Ms. Bubbles had her follow-up appointment with her vet yesterday and she is healing well! She does still have to wear the bandage over the puncture wound in the back and the cone of shame. She is also still on antibiotics to continue to fight any bugs that might be lingering in her wounds but she is doing well!
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| The view during our walks |
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| Happy girl in her cone of shame |
As you know, I had to return her to the kennel last weekend after I moved into a month to month that does not allow dogs over 25 pounds. She hadn't seen Edge in about 6 weeks at that point and Edge had been in the kennel for 2 weeks. When I brought Bubbles in, I let her and Edge sniff each other through the fence of his kennel first. They were both wagging their tails, so I figured things would be fine.
I brought them both out into an open area of the kennel on their leashes and they did the normal circling each other to sniff the other one's butt. As soon as Edge turned to sniff Bubbles in her face, she growled at him. I separated them and things were fine for about a minute until Edge wanted to get in her face again and she growled at him. Poor Edge has been cooped up and just wanted to play with his sister...he was completely clueless as to why she would be so uptight! Of course Bubbles is still afraid of other dogs and Edge's hyper behavior didn't help.
To try to ease the situation, I had the kennel worker put Bubbles in a kennel and I took Edge for a walk to try to get him calmer. When we returned from the walk, I had the kennel worker take Edge from me and put him into a kennel and then try to move Bubbles into the same kennel to see how they responded to each other. I was thinking that maybe it was because I was there and Bubbles had been the only dog with me, so maybe a jealousy response...? But within 10 seconds of Bubbles being in the kennel with Edge, she growled at him again. So the kennel worker put Bubbles in her own kennel and to this day they are still in separate kennels.
So I go to the kennel every day to walk the dogs (separately) and then give Bubbles her medication and change her bandage. I suppose routine is good although I could do without the 30 minute drive (one way) to get to the kennel! :-)
Today a group of us went to the Talofofo Banana Festival to check things out. There were some baked goodies to be eaten, some plants to purchase, fruit juices to drink, and meat on a stick! Here are some pictures:
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| Plants for sale |
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| Bananas!! |
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| The many benefits of bananas |
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| View of the beach near the festival |
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| More of the beach |
