Up and down Tuesday

Had a roughish night with Honey - tonight I am hiding her water bowl :(
She went out before midnight and pee'd, came in, then had a big drink! So come 3am she needed to go out again. Put her protective boot on, let her out on lead with me half asleep on other end. She pee'd and came back in. Boot off. I fell back into 'bed' (sofa) and dozed of to the sound of lapping water! Guess what? 5 am whining to go out again! grrrr! repeated earlier procedure with boot etc. Rolled back into bed and slept to be woken by Honey growling and all alert - opened my eyes to see light from Kitchen. I checked the time and realised it was Jen getting ready for work (7am - yawn) Honey did not relax until Jen stuck her head round the door and said hello. This is the first time Honey has shown any hint of being protective or on guard at home and I was delighted :) maybe I had better put up signs saying 'Beware the guard dog' LOL
She has been much perkier today and showing signs of settling back into the usual routine. She even asked to go walkies at the normal time! Be a while before we get to that stage though. She shows no sign of pain now and seems to regard the bandaged pinned leg as an inconvenience to be tolerated. She has had the dressing off her small shoulder wound and that's looking fine. I have dug out the muzzle for when I go out so she doesn't lick all the stitches out too soon. Having been a racer for over 3 years she is quite happy to wear her muzzle any time. The good old buster collar/lampshade thingy is an item of torture to her and makes her panic. The muzzle allows her to drink and move around without bashing into anything.
I remember my old labrador Casper when I had him castrated. He had a HUGE  buster collar to wear and just ignored it. He charged round the house bashing it on door frames and furniture and people. It was in shreds by day 3 and held together with gaffer tape LOL.  When I took him back to have his stitches out he lay on the floor on his back, paws in the air, while the nurse snipped and removed the stitches. Nothing phased him. Honey, however, is a delicate princess and has to be coaxed and pampered. I am now on the second brand of amoxycillin and the tablets are double the dose of the first ones. She only has to have one of these twice a day but they are twice the size of the others, so 2 huge ones as against 4 big ones LOL I spread some liver pate round the tablets and she ate them in one gulp :) She luckily didn't bite into them or they would have been spat out. But pate seems to do the trick. I've re-stocked on Butcher's Tripe and Honey is much happier eating that. It smells foul but suits her stomach. I mix it with some IAMS kibble so she is getting a balanced diet she likes. :)
She is making really good progress and will soon be pretty much back to normal but with scaffolding on her leg.
The next hurdle is me going to bed upstairs with her sleeping downstairs. She whines when I just go the bathroom and she can't follow me upstairs.  Going to be a tough move sleeping apart.
I have been getting most of my xmas presents online but managed to get a few more locally today. Need to check list but I think I only have 2 more to get, maybe 3 and it's not Xmas eve yet - I'm doing well. Better do my Christmas cards tomorrow and get them posted off.
At least Christmas will be quiet here, just kids home for Xmas day lunch, and round to my son's Sunday to see the grandsons :)
Both Jen and James are working most days apart from the actual holiday days so pretty much normal life right through. Just remember, although the shops are closed for a day or maybe 2, there are no extra days in the week to cater for LOL
Good luck to you all with your xmas shopping.
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