I can turn my attitude around just like anyone else can. Sally may think I'm Debbie Downer, however, I like to think of myself as the realist. Other words for it include, pragmatist, worrier, thinker, and anxious wreck.
Our visit to Tufts yesterday went very well. Arrow is doing much better, and although she still has to wear the funny outfits when we are not at home, she is pretty much cleared for all other activities. They think her limp is still there because of the healing skin. When they palpated the area, it did not seem to cause her any pain so it doesn't appear to be soreness from the actual muscle. Once she gets moving, she mostly loosens up and she is running more and more.
Here's a funny story. Yesterday, we were getting ready to drive out to Worcester for our vet visit. I was getting Arrow into the car while Sally was in the house doing her last minute puttering. Arrow stared at the backseat, wiggled her butt a little, and contemplated jumping up onto the seat. I could tell she was aprehensive, so I lift her up and put her in the car. (In the process I touched her wound getting vitamin E all over my hand. As many of you may know, that didn't go over well and I promptly went in to wash my hand holding it out in front of me as if it had leprosy).
I told Sally that she was sore and needed help getting in the car. When we arrived at Tufts, she took her time getting out of the car, but jumped down and walked into the building -- half excited to see her friends, half shaking, afraid to get more radiation. When we picked her up from the visit, Sally was the one to open the car door for her and she PROMPTLY jumped into it for her. No need for assistance at all.
When we arrived at home it was just Arrow and I. We had dropped Sally off to pick up her car which was being serviced. I open the door for her and she stares at the ground, wondering how she will ever jump the 1000 feet to the garage floor. She takes a step down, puts her foot back up, tries again, moves around again as if saying, "oh, I don't know if I can do this!" She was soooo dramatic, I would swear her pain level was a 9.5!
My question/thought is: Why do you suppose she puts on the drama for me? And maybe that's why I come off looking like Debbie Downer!
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Hey Debbie-
You think our canine companions have more instincts than we give them credit for? I believe Bailey "knows" which of my buttons to push when she needs something...and she "feels" the change in atmosphere when I'm upset, sad, energetic?! I think Arrow knows exactly what she can get away with with YOU and knows that she can't do it with Sally!! Arrow has YOU trained quite well:) Gotta love those criters!!!!
I think Arrow has trained Gloria very well. She is very cued into to each of our emotional states at any given moment, and when Glo worries that Arrow can't do something, Arrow decides she can't do it. "Miss Merry Sunshine, or Here Bite on this Rusty Nail if it Hurts and just do it", as my sister calls me, seems to give off a vibe of confidence/denial/act normally, that Arrow picks up on. Whatever it is, she is different for each of us.I am sure when Glo got Vitamin E on her hand that Arrow thought now Glo had cancer based on Glo's reaction. The two of them are so funny together. No wonder I chew on rusty nails.
Sal
Hey Glo... Boney has you number!!! I love it!!!!
People should read this.
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