Resq TailsThe trials and triumphs of rescued dogs

This has been a weird week. First, we’ve had crazy weather. We had two really nice days to start off the week. It was close to 70 degrees on Tues. when I took the dogs for their walk. I even got a bit sunburned. Then Wednesday it was like we were in the middle of a windstorm all day. Ugh! I hate the wind. It’s trying to blow a piece off the metal roof on our barn, and it’s just miserably cold again. Now today, we’re back to some (and I do mean just some), sunshine.

Then it’s been a weird week with the boarding kennel. I had two clients scheduled to drop off their three dogs yesterday and neither of them showed up or even bothered to call! One came this morning, and apologized because she works nights and there was a miscommunication with her husband about dropping off the dog. But the second one, when I was finally able to get ahold of them today, just said that they’d gotten a later start than they expected for the weekend, and that they just thought they’d drop them by today. I’m sorry, but that is just so rude! It’s not that hard to pick up a phone and say that you aren’t going to be able to make your appointment. GRRR!!! Then just a minute ago someone dropped in that never calls in advance and wanted to just leave their dog. Has no one out there ever heard of a phone????

Then it’s been weird because I haven’t been able to get ahold of either of Rogue’s vets this week. I always dread when Rogue gets close to the end of her prescriptions. I still don’t see improvement that is really consistant in her reactivity or anxiety. It’s so very frustrating and disappointing to call up and have nothing really positive to relate. So, first I emailed Dr. Overall to give her a report on what we’ve observed, and see if we should stay at the same dosage or adjust it. Well, that was the first of the week, and I haven’t had a reply yet. That’s fine, I know that she’s super busy, and I’m just grateful that she’s been continuing to give us direction as we try to find a medication that helps Rogue. But, in the meantime, the prescription was going to run out…so, I decided to just called the vet in SL and asked for a refill at the same dosage, so that we can get by till one of the other of the vets decides if they need to adjust things. So…we’re just waiting to hear from someone….anyone. LOL

Oh, and then…my husbands parents and grandparents were supposed to come tonight. Well, that’s enough to make me a nervous wreck. They are not really dog people. So, all day yesterday I spent trying to clean. I got all distracted doing really deep cleaning on dumb stuff like the grout in the kitchen countertop and wiping down my shelves. By the time I was done with that silly stuff, it looked overall like I’d done nothing. Thankfully, they called last night and cancelled their trip to come see us. Course, they are all literally sick from something, so that’s not good at all, but I am extremely relieved that I will not have company here tonight! Oh, and did I mention how nice it is that they managed to pick up the phone and let me know that they were changing their plans? Now if they could just talk to my boarding clients….