Wow it was windy last night. I stayed up late to finish ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ (can’t decide whether I like it or not, but I’m reading the next book) and the wind was just howling through here. It was calm for long periods at a time and then suddenly the wind would just scream; Tal-y got up out of bed on several occasions cos she was scared. It didn’t even cause Mike to stir however. This morning though when I got up it was gorgeous, sunny and calm and quite warm, lovely.
Today we had to go buy food so we headed for Winchester which is about half an hour to the north of us. Tal-y came with us but I’m sure she wishes she had stayed at home. It was time for her to get her bordatella vaccine and she also needed to have her butt checked. We finally found a Petsmart that had a vet inside it and today they had clinic hours, perfect; we saw the vet and got her vaccination updated. She had to get her anal sacs squeezed (gross) and apparently she had a little infection so she’s now on antibiotics. In this part of the country Lyme disease caused by ticks, is prevalent; the vet told us that he sees about a 33% positive test in dogs. Before she could get the vaccine she had to have a heartworm test, which thankfully was negative, but then she had to get another shot. She wasn’t a happy camper but at least she’s all upto date with her shots and she’s in pretty good shape. She feels better tonight, although a little violated and slightly mad at us for putting her through an hour of hell, she has also stopped biting her behind which I guess she was doing cause she had full sacs!
After having excellent Mexican food we headed home for the evening.

Mike: Tal-y came close! I have a $200 rule, if an animals vet fees exceed $200 I just shoot them! The bill was $193.00.