Can someone please tell me what Gracee is doing? Our pup can’t eat without extending her leg as in this picture. It takes her a fair bit of effort, circling the bowl, to get into this strange but apparently comfortable position. Chuck’s theory is that she suffers from some sort of cramp, necessitating her acrobatics. One of the daughters thought it was due to neck strain and raised her bowl to no avail. The vet thinks it’s some sort of neurotic behaviour.
Background: Ms Grace is our Scottie with special needs. She suffered a head injury at three weeks old, squeaking by after three days without nursing. She was rejected by her first owner who claimed she couldn’t be house trained and was vicious, especially when being tucked into bed at night. If you know Scotties you know that an expectation of bed tucking could compromise their Scottie dignity and you might be met with some growly resistance.
We adopted Gracee girl when she was six months old (photo on the left), scared to death of everything, and grossly underweight. Without any disgusting details about her symptoms, she was ultimately diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease with severe intestinal scarring. She appeared to be a failure to thrive puppy.
Once again she narrowly escaped her final fate as the vet reluctantly tried a treatment, a cocktail of medications, that has included a daily dose of prednisone. We’ve been told that her odd behaviours might be linked to this medication. Besides eating with her leg sticking out, Gracee has a problem with chronic carpet licking. She’s an odd old girl, but we love her just the same.
Knitting update: Marina continues to languish on my dining room table. Without power, the mall in which my office is located, was closed for two and a half days, and I still have no sewing machine needles. This storm threw Vancouver into a state of havoc. No electricity and no heat for many.
With the mall closed for business, our annual gift wrap fund raiser has been a bust. We are a community based non profit agency without the benefit of a fund raising staff like the big guys. We depend upon our two small projects per year to help support our services, so this is pretty discouraging.
I can’t imagine how it will affect mall retailers at this, the busiest time of year. They are not just large obnoxious Mart kind of stores, but family businesses, needing the holiday season to keep them going.Yeesh. And I haven’t started my own shopping. Oh, I think I need to dive into my stash for some woolly comfort. I’m sorry, Marina, for shoving you aside for a fleece artist Celtic Vest. I’ve been told it can be done in a weekend and uses as much yarn as two scarves. Now I’m smiling.
Note to Suzanne, who has requested my pattern, please comment with an e-mail address and I’ll gladly send you one.
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