MEETING THE VET !!!!
Wow - ( Running round and bouncing and making a very very very silly sound - kind of like a growl / howl - but far to happy to be either - Mum calls it Talking ! ) I've been here 4 weeks ALREADY - and its gone so fast - i have literally had no time to stop and think !! I have not even been told off - and had that 'time out' - to have words with myself - seriously - the time has flown !!
There is such a routine here - I'm 'in it' already !! Although i sometimes do forget that dinner is NOT at ..... Just after the sun goes down and before the white car goes past the window - it is in fact - whenever the fun lady - who i now keep forgetting, and calling 'mum' - remembers - and remembering is not a thing she does very well - !! - very well AT ALL !!
She Even keeps calling me names - and i have no idea who they are - and the funny thing is - she does not either - She'll look at me and call me Derek or Rodney - PeggatyPawz ( The other furry brothers and sisters i have now ) or literally anything - even things that make no sense !
............ then she has a funny head shuffle and just says ohhhh ' beep - beep ' ( I've seen that on the square box - if naughty words are used they beep them out - and as i am a good dog - i will beep out these words too )
Mum does seem to get frustrated - with herself - not with me - because she can't always remember my name - but - she has issues with the others too - not just me - and that makes me feel so much better - Poor Derek - she even sometimes gets really mixed up and calls him 'Bender' - now i don't know why this is funny but - well - the whole family end up in hysterics at this and my unfurry brother and sister shout -
" THAT'S DEREK MUM - NOT BENDER " - and mum just Beeps and laughs !! Rodney Gets called Derek and even the unfurry ones get called all sorts - But - it's all in good spirit and it's not meant - Mum really does just forget and get mixed up - it's strange - i don't really get it !! But - I just give her a kiss and that always makes things better !!!
Well since i last spoke with you - so much has happened - i have met so many people - But the ones that stick in my head the most is the nice lady who kept giving me treats - they were bacon flavored AND I LOVE BACON - but - well - who does not !!
This lady came round the other day and I knew straight away i liked her - there were two of them and it was weird - they both smelt the same - so i had a feeling they were from the same pack - One was a little older - and one a little smaller and shorter - but not a pup - They both were so nice and friendly and chatty .... BUT - i did notice they would not sit down - that was a little odd i thought - mum asked if they wanted a 'coffee' - which mum asks EVERYONE !! - but the nice lady with the short hair said no - they were working -
The Lady who mum hugged ( Which i thought was very forward ) Left a card on the side and i saw this written on it - made no sense to me - but - mum seemed happy !
Broadway Veterinary Centre
1 The Broadway
Herne Bay
Kent
CT6 8SR
tel: 01227 375978
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm Working - I did not know what this ' work 'was - but it sounded fun !! - I want to know what this work thing is - so - i decided to stick about and see working - work ...
Anyway - we went into the front room - That's the nice room with my nice big comfy sofas which i'm not allowed on - I did not get on the sofa's while these ladies were doing there work because i did not want them to know i sometimes - ermm - occasionally - ermmmm - quite a lot of the time - do like to make myself comfy -
Mum just laughs now !!
Esp when she sees my reaction to
her telling me to get off !!
I learnt that sticking my wet floppy thing out makes people laugh alot !!
I love to make people laugh !!
Anyway - The young lady was called Emily - and it turns out that mum knows her and the other nice lady very well ( mum later told me that she used to help at the Vets when she was very young and then she went on to look after the Nice lady's children - of which Emily was one !! - I KNEW THEY CAME FROM THE SAME PACK - I SMELT IT - I SMELT IT !! ) So - Mum was very very relaxed and seemed to be having a lovely time telling Emily and the Nice lady ( I later found out her name was Sarah - Yes - she looks like a Sarah - She had an air of graceful authority about her - she was very kind, and she kept GIVING ME BACON - and fussing my ears - i decided there and then - I LIKED SARAH !! ) all about me - i kept hearing what a lovely boy i was and how someone could do it to me - well - i did not understand this - no-body had done anything - but - well - i did not say anything - Actually - I have just remembered - I have not said anything for ages - Except the talking i do when i greet people - i have not barked for ages - i always barked when i was with mum and dad - OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MUM AND DAD - OHHHHHHHH NOW I FEEL TERRIBLE - I HAD FORGOTTON THEM - I BARKED WHEN DAD TOOK ME OUT TO THE BEACH BECAUSE THE BIG FLAPPY WHITE SQUARKING BIRDS KEPT DIVE BOMBING DAD - Ohh I hope they were ok - why am i not with them - i do not understand ??
Anyways - back to Sarah and Emily - I tried to tell Sarah that i had a BIG HUGE DELICIOUS CHUNKY BEAUUUUUUUUUUUUTIFUL SMELLING bone just by her left hand - but - I think she was too busy looking at me and fussing my ears to understand that i wanted it - I wanted it so badly - ( Mum put it up out of the way the other day because PeggatyPawz got very jealous that she had eaten her BIG HUGE DELICIOUS CHUNKY BEAUUUUUUUUUUUUTIFUL SMELLING bone far far too quickly - and she tried to nick mine - and this caused a great ruckus - so mum put the bone - that i was nibbling and savoring - up out ' of harms reach ' - well - it was out of harms reach- but NOT IN MY REACH - and I WANTED IT !! - I tried to tell Sarah by staring at it - and putting my paw on the chair - to TRY to let her know - but - she was too engrossed in stroking me - and telling mum that i was just an OK weight - But - I had poor skin and i was an itchy dog - and
OHHHHHHHHHHHH YES - SHE HAD THAT SO RIGHT - THIS LADY KNEW HER STUFF - I AM AN ITCHY DOG - AND IT DRIVES ME CRACKERS - anyways - she told mum to give me some sort of oil in my dinner and breakfast - i did not know what this was - but it sounded ok to me - She also told mum to be careful using the special brush that she bought for me - as it was too harsh - and yes yes yes - SHE WAS RIGHT AGAIN - I had tried telling mum - but - she thought i did not know - BUT - now she has bought a nice brush - one that Sarah suggested - and it is a softer one for my lovely coat and already i am feeling much better ... I am not very thick coated you see - There is a lot of my fur - just not thickness .... Now i seem to be all fluffy and actually - i think i am getting thicker - well - my fur is getting thicker - I am not a daft dog - i am very very very intelligent !! ( Unless there is a bacon smelling treat about - then i do go a little silly !! )
Anyway the Nice lady Sarah then got out a - well - it was a box thing really - and it made funny noises - it did not touch me - but they kept putting it over my fur and well - they looked a little daft - they just listened - Nothing happened - and Emily said " No - he is not chipped "-
I don't know WHAT they meant - chips on my back - they go in my mouth - not on my back - what were they thinking ? - Daftness - ......... oh dear - i think they were having funny turns these ladies !! Mum told them that she had been told i was chipped - BUT I WAS NOT - I HAVE NOT HAD CHIPS FOR SO LONG - AND I LOVE THEM SO MUCH - I must remember to put ' the eyes ' on when chips are next available !!
Ohhh then Sarah told me to sit- well - i am soooo good - AND SHE HAD BACON - so obviously - immediately - i sat - ears up - and looking - she had a look in my mouth - I HAVE NOT GOT CHIPS LADY - i said - but she just fussed my ears AGAIN - Ohhh then looked in them - GEEEEEEET OFF .... All clean she said = WELL - I KNEW THIS I HAD JUST WASHED !!
Dearie me - these ladies think i'm a dirty dog- and i am not !!
They then spent about 5 minutes talking about my weight and asking about worms - well - mum does not have any pet worms - and i do not have any pet worms - so - i did not understand this conversation at all ....
PeggatyPawz then came in the room - and The Nice Sarah lady said that PeggatyPawz had put on more weight - and ohhh i did feel sorry for her, PeggatyPawz put on her sad face ( she does this so well! ) and looked at both Sarah and Emily - I KNEW she wanted a bacon piece - but - she did not get one - I think Sarah was saving those for me - Peg - she finds it difficult now getting about cause she is an older lady - and her weight is all fluffy - that's what mum says - she is fluffy not fat ! - and i like that !! That's Polite !!
Well - That all seemed about that - Peggaty and I both sat there - good as gold waiting for a Bacon TREAT - and well - WHO COULD RESIST THESE FACES !! We were both so so good - and utterly impeckable - Well - i did not peck anybody - but - apparently that was the right word - so mum said - but - knowing what she is like with words !!
Anyways - that was my first meeting with my physician - and - it has to be said - it went very very well - and i don't mind seeing her again - especially if she has those nice bacon treats !!
