if I had one, I could 'practice' with him, so he'd at least be used to that part. I asked if I could buy it.....she said she'd see if they could get me one...If I hadn't had him on a prong.....he'd have gone thru the window, no kidding.......I saw him eyeballing the only escape......and he was eyeballing it hard.....The top half was open, and he would have gone for it.

Oh, I got a chuckle, out of the 'report'.....everything she checked as 'normal'.....when it got to his teeth, it was also checked 'normal', except hand written beside it was 'Checked right side from a distance'.....LOL....

If anything every did happen, that he needed more than a curious look see, towards his health, he'd simply have to be sedated....that's all there is to it.

Oh.....and he weighed in at 129....so he's lost 2 lbs since last year......and I'll bet 7 or 8 since this winter.

I feel for ya and the scared cocker kids......When they get scared they get SOOOO scared.....Ike was terrified, Nookie was terrified.....Moj just barks at them....kind of a doggie version of ooooooooo and awwwwwww.....

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