Dog Gone Update
Last summer this was little ol' Tippitan. Today she is Tip, and full of energy. She is now shedding the "puppiness" and starting to act like a dog. It's hard to get her to hush. She will bark and bark and bark...Sometimes at neighbors yard dogs wondering around, sometimes at a rabbit in the tree line, sometimes the distant calls of other folks hounds out the road. Two weeks ago it was a Sow Bear and Cub that walked around the house. The cub was a yearlin and will probably be ran off to make it on it' own this fall.
This is Rebel. He's a Plott Hound, has a few battle scars and a calm, friendly personality. He's about 8 years old or so. He's got a chop mouth like many Plotts. He has slightly longer hair than most strains of Plotts, but is still in the breed standard. He got a cough and I've fed him honey. For a few days he didn't eat. He did eat some grass during that time though. Fearing Kennel Cough, I gave him a shot of Penicillin. He's not as patient with needles as Squeaky is and moved on me breaking the needle off in him with the cup sticking out. The stuff went all over me and I'm allergic to it. He retreated into his house and I had to pull him out so I could get the needle out of him. His cough has slowed. He might have allergies. He has been eating better and is in good spirits.
You fans of Bosco...she is such a heathen...She did run a rabbit down today. She was seen carrying it around. Thunders going to get her.
Focus on the solution; exploit success.
The Appalachianist
posted by Hill Billy Rave | Tuesday, June 02, 2009
10 Comments:
I've always heard that dogs eat grass to soothe an upset stomach.
What's a chop mouth?
Murf, usually hen hey eat grass, they vomit it as well. If they eat another dog's stool, they are trying to get more vitamins.
A chop mouthed dog has short choppy barks and howls. A bawl mouthed dog has long drown barks and howls. You usually hear the bawl mouthed dogs more than the chop mouthed ones. So, most people prefer a bawl mouthed hound.
Tip's a beautiful dog--just back from taking mine to the vet for the annual check up and heart worms
Heart Worms must die.
I'm still watching Rebel close. He's OK, happy enough. But, he still has that cough, it's like someoen coughing up flem. I thik he might have gotten a stick or something down inhis throat, but, I can't see it. I may be going to the vet myself.
Did I read it right when you wrote that a sow bear and her cub walked around your house? Wow! That beats the bo raccoon that came out of the chinaberry tree I had cut down. It is a wonder she didn't do daage to some of the dogs. About the Plott Hound, Rebel, is that kennel cough . . . a friend of mind has had a time trying to get her dog well from that . . . it just seems to linger on and on. OK, I am typing and reading . . . it proably was kennel cough. Bill
Bill, I'm not sure of he has kennel cough, he's about to get another shot. He's not coughing as much right now.
A bear is sill hanging around, I was told by someone that saw it last night behind the house and I saw sign of it today. We about always get on mid summer, it's a little early.
Late one night as I lay in the hospital bed a nurse answered my call for help . . . the kidney stone finally hurt more than I thought the morphine shot would . . . she scolded me saying you had to get the shot ahead of the pain . . . she was so big . . . a late night nurse . . . all I could say was, "Yes, mamn!" Well, Rebel's plight reminded me of that night some years ago . . . poor Rebel. It is a good thing he is a Plott Hound from the mountains. I bought a new computer finally. I hope I can keep up with the adventures of the Appalachian. Remember, a sow bear is worse than the worse shot. Take care Bill
My new computer is a beaut . . . now if only I can make it work. Bill
Bill, you've got to hit it real hard on the top and say "Damnit!"
Yup! Bill
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