the paw-sibilities are endless

I read a blog post today and nearly fell out of my 'work from home' chair.  pet airlines?  could it be?  armed and ready to be a skeptic i clicked on the link and low and behold - it is true, Pet Airways is real!

Would 'i' travel without 'the Miss'? not likely!  but i do love that the furry family members don't have to be in cargo!

viaje animales pequeños seguros

translation: travel save little animals (i used a translation website)

bizzaro vet

today missy had to go to the vet because she has a little bump on her front elbow (yes dogs have elbows and knees) and her mom waited two weeks before taking her in.  i, her mom,  must have had $200 burning through my wallet because as i predicted, i walked in, dropped $200 and missy was allowed to be seen by the vet.

i started thinking, going to the vet is like bizzaro monopoly.  instead of passing go and collecting $200, we pass through the threshold and pay a minimum of $200. 

naturally i'll pay anything to protect my baby - i mean she is "the miss" but i have never walked in without walking out a couple c-notes lighter. 

what is the point?

i don't have one but i need to look into pet insurance!

Update on Friday, June 5, 2009 at 9:38PM by Lori Luna

finally, a phone call from the vet (bizzaro vet)...

"the miss" is fine - the bump on her elbow (again, i say, yes, dogs have elbow and knees) is benign and the the it could be's followed:

it could be...an ingrown hair that got infected

it could be...a bug bite that got infected

it could be...insert big vet words that mean nothing to me

it was like a charlie brown cartoon, all i heard was, "it's benign...wah wah wah".

next steps:

topical antibiotics (shocking eh?)

steroids for the inflammation

i ask you this, universe, could we have not started with this course of action?

so, my next business adventure...a parking structure in San Francisco or a vet hospital, either way you get screwed!

Update on Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 4:37PM by Lori Luna

saturday morning, p-a-r-k with 'the miss' then to the bizzaro vet to pick up meds, $38.00 - i say again, why couldn't we start with this?

Update on Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 10:37PM by Lori Luna

medicine working famously - next time, straight to the meds, no drama!

park police

today was day 2 of a 3 day weekend.  missy and i ventured to the local park with our neighbor, the big black dog ~ sadie.  it was a lovely day, full of vitamin d, four legged love and good conversation until...(insert scary music) the park police. 

seems the newly renovated park has a 'law' that says between 3 - 4 p.m. only little and aged dogs are allowed so dare the big dog owner to stay longer than the 3 p.m. clock. 

it's now 3:15 and sadie, the big black dog, was still with us and here comes the 'park police'...the elder woman who has decided it is HER job to enforce the 3 - 4 p.m. rule.  mind you ~ the park is empty with the exception of missy, sadie, and a few other big dogs.

my response was as polite as possible ~ oh, we lost track of time.  then came the glare, which invokes the 'charge' response in me.  but, i decided talking to the 'pp' would be nothing but a waste of time.

so to the universe i ask, "why can't people mind their own business?" are we really so concerned about little, big, elder, puppy that we can't let the dogs just be?  why are the owners always so much more difficult than the animals?

i repeat, i prefer animals to people on 364 days of the year...