it's a good thing rye is so damn cute.
so rye, the lovely mutt i inherited from holden and his wife, spent his time up at the farmhouse running free. seriously, that dog frolicked in the woods, in the prairie, in the meadow. he ran all day and crashed hard at night. to say it's been a rough adjustment for poor rye upon returning from the country to the land of fenced in yards is a bit of an understatement. dog wants to run. far and fast. instead he gets to chase a ball and vivien in the back yard or he gets super long walks. no free style runs, sadly.
so he's got a bit of pent up energy. enough for the masses. yesterday stella and i were out at the same time for a couple of hours. upon returning home, it was discovered that rye and vivien had gotten into some trouble. a chewed up paper bag. a chewed up cheap flip flop. a managled cat food can. and the remnants of stella's prescription hand cream.
okay, to back up - while our poor dev is dealing with the pink, stella got into something that ganked up her hand real good - an allergic reaction resulting in blister-like gankiness on her hand and a trip to the emergency clinic.
flash forward - so, yes, one of the dogs had managed to get a tube of cream off the butcher block and into his/her mouth. and then the panic set in. first, stella called the pharmacy. they had no idea if the cream was toxic for dogs. next, the vet. they didn't know either, but suggested we call the aspca's poison control hotline. yes, the aspca has a poison control for animals. yea! sure, it costs $55, but when your dogs are looking at you and there's an empty metal tube...well, you call.
the good news: vivien is just fine - she apparently did not eat the hand cream. rye is okay, except for an amazing thirst and an amazing need to pee all the time (normal, according to my new bff at the aspca). he's got unlimited water and we're adding canned pumpkin (yep) to his kibble (yes, yes, again, thanks to my new bff). plus i learned some interesting tidbits about what might be poisonous to our furry friends - aloe vera plants good for humans, bad for animals. paintballs are toxic! lemon seeds in limitation aren't bad, though they might produce a few stomach aches.
the bad news: rye is just a little more hyper than usual. the hand cream had a high concentration of steroids (hence the thirst...and rye's unusual desire as of late to play tug of war with the neighbor's vw).
think holden would have forked over that dough?
so he's got a bit of pent up energy. enough for the masses. yesterday stella and i were out at the same time for a couple of hours. upon returning home, it was discovered that rye and vivien had gotten into some trouble. a chewed up paper bag. a chewed up cheap flip flop. a managled cat food can. and the remnants of stella's prescription hand cream.
okay, to back up - while our poor dev is dealing with the pink, stella got into something that ganked up her hand real good - an allergic reaction resulting in blister-like gankiness on her hand and a trip to the emergency clinic.
flash forward - so, yes, one of the dogs had managed to get a tube of cream off the butcher block and into his/her mouth. and then the panic set in. first, stella called the pharmacy. they had no idea if the cream was toxic for dogs. next, the vet. they didn't know either, but suggested we call the aspca's poison control hotline. yes, the aspca has a poison control for animals. yea! sure, it costs $55, but when your dogs are looking at you and there's an empty metal tube...well, you call.
the good news: vivien is just fine - she apparently did not eat the hand cream. rye is okay, except for an amazing thirst and an amazing need to pee all the time (normal, according to my new bff at the aspca). he's got unlimited water and we're adding canned pumpkin (yep) to his kibble (yes, yes, again, thanks to my new bff). plus i learned some interesting tidbits about what might be poisonous to our furry friends - aloe vera plants good for humans, bad for animals. paintballs are toxic! lemon seeds in limitation aren't bad, though they might produce a few stomach aches.
the bad news: rye is just a little more hyper than usual. the hand cream had a high concentration of steroids (hence the thirst...and rye's unusual desire as of late to play tug of war with the neighbor's vw).
think holden would have forked over that dough?
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