Things are Looking Up, Sort Of

Whata week.

First Jackie scratches her eye, then we find out Angel has arthritis, and now this morning Jackie was looking a little sick! She didn't want to eat her breakfast, which is very strange for her, and she looked just out of sorts in general. She did eventually eat her food, and she was resting fine when I left for work, but I am still a little concerned about her. luckily my wife has the day off, so she will make sure Jackie is taken care of for the day.

On the upside, Jackie's eye is much better, and I discontinued her eye drops after the first day. Here eye is bright, responsive, and clear of the gunk that mucked it up.

Angel has been doing much better also. He wants to play fetch, though, and he doesn't understand why I won't play with him. I feel sorry for the little guy, so I have tossed his toy down the hall for him, but I don't engage in the tug-o-war afterwards for the possession of the toy. That is his favorite part of playing fetch, and since I won't try to take the toy from him, he tries to force me to take it by pressing the toy against my hand. When that fails, he drops it in front of me. He has never done that before, and it surprised me the first time he did it, but it was just a ploy. As soon as I went to pick the toy up so I could throw it for him, he lunged for it, and snatched it up off of the carpet! When I wouldn't try to take it from him again, he did the same thing, dropped it in front of me as bait. He's a smart little guy.

Below are a couple of camera-phone pictures. The first is of Jackie licking Angel's back last night. The reason I took it is because Jackie has this uncanny way of finding where you are hurting on your body, and then licking it. She does it to me all the time by licking my lower back at exactly the spot that gives me the most trouble. I watched as she licked Papa's back for him last night, and I was in awe because she has never licked his back before, and she licked it at exactly the location where the vet pressed on Angel's spine and got a reaction out of him.

Amazing.

It's tough to see because she is behind Papa, and because the camera in my phone is pretty lousy, but that little black blob is Jackie. This is Jackie at the vet's. She is sitting on one of those steel examination tables. You can see in this picture that her left eye is partially closed. We were calling her, "One eyed Jackie" for a couple of days. She didn't think it was funny.

So there we have another installment of The Adventures of Angel and Jacqueline. Until then, please go check out the Carnival of the Dogs at Mickey's Musings, and the Friday Ark at The Modulator for more interesting animals.

Posted by Jeff at February 2, 2007 7:33 AM