barry and charlie the soap opera

Charlie bit Barry's ear this morning and it was, in Mia's words, 'pissing out blood', so we had to take him to the emergency vet at Essendon Airport. He will need anaesthetic and a couple of stitches, estimated cost $500- $650.

When we got back from the vet's Charlie, who had been banished of course to the backyard, forced her way into the house and ran around panting, she also checked the shed and the back of the backyard.

It's my fault. I keep ascribing logical behaviour to her ('jealousy', 'regret'). I am sure she would tell this story quite differently.

(Later: all is serene, though the wound looks nasty but well-stitched. The problem is of course really that Barry gets all the attention and Charlie isn't as cute as she used to be. It'll be OK in the long run I'm sure).

millie at the vet again

No big deal, she's been limping a bit. No big cause, either, that the vet could find. She wasn't pleased to be on the table though. Anyway she got some anti-inflammatories and she'll go back if there's any more trouble. On her own, as far as I'm concerned.

The only odd thing was the vet - who had never met Millie before and who was a handsome young man in his mid-twenties - immediately said 'hasn't she got lovely big floppy ears!' I thought the first thing they did at vet school was kick the sook out of you with hob nail boots.

oh yeah, last week

I finally wrote the last three sentences of my review of the Ears show from last week.