Busy day that ended with puppies...
As Shakespeare almost said, "All's well that ends with puppies." Ok, I said that, but it's true! Especially when you get to play with them and hand them off to someone else who deals with the poopies!
It was a Monday. Things like running around in circles over paperwork, cutting my finger open while making a salad with bagged lettuce (don't ask, it really took talent!) and just feeling like I got nothing done. Yesterday we cleaned a lot - got the whole toy room clean and I would've liked to keep the momentum going, but today was to be a Heartland day.
It started with a run to the vet for some routine spays. Ruby the kitten still had a touch of her cold, so more antibiotics and no surgery for her. Mary got spayed and they're not sure what's up with her ear wax, but of all her problems, we're not too worried about the ears! Toledo was already spayed (not by our vet!) but in heat so they did an exploratory and found ovarian tissue that hadn't been removed! Luckily Toledo will never have to go through another heat cycle again! Lucky for me too since she was really loud. They told me that finding that was like finding a needle in a haystack and it was a minor miracle that they were able to get it.
I drove down to the Humane Society of Missouri on Macklind to pick up Merlin. They wouldn't let me have his friend since he wasn't a Heartland cat. I can understand but was sad. He would've been guaranteed a place until he was adopted. Now I can just hope that he is strong enough without Merlin to be brave and happy and find a home. Merlin is doing well and is gorgeous! He wasn't my foster cat originally, but I agreed to take him in since his foster mom is full at the moment. I did remember him and he was such a cute little kitten!! Here he is all grown up at 10-months-old.
I stopped by a couple of camera stores on the way home (I know, poor baby had to wait in the car) but with construction on Hwy 40 these days, you can't waste a trip into the city! I couldn't find anything I wanted to buy. I was hungry, but none of the millions of restaurants that I drove by sounded good. What an odd day for me not to want to spend money!
Then we went to the vet to have Merlin tested and he was negative! While I was waiting for the test to "cook" I took pictures of Sir Chester of Winghaven - a cat that is temporarily residing at the vet's office while he looks for a new home. He is so cute and sweet. He'll be coming to PetSmart when there is an opening. He had to make sure I got his "good side" - at least he has a cute little tushie!
After I got home, did kitty chores, made dinner, fought with the kids about them eating dinner, it was time to go back to the vet to pick up the surgery patients. As I was leaving the vet, I got the call that the puppies were coming, so it was quickly rushing around to get cats settled back home and taking off again.
A rescue contact had asked if we could help out this rural shelter by taking a couple of puppies. Our big thing was that they'd had 2 rounds of shots, so they should be healthy. They wanted to get these guys out because they look to be small breed dogs and would be highly adoptable in a bigger market like ours (did I mention VERY rural!) A volunteer drove 4 hours each way to bring these guys to us. I was the lucky one who got to play with them for an hour while we waited for one of our volunteers to drive them up to their new foster mom. I had to give the big one a bath, he got sick in the car, but he didn't mind the snuggles. Enjoy the pictures, I have tons more!! They have the roundest ears, the shortest legs, stubby little tails and round little tummies. So cute. But I wish I had known that the pictures were turning out this dark - I would've changed settings on the camera. Oh well!
