Total immersion. The water dog voluntarily lept into the Rivanna River a few days ago. Yay!(If you are a human that wants to learn to swim visit Terry Laughlin’s excellent site)
rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained: Carl, Helen and Ermine visited last night. Tilly had nine brothers, no sisters. They taught her ferocious display? Tilly shows off for visitors. (two seconds later Tilly was flat on her back)
An electromyogram (EMG) measures the electrical activity of muscles when they’re at rest and when they’re being used. Nerve conduction studies measure how well and how fast the nerves can send electrical signals.Once upon a time I worked in health care. Tests like these are hard for those who administer them. People get into health care to make people feel better. So studies that are unpleasant for the patient are not much fun to administer. In this case the test involves (from the patient’s point of view) electrodes and needles. The docs were kind, efficient, didn’t hurt for long. The idea of it hurt.
Tilly tumped over Ansel and Rio’s all day water bowl, then the three of them dug a hole in the wet place and reveled. When was the last time I had that much fun? Been awhile.
Tilly has received good cat instruction, she doesn’t see cats as prey. How do I inoculate the Till-monsa so she doesn’t chase birds? Suggestions please!
The first 100 days, a turbulent atmosphere in which to be raising an animal.Tilly is at 95 days, in a biting phase. Towel, newspapers, bills, cameras, people, rugs, toilet bowl brushes, brooms, Bibles, nothing is safe.And so the gentle efforts continue to adjust the little dog’s nature while leaving her spirit intact. Introduce her to the finer things.Encourage her to be an active participant in community events (here listening to CHO City Councilors and Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards at Arbor Day event).Participate in local politics. National is riotous, local makes a difference.I am having physical health issues. Dr. John Sarno would say I am having mental health issues. Maybe a combination of both.I have Doctor appointments. Tilly has reality appointments, the continuing secondary socialization and inoculation to the wildness of the world. Pepe the cat hammers home the cat lives matter message.Tilly learns to totally ignore the internal combustion engine with the help of most excellent neighbor Uncle Chuck.The water dog lessons continue with little advancement in attitude. Tilly has seen other dogs wet, she has fallen headlong into a neighbor’s fishpond (thankfully she held her breath while fully submersed).So, much like her 100 day companion, Tilly takes baby steps, practices incrementalism. Someday she will be a water dog.Her health has been good. Her appetite is Labradorian. Externally, she is good. But what of the inner dog?We hang around Buddhas at every opportunity. Catching the middle way by proximity.Does the dog occupy a celebrated role in any religion?oneWorking on it.
While walking, Tilly hoovers or attempts to hoover most every object she encounters. I noticed her chewing yesterday so did a quick oral sweep and came out with this monster. It has been raining in Virginia the last few days, the mushrooms are plentiful. This is the gill side. Type?
In the rainy afternoon Tilly began exhibiting behaviors I’ve never seen in a dog, attempting, with no production, to pee and poop once a minute. Whining, walking rapidly, circling, assuming the position. When she vomited I loaded her in the car for a vet visit.
In the movie, Tender Mercies, Robert Duval’s character said “I don’t trust happiness.”
When Sophie was little, I bumped into the insufficiency of a puppy’s immune system when she had the fever of unknown origin, walked the edge of death for three days.
In Tilly’s case, seemingly the presenting problem is a raging urinary tract infection. On Amoxicillin now, feeling better.
Tilly started puppy class at All Things PawssibleStarted private Cat tutorials with Pepe.Chris Hlad is teaching her to write poetry.Till continued inspecting utility work on Franklin StreetLearned finer points of ball handling from Pearldid a “run through the flowers” scene in an independent filmTilly’s human is too damn old..Goes to the doctor a lot.The relationship with water continues to develop.One of the 300? She is lapping the water but still looking around. Judges 7:4-7 But the Lord told Gideon, “There are still too many! Bring them down to the spring, and I will test them to determine who will go with you and who will not.” When Gideon took his warriors down to the water, the Lord told him, “Divide the men into two groups. In one group put all those who cup water in their hands and lap it up with their tongues like dogs. In the other group put all those who kneel down and drink with their mouths in the stream.” 6Only 300 of the men drank from their hands. All the others got down on their knees and drank with their mouths in the stream. 7The Lord told Gideon, “With these 300 men I will rescue you and give you victory over the Midianites. Send all the others home.” So Gideon collected the provisions and rams’ horns of the other warriors and sent them home. But he kept the 300 men with him. Exhausted. Asleep in the foodbowl. Classic Labrador move.