I Think They Should've Ordered Me A Larger Bed

This is another in our continuing series called "mismatched dogs and beds."  For some reason, we find the big dogs like sleeping on small beds, while the small dogs have taken over the big beds.  Although it's easy to understand why the small ones want the big beds, what is it about being squashed into a small bed that appeals to big dogs?  For example, that's blind-and-deaf Spinner in the photo above, who seemed to be enjoying herself while parked (perched?) on top of a teeny little dog bed.  I'm not sure what the purpose was, with dog butt hanging off one end and front legs stuck out the other end, but it was working just fine for her.

The black tub next to Spinner is our dog water bowl -- originally designed to hold horse salt blocks, but perfect for the multi-dog household.  And speaking of dogs, please note the nicely chewed leg on the rocking chair.  With Kongs, squeaky toys and chew ropes scattered around, there's still nothing quite like a nice piece of furniture to gnaw on.  As the MasterCard commercials say: "Priceless!"

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I had to take Snowball our deaf cat to the vet clinic in Helena this morning.  He's had chronic stomatitis -- an oral inflammation -- and a suppressed immune system, requiring lots of daily medications and other care.  He's been going downhill in the past several days.  More on Snowball in tomorrow's post.  But I was able to pick up Smoke the barn cat and bring him back to the ranch.  It turns out he had a very small puncture wound of some sort ... so small they had to shave his arm to find it ... and even though it had scabbed up, there was an infection brewing in his leg.  He's on antibiotics and cage rest for the next few days.

Comments

[Mikey in AZ]

That is a gorgeous dog! God Bless you all

[Shelly]

OMGosh that is funny.... Laugh out loud funny!

Wishing you all the absolute best. Thanks for being who you be and doing what you do.

[Bruce Small]

Despite a box full of toys, and a yard with plenty of sticks, I often see Bailey chewing on the wood base (cheap) under the weight bench, and sometimes the corner of the kitchen cabinets (not cheap).

[Nancy]

Re: Snowball, I have an 8 year old cat who has had stomatitis since she was a kitten, all her teeth are pulled and she is on steroid shots as needed and she is doing fine, have you tried steroids? Antibiotics didn't do it for her.

Nancy the cat lady

[kimmber]

That pic is priceless, as you pointed out. Gave me a smile for the day!

[Boundforglory]

Spinner's propped up position on the small pillow may be comfortable for laying on but sleeping on it? Hmmm.....

So, Smoke did have a (small) injury after all; I'm glad the vet put in extra effort to find the puncture; small problems can turn into big problems in no time.

Sorry to hear that Snowball is doing poorly; we send him healing thoughts and kitty kisses.

[Debbie]

We just had to put one of my daughter's cats down after a long battle with stomatitis. I had never heard of it until then. Good luck to poor Snowball!