Rusty Gets a Check Up

I took little Rusty to the vet today,he was, with the exception of yeasty ears, given a clean bill of health. The ear thing happens, when you have those long floppy ones, they don’t get aired out well. Some drops and a bit of cleaning for a couple of weeks, he’ll be right as rain and stop smelling like old cheese. Ok he smells like puppy, but if you stick your nose in his ears, *they* smell like old cheese.

The 3 Old Maids are getting used to him, enough that they don’t growl anymore when he comes near, and I was able to get that picture on the header.

The cats are hovering around the perimeter of the property, waiting for him to leave so they can come back in and have peace. Eventually they’ll get hungry enough they’ll turn up and come inside. Until then I am leaving the pet door open,so when theydo come, they can bring all their rabid raccoon buddies with them. Or baby rabbits. Or birds. They’ve never brought a raccoon, but they’ve totally had baby rabbit parties under our bed at 2 am.

Product recommendations:
that spray stuff that’s supposed to make a particular spot attractive for a dog to wee. It works. Rusty totally uses the pee pad when I spray it with that stuff, I haven’t cleaned up a single puddle.

Product boos:
Sentinel. Stick with a normal heartworm pill, and a good flea shampoo. I distrust those combo things. Since complaining about Sentinel, I’ve talked to 3 other people who’ve had issues with it, rashes on their dogs and sush. purely anecdotal,I recognize that, but it’s enough to keep me (especially since my dog DIED 30 minutes after taking it) from wanting to have anything to do with it.

Endorsement:
Porth Kennels. 3 of my dogs are Porth dogs, and they are sweet tempered, healthy and all-around great critters.

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