Today Penny swam six laps at a new pool. It's at Greencross Vet Hospital at Narre Warren. For us it's quite a drive, about 50 Km each way, but well worth it if it enables Penny to stay in good health.
I think she could have swum more, but I thought we'd see how she pulls up after the exercise. It's evening now and so far so good.
The pool's not as fancy as the lovely one at Kepala, but the guy there said this new pool uses very little in the way of chemicals in the water, so that's a plus. I was also impressed that the use of a dryer was included in the price.
Showing posts with label hospital. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hospital. Show all posts
Monday, 8 August 2016
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
First day home after the big scare
So, we go to the hospital to collect Penny...
Instructed to make very sure she has a bland diet, so she can recover successfully. We leave...
Oh, no, what is this? She has snaffled a piece of popcorn in the carpark! Grab it out of her mouth, successful because she's not really all that ready to eat. I think it's just a habit to grab anything remotely edible.
In the car. Home.
Check out the bowl to see whether there's any food. Yes, a tiny little serve of boiled chicken and rice.
Out to the backyard to see if she will have a bowel motion. (Why does dog hospitalisation always seem to end up focused on that all-important evidence that the gut still works?)
What's this? A spot on the back lawn with three-day old vomit. How nice. But her super-clever human - me - has taken the precaution of digging over the spot in preparation for Penny's homecoming. Nothing much to be grabbed, except perhaps a smidgen of disgusting soil.
Oh, well, maybe lie down for a little rest, near the delicious smell.
And it's tricky to get anything nice if your human plonks a container of old gardening pots on top of the best place.
At last, a bowel motion! (I'll spare you the video I took of this, dear reader.)
So, inside to rest at the window and check out the neighbourhood.
Instructed to make very sure she has a bland diet, so she can recover successfully. We leave...
Oh, no, what is this? She has snaffled a piece of popcorn in the carpark! Grab it out of her mouth, successful because she's not really all that ready to eat. I think it's just a habit to grab anything remotely edible.
In the car. Home.
Check out the bowl to see whether there's any food. Yes, a tiny little serve of boiled chicken and rice.
Out to the backyard to see if she will have a bowel motion. (Why does dog hospitalisation always seem to end up focused on that all-important evidence that the gut still works?)
What's this? A spot on the back lawn with three-day old vomit. How nice. But her super-clever human - me - has taken the precaution of digging over the spot in preparation for Penny's homecoming. Nothing much to be grabbed, except perhaps a smidgen of disgusting soil.
Oh, well, maybe lie down for a little rest, near the delicious smell.
And it's tricky to get anything nice if your human plonks a container of old gardening pots on top of the best place.
At last, a bowel motion! (I'll spare you the video I took of this, dear reader.)
So, inside to rest at the window and check out the neighbourhood.
Thursday, 12 September 2013
fun game for learning about animal health
Human Number Two is out walking with Penny and I'm lazing around at home playing a game on the computer, a game I saw on PetMD.
It's fun. The game is released by the American Veterinary Medical Association. You are training to be a vet and working in a vet hospital. I'm just at the beginner level, and already I'm not keeping up with the influx of clients. I'll have to stop blogging and get right back to it...
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