Well, yesterday early morning I had to take A. to the airport, as he was leaving for Brisbane, Queensland, to do a computer science presentation at a conference. I was feeling a bit down so I didn't do much for the rest of the morning, but it was interfaculty netball day at uni, and so I went to play with the music team. We named ourselves: "The Sub-dominants"..... LOL (if you didn't know, the subdominant chord in a particular key is chord IV). Well our team totally sucked, since only a couple of us actually knew how to play netball or had ever played before, and no-one could shoot goals :P So we lost every game, dismally. But it was still fun, and helped pick my mood up for a bit. And it was exercise, so you know. :) (I am supposed to be doing a 12km fun-run in two weeks, so god knows how I'm going to manage THAT!)I was so exhausted when I got home, because I had got up so early for A., and because I was feeling a bit crappy depressed again. I fell straight asleep and didn't wake up until morning!
Upon rising, I discovered that my great dane x, Blair, had a deep wound in her side. It wasn't very big, but was deep, like a real gouge had been taken out of her. I could see the fat and muscle and stuff, so I knew it needed stitches! I don't know if Napolean (my wolfhound x) bit her, or if she did it jumping over the fence or what. But I took her into the vet, who said that ideally she should have full stitches, but because she does not respond well to anaesthetic (last time there were problems with her heart rate and stuff apparently), they were reluctant to put her under general, and instead just put some staples in to hold the wound together. Guess how much that cost me? $320!!!!! that was after I asked for a discount (on pleading poverty), and after my pensioner card discount. that's insane!!! So that plus the rent completely wiped out my bank account, and I had to ring A. to ask him to transfer a bit of money into my account so I could survive for the next couple of days without him. Sigh. Bloody dogs are so expensive!!
But that wasn't the end of Blair's adventures. She was very sleepy in the afternoon because the vet had given her a sedative shot, so I figured I'd just tie her to her kennel while I took Napolean for a walk. Well, we were half the way around the local lake when in the distance I see this huge beast bolting towards us at break-neck speed, looming bigger and bigger as it approached, long rope trailing after it..... and then, I recognised.... BLAIR!!! I quickly realised she must have broke the kennel leg I stupidly tied her to, thinking she was too sedated for it to be a problem, and also jumped the 2metre fence again! I grabbed her lead, figuring I might as well just walk the two of them together now. But another dog came around the corner, and their owner did not have them on the lead (despite the numerous signs around the park saying you must keep them on lead at all times) and it ran up to Blair, and Blair promptly attacked the poor thing, as she is want to do. So they went into a full on fight, until the owner managed to call her dog away (mine were too strong, considering there were two of them!!). omg what a nightmare. By the time I got them home I was knackered! I looked at Blair's wound and the staples didn't look that great, they have come apart a little bit and it had bled a bit too :S silly dog!!!
^^Blair getting tied to kennel - not for long!!
Blair was utterly terrified of the thunder and lightening, and bolted to hide under my chair, whining and wimpering, which is where she is right now! naww.
Well, at least my dogs certainly have character!
~Tam~
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