“Went out in the rain. Almost died. Send help!” –Thomas
Tag: Thomas
Tomato Thief
I was going to have a tomato sandwich for supper.
True Love
This little brat got me up at 6am. On a Saturday. To walk in the chilly foggy dark. That’s either love or Stockholm syndrome.
Begface
I made a tomato sandwich, and some dog who shall remain nameless stole and ate the leftover half tomato from the kitchen counter. And now he has the nerve to beg for the rest of my sandwich.
He’s actually dripping drool from both sides of his mouth. Because of tomatoes.
Fishface
I think I paid around $4 for this silly little toy at Target, when I first got Thomas. He plays with it all the time and hasn’t managed to destroy it yet.
And yes, he really does walk around carrying it like that, stuck to the end of his nose. Weirdo.
Arting With Thomas
Ever since Frances turned on the stove while I was gone and nearly burned the house down, I’ve removed the knobs when I’m finished cooking. Last night, I dropped a knob, and it rolled under a shelf. I left it, thinking Thomas wouldn’t be able to reach it, and I’d look for it today.
I was wrong. I came home to find the knob on the couch, full of teeth marks. Thomas found it and made some art. And of course, he’s totally unrepentant.
Best Boy
Thomas was ready to go to bed before I was. That never happens. And now he’s snoring away.
Thomas and Henry
On the one hand, I was trapped under the dog. On the other hand, this happened.
At the Vet
Thomas went to a new vet today. He was urinating every 15-30 minutes yesterday evening, so I called my vet. The earliest appointment they had available was Monday. They would take him as an emergency between 8-5 today, but that would cost an extra $80, on top of the $38 office call fee.
Um, no. I’m still a little bit angry about the receptionist offering an appointment FIVE DAYS LATER, for a suspected UTI. A UTI is not an emergency, but it’s an urgent care issue, and if an owner doesn’t understand that, the receptionist should explain it to them.
I’m also annoyed that my vet–a practice I’ve been going to for ten years, is no longer able to provide urgent, non-emergency care. That’s unacceptable to me. I’m not asking them to drop everything to examine my dog, but they shouldn’t be so booked up that they can’t fit in urgent care cases. And they should have office staff who can triage those appointments, putting the non-urgent ones farther off and leaving a few slots open for more pressing problems.
So, I called another practice, and they were able to get Thomas in as a new patient this morning. They also had a couple of new client discounts that brought the bill down to $57. It would have otherwise been $87, which would have still been very reasonable!
You know how this story ends, right? After being stressed out about Thomas and pissed off at the old vet practice yesterday, I got no sleep last night. And of course, Thomas was back to peeing normally today. His urine looked normal under the microscope and everything else looked great. They did a needle urine draw, so they had a sterile sample to culture. Results of that should be back Monday, but I expect they’ll be negative.
All that angst and drama for nothing!
Shark
I got the cats and Thomas some new toys. He and Piglet knew the bag on my work table was full of goodies for them, and they sat and stared holes in it.
Thomas got a Tuffy shark like the one Frances had, only in orange, to match him. He loves it. If you have a dog who destroys stuffies, it’s worth investing in a couple of Tuffy toys. They won’t last forever, but you’ll get your money’s worth out of them.
I also got a package of BilJac treats, for training. I especially wanted something high value to trade for things that Thomas steals and plays keep-away with. Whoever taught him that game needs to be smacked. I’d been trading some kind of crunchy salmon treats, but Thomas wasn’t overly impressed. After a couple pieces of BilJac, he was bringing me everything he could find: socks, used dryer sheets, junk mail, etc. Success! He may still think that keep-away is fun, but he has the idea now that trading up is also pretty awesome.
red paper boat 