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Hoshi is looking very fluffy and neat. I gave him a bath this morning because his stinkiness was a 9 of of 10. He sleeping right now. I trimmed his face, ears, paws, and tail. That tail was getting really long. I’ll put his Frontline on tomorrow.
The pet store where my mom lives has a do-it-yourself dog wash. I’m going to take Beanie there Sunday and wash him up. Also going to have the groomer trim his nails while I’m at it.
I overslept and forgot to pick up Hoshi. I was supposed to call at 2:00 pm to see how he was doing. I went to sleep at noon and set my alarm. I must have slept through it. Cathy who also slept all day wakes me up and says, “where’s Hoshi?” It was 6:07pm by then and they closed at 6:00pm. The office was closed but the 24 hour vet in the same building (no affiliation) said he was there but they were instructed not to release him to me…probably because I hadn’t paid the bill yet.
I had no intentions of having Hoshi sleep there over night. They could have at least called me to make sure I was picking him up. I won’t be able to pick him up till tomorrow when they open at 9:00 am. I’ll have to pick him up after I come home from work.
I dropped Hoshi off 7:40 this morning for his first teeth cleaning. Nothing to eat after midnight but was allowed to have water. I took him for a long walk this morning so he could do his business and get some exercise. Poor guy. I hope they treat him right. He was wet from his walk this morning so I dried him off. I gave him a quick clean up with a hand towel (face and rear). I’ll call around 2:00 pm and see when he’s ready to come home.
He went to the vet yesterday and weighs 23.5lbs. My hefty boy! Now he’s up to date on all his vaccinations and had his nails trimmed. The tech said they were a little long. I haven’t been clipping them. I never clipped Gabby’s nails because they never needed it with all the walks he had. We are going to try FortiFlora to see if his stools firm up. I just haven’t figured out what to put it in.
Hoshi was funny yesterday. I was walking him and we past a lawn care van. It had a life-size decal of a man fertilizing the grass. Hoshi saw him and backed away. He stared at the van and started barking. Even two to three houses away, Hoshi continued to bark at the van. At the vet they had a tissue dispenser in the shape of a small dog. Hoshi had to examine it to see if it was friendly.
It’s 5:30am and an hour ago I was washing up Hoshi because ground turkey gave him diarrhea. Luckily, he pottied outside and it was after I brought him in when the smell hit me. I didn’t give him much maybe less than half of his even meal as a treat. He does okay with ham so that will continue to be his treat.