Shooting the Dog
Category: Abbye... Blogathon...
Posted Saturday, July 29, 2006 at 08:06 PM [GMT-6]

I had to take a few minutes and attend to the second most distasteful chore of the day, giving Abbye her insulin shot. (The most distasteful is a tie: giving her the morning shot.) Most of you know that she was diagnosed as diabetic earlier this year, and that she's now blind as a result.

The good news is that she seems to be feeling very well, and she's gained back all the weight she lost, and grown back all the hair she lost.

Photo - Abbye

But she hates those shots with a passion...and she's already a little drama queen to begin with. Her pitiful whimpering and twitching may be her way of ensuring that the post-shot treats are plentiful and delicious -- and it's a strategy that pays off without fail. She's got us trained pretty well.

I have no idea why she's so cockeyed in this photo. I guess she was in the middle of a one-eyed blink.

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Comments

Awww...what a cutie pie! I'm so glad you're taking care of her instead of the other option that so many choose when sick puppies get inconvenient.

Posted by: beth at July 29, 2006 08:12 PM

Wow - she's all fuzzy!

Posted by: Brian at July 29, 2006 08:26 PM

Abbye is the cutest dog in the whole world.....oh, I've already won that prize....

Posted by: Toni at July 29, 2006 08:26 PM

Beth, I suppose there are people who wouldn't do this for their dogs...but I'm fortunate to be able to say that I don't know any of 'em.

Brian, we call her the exploding hair dog. You should have seen her six months ago; you could see her skin right through a thin top layer of long hair.

Toni, you're starting to sound much more natural now!

Posted by: Eric at July 29, 2006 08:32 PM

Thanks for sharing Abbye with us...she is a real cutie. :-)

Posted by: Gwynne at July 29, 2006 08:48 PM

I'm not too late to say she's so pretty, am I? Because she is. Glad to hear she's regained some health despite the challenges :-)

Posted by: Jennifer at July 29, 2006 08:56 PM
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