Because Nadi doesn't really get up to a whole hell of a lot other than sitting on her various beds in my house and going on extremely controlled walks in my neighborhood, she isn't really exposed to a great deal of possible disease and sickness. She doesn't like other dogs but doesn't try to fight them so there is no chance of anything happening there, well, there is also the fact that I hover near her like a hawk whenever she does have a chance to get near a dog.
I still feel obligated to take her to the vet for a checkup every now and then plus her vaccinations were out of date so I figured I would go ahead and do it. As you might expect Nadi really doesn't like going to this place.
I don't think that Nadi really understands what this harness is for because we don't use it very often. I originally purchased it to take her cycling with me but ironically, the bicycle was stolen the same day that I bought the harness. I have since purchased another bicycle and today was the first time I took her for a ride on it. She just hovers and accepts her fate when she is in it and she chills. I think she enjoys the opportunity to have a look around and "fly" but just like I expected, she hates having the thing put on her. A lot of people deck out their dogs with outfits but I am not one of those people. Nadi has never worn clothes and now that she is 11 years old, this is probably not the time to start.
She sat calmly on the doctor's table while we waited for the lady and her very long-winded explanation of what is going to be done to her but we were there for some pretty routine stuff. The woman is from a former Soviet country, I don't remember which one, so she is very serious about her work. It has been my experience that almost anyone from one of these countries is just serious by default. Therefore I got to hear a bunch of stuff about procedures that means nothing to me. I guess I appreciate it but I am not a vet, so this information isn't something I can soak up. She got a series of injections, which she doesn't mind at all but the part she didn't like is that they drew blood from her leg. Nadi really doesn't like it when people handle her legs. It took the vet and 2 techs to hold her in place but once the needle was in her leg she just endured it and it was over in no time.
The reason for this was so that we can have her blood tested for everything. It costs something like $70 to have this done, which is quite expensive for this country where everything is cheap, but I would much rather spend a bit of money to prevent something than break the bank fighting some sort of disease that cannot be stopped once it is in place.
I'm waiting for the extensive results, but the only thing the doc could see that was even close to problematic quickly, was that her platelet count was kind of low. I don't even know what that means but the doc didn't seem to worried about it so I will not get worried either.
There's Nadi afterwards showing her complete and total disdain for the vet's office after the procedure. I thought her little bandage was kind of cute but of course, Nadi hated it and kind of refused to walk once I got her home. She is such a sensitive little thing.
Look at that photo above, there is a dog weighing scale next to where Nadi is sitting. Some good news for me happened as well. The last time I was at this office over a year ago I asked if it was ok for me to weigh myself as well and they said "sure." The scale only goes up to 100kg / 220lbs and a year ago I got an error message meaning I weighed more than 100kg. I stepped on it yesterday and got back 92. So that's good!
The vet suggested that Nadi might be a bit tired for the rest of the day due to the injections and boy was she ever! She snoozed the day away and later on when I suggested that we go for a walk she wasn't interested. I think that is the first time in her life that has happened. I made her go anyway and her spirits picked up once she walked the sleep out of her eyes.
Today she is fine and back to normal and probably really excited about the fact that barring any sort of tragedy, we will not be going back to that awful place that she hates for at least another year.
Traumatized! Glad she quickly forgets about it. I have a friend who has a table calendar for her dog, where she made her furry friend look at her crossing the day 🤣 and she made special stickers on the appointment date with the vet, so the furry friend really getting irritated as the day crossing nearer to those special stickers 🤣
I thought it was cruel to make the dog feel uncomfortable knowing the days are getting near. But she explained it's just another way of respect, to keep the furry friend informed it's inevitable and it's for her own good.
To be honest, I can't do either a surprise vet visit nor a planned journey. Maybe I just don't want to do it.
that's pretty amazing that the dog was able to learn the significance of the stickers. Dogs are smarter than we give them credit for. My dog's internal clock is pretty amazing and I have no idea how it works. She just knows when I get out of bed at certain times that it isn't actually time to wake up and that I am just going to the bathroom or to the fridge and she also knows somehow, the day that the cleaners come to clean the apartment and is sat staring at the door around 10 minutes before their arrival time. How she has any idea what day it is or the time is beyond my understanding.
It's always a good idea to get a senior blood panel when they get to be that age. Just be glad you have such quality care there for such a good price. I think a full blood panel for Jo in her later years was somewhere north of $300 USD. I hope everything comes back well for her!
Oh I had never had the full bloodwork done in USA so I guess it is still a tremendous value over here.
Yes, an insane value. Even here, it was worth it to have the peace of mind.
That's the whole reason why I do it. Nadi behaves just fine although I think she is still a bit traumatized by me leaving her for a month. Now when I take her out in public to my usual hangouts I never have to look for her because she will not let me out of her sight and will whine and cry a bit if I do so much as go off to the bathroom for 1 minute.
Awe, that's totally understandable! It had to be hard for her even though she was well taken care of.
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I think you get lots of attention riding around with that cute pooch attached to you.
indeed I do. I should accidentally stop every now and then so people can say hi to the dog and maybe to me as well :)
I have taken all of our dogs recently and it is a mission taking one at a time, but have no other choice as they know somehow what is going on. Blood tests here are a similar price, but have all 3 on a medical plan that covers the unforeseen pricey stuff. Nadi is a proper character with her facial expressions showing exactly how she feels.
Nadi is the center of my universe and I worry constantly about her mortality. She is very healthy and even though she is 11 years old she springs into "puppy mode" anytime we are about to do something she likes. Lately, one of her favorite things to do is to join me downstairs to meet delivery drivers for food. She now knows the unique sound that my phone makes for alerting me that drivers have arrived.
I don't understand her enthusiasm because she never greets the driver, doesn't normally get any of the food, and we return to the room after just 20 seconds of being in the lobby. She also never has anything to do with the other people that might be down there - she just ignores them.
I love that dogs can get so excited about something that to us seems incredibly mundane.
Such a cute one, hope it feels better soon...