It never ends. So our big dog Indy's liver was okay so far, and our vet decided on Saturday to surgify his ear. That meant basically cutting it open and letting all the gunk drain out, then stitching it up like a quilt so that it will grow back together in one piece. Sounds awesome. Except they forgot to call us before he woke up so we could calmly put him back in his crate to come around.

We got him wide awake and terrified at being in the vets. When dummy sees me he drags the poor vet tech girl who weighs as much as he does practically down the hall. Then the vet tries to explain what to do to keep his ears clean as the drains they installed as part of this process, poor out blood. In 5 min. it looked like I was part of a horror film. She then proceeded to try and wrap his head with this crazy sock bandage while he freaked out. Finally we got everything in place and back home to our dog nursing ward. Only to find out later that we had to change this crazy wrapping twice daily, or just let bloody stuff leak out of his ear.

The first morning he had managed to get most of the 'hat' off his head and proceeded to vigourously shake his head as he ran outside to do his business. We reinstalled a new hat, and then proceeded to do a CSI style clean up that literally took almost 30 min. It was amazaing how far drops of blood can get flung. I observed to Christine that this is why you'd drown someone vs. shooting.

Having got our twice daily pill, ear cleaning, ear medicine, rebandaging act down to a slim 20-30 min. morning and evening routine. I figured we were home free and I could start focusing on my upcoming race.

That is until this evening when Obi our other stupid dog who is a hunting champion decdied to sniff out and then capture a baby (newborn, eyes closed) bunny rabbit. I got to make the critical decision on whether to finish it off or put it back in the nest. We opted to put it back after watching it for awhile and making sure it didn't suffer any ill effects from Obi tasting it. Now I'm sure Christine will make me monitor it daily to ensure its survival.