Today I wormed the dogs and cats with OTC pyrantel pamoate. One of the cats started puking round worms earlier last week stemming from their high risk profession and one of the dogs seeks out and eats cat feces and cat kills and it's safe to assume if one's got it they all have had exposure so for house animals around the children I'm going to knock it all back at once. Very cheap, very well received, will repeat the doses in 2-3 weeks.
Speaking of dogs, Moses is putting in an application for a career change. The middle sister in my family has anxiety and depression. A few years ago her doctor told her to get a service dog. So she did. The puppy she wound up with was extremely sweet, but nervous by nature so she couldn't go out to school with my sister and stayed home with my mother, father and youngest sister, and whatever brothers hadn't left yet at the time. That dog became my mother and younger sister's support animal, who also have anxiety and depression (too many goats for serious anxiety here, and probably been extremely blessed to be more relaxed and happy go lucky than they are). Well, a little over a week ago after owning that dog for several years some of my mother's muscovys got out, the dog broke out of her fence and took off after them (she's a fairly big dog), and those evil birds, instead of going anywhere on the acreage my parents have went straight for the road, as far from their pen as they could taking the dog with them. And the dog got hit in traffic and died in my mother's arms on the way to the vet. So all the people struggling with mental health crashed dealing with this which would be traumatic for normal people, including my middle sister out west who was SUPPOSED to have this doctor prescribed dog in the first place. So my middle sister isn't quite up to raising a puppy, so I offered to let her and Moses give it a go under the pretext that she has to do all the training. Since he was bred by Barb, he has a much more stable, calmer, laid back personality than her poor sweet dog that was nervous but loving and he stands a chance at being certified and being able to go with her to the things she struggles with in life, maybe giving her a boost. He's also potty trained and has basic house manners and obedience. If they don't click, Oh darn, I get my Mo back. If they do, Mo gets altered and gets to go to work instead of being Pepper and Bailey's favorite dog to beat on. He also gets the pampering a single dog child of a childless person will get so I doubt he will complain.
My mother and youngest sister are currently looking into getting dogs from Barb because the late dog, Emmy (not my goat), really did help them out. Emmy did her best and it was beautiful. I'm looking forward to seeing them with one of Barb's sweet, stable dogs too and seeing if they can pull off certification or if they just get comfort dogs. They did a very good job with raising Emmy with all her nervousness, I think they'll do very, very well with a doodle or poodle from Barb. I'm not sure certification will matter much as we are all outdoorsy people and taking our dogs just about everywhere is very possible if you're mostly hitting up the hardware store, tsc, and the great outdoors (other than walmart). But regardless, they need their dog and it's wonderful to know a good breeder. (I think they could probably use a couple of dogs, but I haven't said as much, that's not my business.)
Oh, and while they were grieving and angry, ducks got shot, more fencing is being put up, and baggagey stuff is being worked through. Conveniently, puppies will not be coming for a little while (although adding to fencing is a brief affair and might have been already finished, I am behind). And their house is too dang quiet. Nobody barks to let us in anymore (and I can't deny that we over here cried about that a little too).
sorry couldn't help myself, lol.
for the next installment of Danger Dan Complicates Rachel's Day!
