Today, I was supposed to knock out a couple of my beta reports in anticipation of finishing tomorrow. We also wanted to go to town together. We had a generic list like most weekends. The other idea was to maybe have beer and pizza tonight.
That isn't what happened. Some good, some not good.
Otto woke up in the middle of the night and sat alone in the bathroom. I discovered him when I had to pee about 3:30. This isn't like him. The girls got up when I moved around, and this means everyone has to go outside.
Otto went to the bathroom too, and I thought maybe that's what he needed. At dawn, he seemed to be pretty sore and depressed. He refused to eat or drink.
My wife decided to do her grocery shopping and we could assess how he felt when she got home.
I decided to tackle my beta edits in force. I did more than I intended, because they changed my wife's shift again, and now she's off tomorrow. I only have one left to work through, and it will take a couple of hours. This is the good part.
Our veterinarian is open seven days per week. This saves us from going to one of those emergency centers. Of course we had to take the puppies too.
Turns out Otto ate more of those pecans than we thought. One X-ray, a pancreatitis test, and an office visit later, and he has an impaction. The doctor showed us the X-ray. It's all the way at the end, and she is certain it will pass. The impaction is causing pain, because he was born with two fused vertebra and another one that is half sized. This is a result of breeding for the bulldog's curly tail.
She gave us some pain killers to give him, and said after they kick in to take him for a walk. Also to try giving him water. He refused water, but went for some chicken noodle soup. He managed a mediocre poop when we walked him.
The doctor said he's going to have pain problems when he's older and to keep an eye on him. Never one to take something at face value, I did some research of my own. It says if your bulldog reaches nine months without a problem, he probably isn't going to have one. It also said the spine deformaties are more common in screw tailed breeds and aren't usually an issue.
I, on the other hand still can't keep food inside for more than an hour. I feel fine otherwise.
The puppies were pretty popular at the vets, and they got free bandanas out of the deal.
Some good stuff, my beta edits moved forward more than I thought. I may not get to the final one this weekend, and completion was the main goal. I'll take what I can get and be happy with it.
I think we're going to ban pecans from our house. All my dogs liked nuts and never had any problems before. They weren't given unsupervised access to all they could eat, including the shells.
We have tickets to Wonder Woman tomorrow, and even have someone who can watch the puppies. It may be all the date-night we can muster. Tonight, we're watching John Wick 2 on blu ray. It isn't date night, but it's the best we can manage.
John Wick 2 was a great movie. At least for me. Sorry to hear you and Otto are sick. Hope you both improve quickly. Never thought about giving a dog chicken soup. Does it work for everything?
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I needed him to take in fluids, and he didn’t seem interested in water. He didn’t eat today either, so he’ll gain a little benefit from that. Movie was good, but some of it got repetitive. I feel fine. Otto is a work in progress.
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Middle movies can be tough. I think part of it was trying to up the ante from the last one. Felt more world-building than anything else at times, but I was hoping for that since the first one. I will admit that I didn’t like the suit. Took some of the suspense out of it that the first movie had.
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I was fine with the suit. Got a bit annoyed with the subtitles though. Didn’t see any reason for the girl assassin to be mute either. Maybe they could pay the actress less if she didn’t speak.
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I read it was to give her a quirk and I think the decision was made when they learned the actress could sign. There was a big thumbs up about it earlier in the year. I actually liked it because it made her stand out among all the standard killers.
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It kind of reminded me of all those quirky Bond villains from the Roger Moore era.
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Same here. Then again, Connery had Oddjob, the shoe dagger lady, and those two assassins who were obviously a couple.
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Don’t forget Jaws.
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Loved him and Baron Samedi. They definitely prove that Moore had the stranger villains. Brosnan had some strange ones too, but they got rather silly after the first movie.
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Okay. She learned it for the movie and they did it as a quirk.
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Try ice, or make healthy ice cubes out of juice. Our vet even recommended ginger ale when one of the dogs was sick.
I do hope you both feel better soon.
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I think I’m over my cold. Otto got some goof pain killers, and seems a bit more lively. I bought him a can of dog food, because I know he needs fluids. I need to figure out a quiet place in this circus to get on that last beta edit. Hope you’re having a great weekend.
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sorry to hear about Otto’s problem, hope it ‘passes’ quickly…
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Oh poor Otto. Nothing worse thank being blocked. Hope he gets better soon. Oh and you of course 😉
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I’m fine now. Otto is partially better, and it may take another day. Hope you’re having a lovely weekend.
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I was until Monday happened 😞
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I like John Wick I better, but II was still good. Poor Otto! You called it. I hope you both feel better soon. When you first got Otto I did some research too, into bulldogs. They do seem to have more than their share of problems, like Rottweilers, but I firmly believe how their cared for makes a huge difference. Otto and the girls have an awesome life. They couldn’t ask for a better family. ❤
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Care is important. They need a different situation that other dogs. I’ve always had mine as housedogs, even the non bulldogs, so it wasn’t a big change. Otto negotiated some steps today and had a huge breakfast. I think he’s on the mend.
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Oh, good. Glad to hear it.
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Poor Otto! Hope it passes quickly so he doesn’t have to be in pain for too long.
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Poor Otto and poor you, still suffering! 😦 Best to know these things about your pups sooner than later – case of loving nuts, but nuts not loving pups! :-S
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I’m declaring myself better. (Just in time for the work week.) Otto is more lively today too.
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Bless! Stay well, both of you ❤
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You are lucky to have a vet at all hours. Hope Otto gets rid of the nuts.
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Awwwwe, feel better Otto!
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Poor Otto!
I’m sorry you’re still on the mend, too.
Progress, though, for all of you. I bet your missus is thrilled to have the day off tomorrow.
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I’m calling myself cured. Otto is making progress, but not there quite yet. My wife got to sleep in, and that makes her whole weekend for her.
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🙂
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Hope you’ll both be on the mend very soon.
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“A Day in the Life…” Hope Otto and you get 100% well soon!
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Good to hear both you and Otto are on the up-and-up. 🙂
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Oh, poor Otto! It’s so good that you have a vet with that kind of 7-day access. I think this requires extra fussing and pampering which I’m sure you and your wife are doing, the way you spoil him and the girls.
The Boyack house has really had some rough times lately. Here’s hoping everyone gets back to prime condition quickly!
P.S…I love the photo of the girls in their bandannas.
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Thanks, Mae. We’re due for a change in luck, now that you point it out.
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Poor Otto – hope he’s feeling better by now! The girls are looking pretty snazzy in those bandannas. We saw WW this weekend – liked it, but it got kind of cheesy toward the end. And I’m always a fan of John Wick.
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I was much more interested in World War One than the Gods. You have to have Greek Gods in a WW story though. Otto has to go back to the vet today. The girls are regular fashion icons.
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