Surgery

It has been awhile since I last wrote on this page. Rosie is as cute and bad as ever and Ron has been taking pictures. I have just been lazy. The real story in the dog population has been Daisy.

Sometimes Chessies have a body oil that can be kind of stinky. We experienced it with Bo, but Bo was a beautiful dog and it was not too bad. For the most part we just grinned and beared it.

Now Daisy is a different story. She is probably the sweetest dog we have ever had and very lovable. Actually, everyone loves Daisy. Even people who don't usually like big dogs. From the time we brought her home, she has had a distinct odor. First, Ron gave her a bath. You may remember from an earlier blog that we were afraid to bathe our first Chessie because we didn't want to ruin her coat. We embarrassed ourselves by asking a near stranger why she stunk only to be told she needed a bath.

After we bathed Daisy things got better for awhile, but then a really offensive odor developed. We kept wiping the liquid from her mouth, she drools a lot. That was not it. We cleaned her ears. That wasn't it. Ron gave her several sits baths. Finally he took her to the vet and they cleaned her anal glands-lovely. Things got better for awhile and we kept her mouth and ears in check.

The odor became unbearable. If she was outside, no big deal but when she is practically sitting on your lap-UGH!! We could not stand it. Ron decided that he would take her to the vet and ask to be taught how to clean anal sacs. If you would like more information on the cleaning of anal glands do a search on You Tube.) Ron advised me against posting the video on this blog. It was too much even for him. What a guy.

When he and Daisy walked into the vet's examination room, Dr. Glen smelled it right away. He told Ron that her anal glands should be removed. Without asking the price, he agreed immediately. We couldn't stand to be in the room with her and a long Minnesota winter is coming. We don't have the heart to leave a dog outside in this weather and we got her to cuddle with on those long winter days.

The next day Daisy's anal glands were removed and our bank account was consider

ably smaller. She came home with one of the new no bite collars on and she has been great! She doesn't run too much and she hasn't gone in the river. Luckily the weather has cooled off so it hasn't been too bad. Even more impressive she has put up with Rosie, who desparately wants to play and Ron and I aren't as much fun as Daisy.

Friday I took her for a check up. She is doing well and smells much better. Dr. Glenn thinks we may have to change her food because she does have a little odor from body oil. (He will have us feeding her raw chicken before he is done.) With a clean bill of health and an appointment to have the stitches removed on Saturday, Daisy and I headed for home.

She started whining as soon as we got in the car. Actually, she had whined all the way to the vets. She doesn't like the car that much and I just thought she missed Rosie. About half way home something stated to stink. No, it couldn't be. She could not have had a bowel movement in my car. I had her out before we went to the vet. I walked her around the vet's property before we went in. She must have just passed gas.

On my way home, I had to drive through the post office to mail some letters. I looked in the back seat. Oh my goodness, I have hit a new low. My sweet dog has had a bowel movement it my car. Of course, being a well behaved dog, she was extremely agitated. Fortunately, we live about a mile from the post office. I got her home. It was everywhere- on the seat, on the floor, on the kleenex box, on some ribbon and paper I had in my backseat.

I put Daisy in the kennel, got a bucket with Mr. Clean, some rubber gloves and a rag. I had the pleasure of scrubbing my back seat and thowing away a lot of things. When Ron got home, he gave it the sniff test. It passed. I got a gold star for cleaning up BM. It's like riding a bike once you know how to do it you never forget.