A Visit to the Vet

Yesterday Emme had her vet appointment to get the last of her puppy shots. She did quite well. She put up an awful fuss when the vet clipped some of her toe nails, but didn’t seem bothered by two shots and some medicine in her nose. She weighs 6.4 pounds and is very healthy according to the vet. The vet gave me some eye drops to reduce the red gunk that gets in the corner of her eyes. He checked her skin over very closely and couldn’t find any reason for the frequent scratching. He suggested the oatmeal shampoo which we are using, so we’ll see what happens over the next few weeks. Emme has an appointment to be spayed on November 10. She goes in at 8 o’clock on Friday morning. Has the surgery on Friday. Stays overnight and we pick her up on Saturday.

Emme continues to love to climb the stairs. Every chance she gets, (when I forget to put the gate up between the front hall and the kitchen) she races up the stairs to our bedroom and dashes around the rug. She still hasn’t mastered going down the stairs, so I need to pick her up to go to the first floor. She is not always happy about leaving the second floor so she races around the rug playing keep-away. I try calling “come” and that never works. I try saying “sit” and that never works. I usually pick up a toy that squeaks and when she comes over to investigate, I grab her up and whisk her to the first floor. We really need a better system.