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Tooth Ache

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My little buddy has a toothache.

Marilyn brushes the dog’s teeth almost every day and noticed that with Buster what had been an easy exercise was suddenly getting difficult. He had a sore spot in there somewhere. We watched it for about a week, it still bothered him every time Marilyn brushed his teeth so yesterday she took him to a vet here in Apache Junction.

Seems somehow he has broken a tooth. The vet explained that a broken tooth is not that uncommon with older dogs (what? He’s getting older too? He is a couple of months short of 11 years old) and for geriatric dogs they need to do  extra tests to make sure he’s OK. End result, $600 on top of the close to $200 to get him checked out.  We booked an appointment for Friday Morning.

If they could have done it yesterday afternoon, when the emotions were high he would be down a tooth or two this morning and we would have been down eight hundred bucks. This morning I’m up early, telling this story to you and the “Second Thoughts” are cutting in. Obviously we are not going to let him suffer, not even for a minute, but he  appears to be in no pain until we touch his mouth.

Six hundred bucks to pull a tooth?

Mar and I, We need to talk. Maybe we need to find a more reasonable vet. Or maybe I just need to suck it up, Buttercup. We’ll keep you posted.

 

Dog Beach, Christmas Day

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Christmas was a beautful day here in southern California, the perfect day to go to the beach. For sure we’re going to take the dogs so we google “dog beach near Oceanside” . We make our choice, plug the address into the GPS and we are off.

We pass Lawrence Welk Way, Bing Crosby Drive and soon we are at the dog beach in Del Mar. Us and hundreds of others; every breed, every size, every shape, every attitude and that’s just the people. There must to be more than one dog per person, Buster is in heaven. Angel, on the other hand  is not that fond of dogs, she is hanging back with Marilyn. We all enjoying the warm sun, the sand, the sparkling blue water.

We dig out our sand chairs and dive into our picnic lunch as more and more people bring their dogs out to enjoy the day. One more walk down the beach and we load our soaking wet dogs into the truck for our trip home. What a great way to enjoy Christmas.

This morning I promise I will vacuum out the truck. Before I leave you, check out this neat water fountain. Handy for adults, kids and the dogs:

Water for all. Our dogs are not impressed.

Home From The Spa

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They’ve had a shampoo, had their nails done and were groomed yesterday morning. Next I guess it will be my turn for a haircut. I’ve noticed that most small children and all the good looking girls (with the exception of Marilyn) are running the other way lately. It’s time.

We keep hearing about the Occupy protests in New York, Oakland, Toronto and lot’s of other major cities. It’s a lot bigger than that.
From Edmonton on, most towns with a population of a few hundred and more have had some sort of demonstration of a dozen or dozens of people. And a lot of the protesters we are seeing in these small towns are not young kids unless of course you consider people in their 60′s, 70′s and 80′s “young kids”


Finally, here’s a few words of useful knowledge for us all:
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.