MY JOURNAL by Geordie

A diary kept by Geordie the Schnauzer of Brunswick Victoria while his owners were away.  Jane is his Pet/House Sitter

March 2013

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I spent the first night on your bed & Jane couldn’t find me when I left the fan in the lounge ! She came in with a torch in the middle of the night!! I brought an old bone in to the mat & lots of ants followed !!

Some big rain drops in the heat so Jane took me out into it for a refreshing walk. Jane moved the fan in our bedroom & I like to lie under the bed on the wooden floor 🙂

I dug up an old dirt filled pig’s ear & brought it in to share!! I had fun with the broom Jane used!! We had such fun this morning, & Jane seemed upset she couldn’t find the pig’s ear where I’d hidden it, that after our walk & dinner, I presented it to her on the lounge rug !!!!  I just could not stop my tail from wagging but Jane picked the ear up & put it up high !!! & then she glared at me till I lay under her legs with the fan.

By the way it got to 37 degrees today so we didn’t go out till after 6. Jane’s a spoil sport as she didn’t use that broom this time but a boring brush & dustpan. Just chilling on Jane’s bed on 34 degree day – in front of fan – & I rolled over to do a big stretch & I fell off !!!! 🙂 I don’t get it …. I have to SIT before food but when I sat this morning I didn’t get any of Jane’s goodies. ( pills !!! )

photo 1Before Jane left on her day out she noticed I was a bit quiet. When she came home she knew something was wrong!!! Absolutely nothing had been touched all day —- no water, no food , no treats, no toys —– just a slight disturbance on her bed where I’d lain.

I started licking my back left PAW. It didn’t seem too bad so we went for our walk. I didn’t touch my dinner & my paw was sore & swollen & bleeding!!!!! Jane rang the Vet but they had just closed! (She tossed& turned all night!)

Promptly @ 9am Jane made an Appointment. We walked down Lygon Street & I lead her in to Renae who gave me nibbles in the corner – 8.8kg. Nurse Shae took my temperature 39.9 & got Jane to feel how HOT & swollen my paw was !! Shae took a sticky tape specimen & then Vet Alex came & took me away from Jane!!!! for 8 minutes! I was under a bright light & they shaved my paw but nothing apparent could be seen!!!

No pus so probably not an abscess No entry wound! Jane had thought maybe it was from when I jumped off the garden table! on Thursday. I had 2 injections with Jane stroking me (Cortisone -steroid for the swelling & anti- biotic for the infection). When Jane had paid I went back to the corner for more treats but no!!!

photo 4After the Vet we visited 3 parks. Jane much preferred Methven & Anderson to Fleming coz trees , better grass , no other dogs & much cleaner!

When we got home Jane said the ‘E for Elizabethan’ collar looked cruel so she sat & watched me rather than put it on coz I’m NOT ALLOWED TO LICK!!! Later when she needed to get up I let her know I didn’t like it so she relented. She got really cross when she realised I was in the garden (in the RAIN!) for too long!!! licking my paw, of course! She told me she wasn’t stupid! ?!

She tricked ME then ! Holding me between her knees she got that collar on me !!!! She got upset coz I JUST STOOD WHERE SHE LEFT ME WITH MY HEAD DROOPED for about half an hour

Untitled-1Hand fed dinner — forget it !! Jane lifted me up onto her bed & I could hear her crying on the phone to her daughter. When she came to bed she put my head ( & the damned contraption ) on her chest & I chucked up the vegetables from this morning!! All lovingly cleaned up & the neck tabs were cut off 🙂 (Oh ! The back door is open coz Jane says I won’t fit through !)

She cuddled me all night & hand fed me dry food plus a pink nibble this morning.

O’ oh ! She’s cross again ! I got off the bed & pretended I needed to go out & I GOT THE COLLAR OFF! 🙂 She’s banging on window coz I’m licking my paw. Here she comes!!!! 🙁 Yay ! She changed her mind coz I am just on my towel in garage & it’s really PELTING. She keeps on looking at me thru the window tho so I’d better behave! else that thing will go back on.

I tiptoed to the door. Jane says its good to see my tail wagging ! ?! I’m being very quiet 🙂 I’ve eaten breakfast & actually played with toys. Jane’s really happy.

A good long walk & we found a theatre tucked away in a corner.

photo 6I ate my dinner & Jane was so pleased that when she left her dinner on the lounge coffee table ——– OMG !!!!——– Jane wants to know if I SAT ?!?!?! I was “sent to Coventry “whatever that means & my door flap was closed ! Jane started dinner prep all over again but she let me in & I waited in the hall!

Eventually I snuck in for the biggest drink of water she’s seen me have !! “Well Vegemite is full of salt so what do you expect!?!?” “The ham is too !!” She put the bread on my mat for me to finish it!! Good night with a pink treat 🙂

Jane has been washing my face with warm water in a bucket. She laughed on our return visit to the Vet when Alex told her it’s natural discolouration from my saliva & that she’d actually got all the blood off — days ago !!!

I’ve got smart !!!! While Jane was eating I sent HER to Coventry & wouldn’t move off the mat by the sink ! Yay ! I got scraps !!!!!!

A warm WINDY morning & Jane back to bed with coffee so I SAT on her mat but she wouldn’t share ( pills ) again. :- ( It’s a howling gale outside & I snuck up right beside her for cuddles ( while she was on Facebook ) 🙂  Jane says you two are in a very cold place & it’s often freezing! She says it is minus 7 !!!

It got very DARK very suddenly so we went out & it rained !! Got back in just as a storm started. I was dry ! but Jane had to get 2 lots of mail & she was dripping ! 🙂

As it was DARK it must be DINNER time! I waited & kept going to my food mat but Jane just laughed !!! I gave up & went out under the carport with my big old bone & I ignored her for ages !!!

I got up on the bed for a cuddle & Jane said ” Sorry !” & I didn’t know why! Then she started singing along with her music ! She is right to apologise coz she really can’t sing ! So I went to sleep !!! —-& started snoring ! 🙂photo 3

Jane has eaten most of the goodies from the fridge 🙂 so she cleaned the whole fridge ! She took one of the drawers outside to empty the crumbs & tipped them into a pot plant I don’t understand why she ran away when she found me perched in it !! I got out ! Oh! she ran back but was too late with her camera ! She really wanted that photo so later she put a heart shaped treat in there for me —& got her picture!!

We had a really good play on the bed this morning & Jane said it was the last time she would clean my eyes & comb my face. She is sad but she is leaving !