Caretaker of the Zoo
That's what I am this week, the Caretaker of the Zoo! Welcome to my zoo, meet the animals!
PASTA: My 7 year old German Shorthaired Pointer, who ate gravel last week (someone poured grease on it, and it tasted good to her! Long story....) and had to go to the emergency veterinary hospital in Ft. Wayne for a life-saving surgery costing me $2,000! They had to cut open her stomach and large intestine to remove huge amounts of gravel. Now she is on cage rest, heavy medication, and 5 small meals a day. This means I end up mopping the kitchen floor about every hour and cleaning out her cage every hour (she is not housebroken). 2 more weeks of this...ugh!
MILKSHAKE: She is hanging out in the basement right now...it is in the single digits outside. She is the easiest to take care of...just clean out her blitter box and make sure there is food and water available (and a warm lap to sit in).
CAPUCCHINO: Cappy (our family's black cat) was just spayed and declawed last week. So she is living in my bathroom, to keep her stictes protected. I don't think she appreciated the shower this morning...she hid behind the toilet for an hour. In my tiny bathroom I have a cat, litter box, water dish, and food dish along with my personal stuff...it is cramped!
TAYLOR: Taylor and I travelled to Kentucky this weekend to the trainer's...she is back in training and preparing for the show season. It was a great time, and she is the only member of the zoo who is now being cared for by someone else (though I am paying the bills, so technically I am still caring for her!).
CORKY AND FRUIT: Stall cleaning, stall cleaning, stall cleaning! How can two horses produce so much manure in one day's time? It's amazing. I want to invent a vehicle that runs on horse poop...I'd be a billionaire.
KEVIN: LOL, just threw his picture in here to make him laugh. Actually, he takes care of me...I am part of his personal zoo! Last night I came home, exhausted from the 5 hour drive on zero sleep, stressed about my dog and my leaky trailer...and he cooked me a big spaghetti dinner. What a guy.
