about the dogs...

February, in addition to being one of the snowiest and coldest in my recent memory – how can the shortest month of the year seem so LONG??? – was also “sick dog month”.  First it was Sadie’s front paw.  Earlier in the month, one of her doggie “fingers” was red and swollen.  I tried soaking it in Epsom salts for a few days with not much success.  How do you keep a dog paw immersed in a cup of Epsom salts for longer than a minute?  Well, it is a good thing she is small or it would have been impossible.  I finally took her to All Creatures animal hospital where Sarah works and she came home with a week’s worth of antibiotics and now her paw is good as new.  Having Sarah work at a vet is a good/bad thing.  The good part is that I can drop the dog off in the morning and Sarah keeps her there and brings her home when she gets off work.  The bad part is that her vet charges more than our long-time, regular vet.  Sometimes a lot more.  But, since the dogs seemed to need a vet on A-days, it was all I could do.  Last week,  it was Trissy with diarrhea!  Ewww.  It started on Monday and by Tuesday night, when she started using the sports room as her toilet, it was time to get her to see a vet on Wednesday.  She came home with special dog food for three days and some probiotics to sprinkle on her food.  By the next morning, she seemed to be better.  I actually wonder if she was not already getting over it by Wednesday because one feeding of this “magic” food with probiotic seasoning seems too good to be true.  Whatever the case, we have had to play the dog-feeding shuffle for the rest of the week to keep food-yoinking Sadie from Trissy’s deliciously moist canned prescription food.  Add Sarah’s dog, Bones, into the fray this weekend and you would laugh to see how Steve and I have maneuvered all the canines at feeding time. 

Aside from the dog food shuffle, it was a pretty quiet week here.  I watched “Austinland” with Sarah (it was amusing) and “Bottle Shock” with Steve (it was better than either of us expected.  Steve’s co-worker loaned the DVD to us months ago and we figured it was time to watch it).  I finished reading The Hunger Games and I will start Catching Fire tonight.  Steve and I made a quick trip to the St. Louis temple Friday night.  Emily joined us.  I think that is it…..